Жители Монтроса решили проблему разрушения тротуаров коровами, заменив деревянные и песчаные покрытия на бетон и кирпич

This transcription of a newspaper article printed in June of 1907 shares interesting information about progress being made in our community. Many families had a barn at the alley behind their house. A milk cow was often housed there during the night, then let out to graze around town after the morning milking. The article tells that the “promenading” of the cows was damaging the sidewalks of the town, and prior efforts using coal ashes, dirt and/or sand weren’t getting the job done. What to do? Montrose Journal, June 1907 “Montrose has made wonderful improvements within the last five years with her sidewalks. Ten years ago the people were pulling up the old planks and filling in the low places with coal ashes, dirt or sand and called them sidewalks. Now nothing but cement or brick is used in the building of walks. The plank walk was short lived on account of the cows promenading them, the ash walks were suitable for the cows, but of no earthly good to mankind. The cement and brick walks will last a generation and are not injured by live stock.”