11 Jobs From 1850 That Are Totally Extinct

The recent recession may have turned the job market on its head, but larger economic factors have drastically changed the U.S. market over the last century. The Industrial Revolution has all but eliminated once stable, middle-class jobs that were commonplace for your great-grandparents living in rural farmlands. To find out what types of jobs were around before the Industrial Revolution, we combed through the occupational classification list from 1850, the first year the government collecte...