Back on April 24, 1893 J.D. Perry snuck up on the unsuspecting folks of St. Louis with his self-designed, electric horseless carriage.
On April 24, 1893 – 130 years ago – a 19-year-old St. Louisan introduced area society to the first personal encounter with a locally made, self-propelled, privately-owned vehicle, quietly operated by electricity. The mere sound of its spindly steel-rimmed buggy wheels on horse-trodden dusty streets seemed peculiar since it moved without the accompanying “clop” of horseshoes. Its remarkable … Read the rest
