The years before 1885 were The Bad Old Days, if you're a fan of four wheeled, self-propelled transportation. To get anywhere you walked or rode a horse, perched on a tippy bicycle, or if you were lucky, boarded a steam-powered locomotive. Lucky for you, a smattering of geniuses were working on a new idea: the "horseless carriage," the ancestor of today's cars.
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