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Saddled horse

Pony Express horses and their riders were out of work when the faster telegraph came along

CREDIT: Fleischhauer, Carl "Saddled Horse [35mm slide]." 80/04. Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982, Library of Congress.



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