I found this interesting item on Slashdot. It seems that a horse flu outbreak in 1870s killed up to 5% of the nations horses and had a deep impact on the country's economy.
From a related source: "In the 1870s, an immense horse flu outbreak swept across North America. City by city and town by town, horses got sick and perhaps 5 percent of them died. This happened at a time when horsepower was actual horse power. The horse flu outbreak pulled the rug out from under the economy."
Now what I find interesting is that Henry Ford was born in 1863 and would have been a preteen when this occurred. Events such as this can have a profound impact on the mind of a young person. The question I'd like to ask is: Could this event been the impetus for the automobile?
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