Lorenzo was reared on a farm with his sister Eliza. Both enjoyed reading and writing. (Their cousin was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.) When Lorenzo’s friends wanted to play and couldn’t find him, they would...
19th Century Transportation
Transportation was still based upon horses, both for freight, business and personal use. This kept many in business, noted by advertisements in an 1898 Brigham Bugler: H. E. Bowring with harnesses, saddles and other...