stackyFACTSRomanticized in westerns, these wooden boxes on wheels offered a spine-shattering ride through dust and mud. Passengers were crammed knee-to-knee for weeks, breathing in dirt and praying the horses wouldn't get spooked by a tumbleweed.
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