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Livery Stable
This large barn is the village livery stable, a place where saddle horses or teams can be boarded and rented. A traveler arriving in town could find accommodations in the hotel, and his horse would be boarded in the livery stable. The stable hand would remove and tend to the saddle and other gear, hanging the saddle blanket up to dry. Hay, corn, or oats--whichever the owner desired--would be fed to the horse. Bedding and water were also provided. When the traveler was ready to leave, the livery man would have the horse saddled and ready for the road. So, the livery stable served as a hotel for horses.
Some townspeople, such as the storekeeper or lawyer, boarded their teams at the livery stable. Others rented teams. A person needing a team and buggy could hire a rig at the livery stable, drive to another town or the railroad to take care of business, and then return and pay the liveryman the rent. The livery stable served much the same as the auto rental agency of today.
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