The Horse Plague of 1872 brought New York City to a screeching halt – 6Sqft (blog)


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The Horse Plague of 1872 brought New York City to a screeching halt
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In the fall of 1872, an unfortunate horse plague swept across New York City after making its way through Toronto, New England and Michigan. The New York Times headline from October 25th read, “The Horse Plague, Fifteen thousand horses in the city unfit ...

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