TIL The first bridge to span the Mississippi River was built in 1855 near Minneapolis. The Father Louis Hennepin Suspension Bridge charged a toll. Price for pigs and sheep was 2 cents, humans paid 3 cents, horses cost 15 cents and carriages cost 25 cents.
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gpnk_1990 t1_j7txy13 wrote
Crazy, I had no idea pigs, sheep and horses carried cash in those days. They used to be so much more strong and independent compared to today's woke snowflake Starbucks drinking horses.