William J. Horrigan's horseshower shop
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- 439 Wacouta -
Horrigan was the Recording Secretary of the Saint Paul Horshoers Union Local 28 in 1896. Horrigan is likely pictured to the right.
Date: Approximately 1915
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
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Horseshoers
Horseshoer seems like a little bit of an exotic profession today, but in the 19th century--in fact until the 1920's--a motorized truck could not haul as much weight as a draft horse and wagon. While intercity freight was transported by the most…