Buggy Town: An Era in American Transportation

by Charles M. Snyder

Horse and buggy transportation originated in New England and edged westward through Pennsylvania to center later in the Middle West. The buggy was a very light, high-wheeled carriage unique to the United States. This vehicle created a centralized trade concentrated in such towns as Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, identified near and far as "The Buggy Town." This book is an illustrated story of "The Buggy Town," its shops, vehicles, and customs as they...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271003774
• ISBN13: 9780271003771
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 80 Pages