Conestoga WagonThe Conestoga wagon is a heavy covered wagon that was used extensively during the late eighteenth century, and the nineteenth century, in the eastern United States and Canada. It was large enough to transport loads up to 6 tons (5.4 metric tons), and was drawn by horses, mules, or oxen. It was designed to help keep its contents from moving about when in motion and to aid it in crossing rivers and streams, though it sometimes leaked unless caulked.
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Lily Sewing ThreadLily Mills was located in Shelby, on the edge of cotton country in the piedmont of North Carolina. It was founded in 1903 as the Lily Mill and Power Company by John Schenck. It was one mill of a growing industry in the area, and by the 1940s, there were twenty spinning mills in the Shelby area, some of which were also making products that were then marketed by Lily Mills.
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Humphreys RemediesFrederick K. Humphreys (March 11, 1816 – July 18, 1900) was a physician and the founder of Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Company in New York City in 1853.
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