• Description: Joe Ballard was a well-known blacksmith in the community of Salisbury, North Carolina. He is often depicted with an ox-drawn wagon, with which he undertook several journeys across North America
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1825-1917
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
  • Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Joe Ballard, for six years Chairman Republican County Executive Committee, Salisbury, N. C.
View of a man standing next to an ox-drawn cart (Digital Public Library of America, www.dp.la
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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