January 23, 2017

The Horse Plague of 1872 brought New York City to a screeching halt

In the fall of 1872, an unfortunate horse plague swept across New York City after making its way through Toronto, New England and Michigan. The New York Times headline from October 25th read, "The Horse Plague, Fifteen thousand horses in the city unfit for use." While the city was no stranger to disease inflicted horses, the magnitude of this particular outbreak was unprecedented.
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