imes change, and anything failing to roll with them fades into obsolescence. That truism was borne out in the 19th and early 20th century by such passing innovations as the icebox, the telegraph, tintype photography, public gas lighting, the penny-farthing bicycle, percussion firearms, the fountain pen, the pocket watch and (mercifully) the outhouse. Examples specific to the West included the stagecoach and the Pony Express, the latter of which Americans
The Times They Are a-Changin’
Feb 20, 2024
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