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Show Progress of a Century THE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION ONE . HUNDRED YEARS AGO FOR OUR POSTAL YSTEM JACKSON WAS OUR PRESIDENT. OF A CENTURY AGO WERE HE NEVER SAW A U S THE POST STAGE AND THE POSTAGE STAMP THE PONY EXPRESS. IT IS NO FIRST GOVERNMENT POSTAGE WONDER THAT THE POSTAOE STAMP WAS ISSUED 'V ON A LETTER TO BE CARRIED 1847 SINCE THAT TIME MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED THE BUILDING OF RAILROADS MILES WAS TWENTY-FIVE AND AIRCRAFT HAS CCNTS, AND ON A MESSAGE MADE IT POSSIBLE NOT FROM NEW YORK TO BROOKLYN ONLY TO CARRY THE MAIL TWICE WHAT IT NOW IS FROM AT LESS EXPENSE BUT WITH NEW YORK TO LOS ANGELES). -R GREATER SFEED. |