"Mud Shoes," 1899

ID: 4285 ~ Source: Spokane Valley Heritage Museum, Morrison Family Collection.
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These modified horseshoes were used to keep Morrison's horses from sinking into the mud while they trenched the drainage canals which drained Saltese Lake. These rather ingenious, hand-made mud shoes are currently on display at the Spokane Valley Heritage Museum and were donated by the Morrison family.

This file appears in: What Happened to Saltese Lake?

By Robert M. Lambeth
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