Historically the major means of transportation has been by boat around the coast in summer and by dog sled in winter, particularly in the north and east.

Historically, coal itself has been used directly for transportation purposes in vehicles and boats using steam engines.

Historically, woodworkers relied upon the woods native to their region, until transportation and trade innovations made more exotic woods available to the craftsman.

Historically, much of the town's transportation was done by water, either canals or streams.

Historically, Tupelo served as a regional transportation hub, primarily due to its location at a railroad intersection.

Historically, the city has been an important transportation hub.

Historically, the Gananoque River's watershed had been an important water transportation corridor, extending north to the Rideau River watershed and playing a key role in the town's early history and economic importance.

Historically, almost all transportation and communication routes between Seoul and the southern Honam ( Jeolla ) and Yeongnam ( Gyeongsang ) regions have gone through the Chungcheong region, and today Daejeon — the region's largest city — is a major railway and freeway junction.

Historically, Nicollet had rail transportation, starting with the Minneapolis, Lyndale & Minnetonka Railway Co., also known as the " Motor Line ".

Historically, the city has been an important transportation hub.

Historically, the river was used as a route for the fur trade, fishery, for transportation of goods and mineral resources.

Historically, this component has been the least developed component of the transportation planning model.

Historically, Charlotte has always been a center of trade, from earliest days at a convergence of two trading paths to present day as a financial center and transportation hub.

Historically, Soledad Canyon was a vital part of Los Angeles ' transportation history.

Historically, land sailing was used as a mode of transportation or recreation.

Historically, Svinevoll was a transportation hub for materials like timber and farm goods such as milk and corn, thanks to the railroad that linked Svinevoll to other larger cities.

Historically, broadcast AM receivers using vacuum tubes would save costs by employing a single tube as a mixer and also as the local oscillator.

Historically, there have been so many incentives to buy locally that no one had to make any kind of point to do so, but with current market conditions, it is often cheaper to buy distantly produced goods, despite the added costs in terms of packaging, transport, inspection, retail facilities, etc .. As such, one must now often take explicit action if one wants to purchase locally produced goods.

Historically, Ontario Place, as a publicly subsidized provincial agency, aims to keep costs, especially for families, lower than comparable attractions.

Historically, funds were distributed between hospitals based on historical costs.

Historically, when fixed-price contracts are used for new projects with untested or developmental technologies, the programs may fail if unforseen costs exceed the ability of the contractor to absorb the overruns.

Historically anti-union, the party has vacillated between state support for primary industries (" agrarian socialism ") and free agricultural trade and has opposed tariff protection for Australia's manufacturing and service industries.

# Historically, the range of occupations and status positions held by chattel slaves has been nearly as broad as that held by free persons, indicating some similarities between chattel slavery and wage slavery as well.

Historically the party had a strong base in the ' free churches ' ( Protestant congregations not part of the state church that turned into powerful grass-roots movements in the late 19th century ), but with the exception of certain regions, that is not a significant feature today.

Historically four-door saloon cars have been highly popular as hackney carriages, but with disability regulations growing in strength and some councils offering free licensing for disabled-friendly vehicles, many operators are now opting for wheelchair-adapted taxis such as the LTI.

Historically, the editorial policy has supported democracy and free markets.

Historically, the main benefits of being a citizen of an EU state has been that of free movement.

Historically speaking, this might have been a master-stroke devised by the liberal-minded religious leaders of the Hindu society to prevent the exodus of their flock to the Jaina and Buddhist folds, which were singularly free from the labyrinth of rituals and offered a simple religion of ethical conduct for the common public.

Historically, Nigeria has boasted one of the most free and resilient newspaper presses of any African country, even under its past military dictatorships, most of whom have shown an intolerance of the press.

Historically, the star was frequently used in celestial navigation in the maritime trade, because it is listed as one of the 57 navigational stars.

Historically an increasingly complex division of labour is closely associated with the growth of total output and trade, the rise of capitalism, and of the complexity of industrialisation processes.

Historically, manufacturing tended to be more open to international trade and competition than services.

Historically, Jamaica has had close ties with the UK, but trade, financial, and cultural relations with the United States are now predominant.

Historically, Burma was the main trade route between India and China since 100 BC.

Historically, large sacks often contained grains ; thus the association of these knots with the miller's trade.

Historically, dating from ancient Sumerian use of sheep or goats, other peoples using pigs, rare seashells, or other items as commodity money, people have sought ways to standardize and trade contracts in the delivery of such items, to render trade itself more smooth and predictable.

Historically, the area was important to the fur trade, and the county itself takes its name from one of Wyoming's early fur traders, William L. Sublette.

Historically, the town's economic foundation was the cloth trade.

Historically, protectionism was associated with economic theories such as mercantilism ( that believed that it is beneficial to maintain a positive trade balance ), and import substitution.

Historically, conquest of nations have made conquerors rich through plunder, access to new resources and enlarged trade through controlling of the conquered nations ' economy.

Historically, the Goths followed the Vistula, but during the Viking Age, the Dvina-Dniepr waterway succeeded the Vistula as the main trade route to Greece for the Gutes ( or Gotar in standard Old Norse ), and it is not surprising that it also replaced the Vistula in the migration traditions.

Historically, Vaisyas have played a much larger role in Indian affairs apart from trade and commerce, according to many historians Gupta dynasty of the Gupta Empire was a Vaishya dynasty, according to historian, Ram Sharan Sharma, Guptas were a Vaishya dynasty, " who may have appeared as a reaction against oppressive rulers ".

Historically the word was also used for table and wall coverings, as carpets were not commonly used on the floor in European interiors until the 18th century, with the opening of trade routes between Persia and Western Europe.

Historically a part of Cheshire, Altrincham was established as a market town in 1290, a time when most communities were based around agriculture rather than trade, and there is still a market in the town today.

Historically, merchant banks ' original purpose was to facilitate and / or finance production and trade of commodities, hence the name " merchant ".

Historically there have been different approaches to the question of how or even whether to eliminate current account or trade imbalances.

Historically several streets in the City's environs were named after the currying trade, eg.

Historically a market town based on the wool and lace trade, it was built on the intersecting trade routes between London, Birmingham and the English Midlands and between Cambridge and Oxford.

Historically, the fur trade played an important economic role in the United States.