How it was to be delivered is quite a story. Earlier in the year, New Mexico and Arizona were named the 47 th and 48 th states. In Washington D. Fifteen young women were fired for dancing the Turkey Trot on their lunch break. The summer Olympics were held in Stockholm, with Jim Thorpe winning gold medals in two new events, the decathlon and pentathlon, and Sweden taking the gold in tug of war. And, on June 20, , the Philadelphia Inquirer announced that teamsters from the Chas.
Young Company would make the first transcontinental shipment of goods in the United States. The top speed of the Model T was 30 miles per hour. Most roads were unpaved and unimproved because, in many communities, transportation was still primarily horse and buggy. For the daring souls who traveled coast-to-coast, it was a journey of weeks, or more. The weight of the chassis is 6, pounds; the body weight, 1, pounds. Platform measurements are 14 feet by 5 feet 6 inches. Besides the cargo, the usual equipment of planks, tackle, skidding boards, etc.
