A day with Marilyn the muleskinner on the Great Florida Cattle Drive

Unlike most wagons on this year's Great Florida Cattle Drive, Marilyn Whitford's wagon has a padded seat and a full cover, which blocks out most rain.
La Grande Observer

‘Gee-Haw’ — Handlers work hard to gain the trust of hardworking mules

ENTERPRISE — Respect, understanding and trust. Those are key ingredients in being a muleskinner and handling mules, according to Suzanne Burkhart of Yamhill, a longtime participant in Hells Canyon ...
Billings Gazette

'Old man' to show off hobby in mule teamsters fair event

An "old-man's hobby" will take center stage in the Super Barn at MontanaFair today. That's what longtime mule driver Aaron Meyer calls the mule teamster competition. It is a contest in which mules and ...
Cowboy State Daily

Before Wyoming Became A Major Semitruck Route, 16-Mule Teams Hauled Freight

Rick Edney is training mules to pull several wagons to recreate the freight train that hauled goods into Thermopolis in the late 1800s. He said it's ...
Yahoo

Mule Day: Wagon Train rolls into Maury County Park for 50th festival celebration

Mule Day in Columbia has officially begun as the festival's annual wagon train of mules, horses and riders once again took the multi-day trek across the region and into Maury County Park. While Mule ...