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An Early, Living Travel Bug


kitsune

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I thought this was quite interesting when I read about him -- "Owney" the dog, an early "travel bug", of sorts, in the 1880s.

 

Owney the Dog

 

I found it even more amusing how each person who took him on their travels by train gave him a new tag. He collected over a thousand of these, according to other articles, and travelled over 140,000 miles!

 

Ah, how I wish the TBs I've handled would make it half that far...

 

Roadside America Article

 

-Kitsune

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