Rich passengers paid to make stagecoaches go faster

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Patience was entirely optional if you had enough cash. Wealthy riders would aggressively throw coins at exhausted drivers, demanding they whip the team to shave a mere ten minutes off a bone-rattling trip.

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Washington State operates the largest fleet of passenger and automobile ferries in the United States, effectively running a massive aquatic highway system through the notoriously tricky waters of the Puget Sound.

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