A Vancouver Barracks mule train returns from the Lacamas Creek artillery range (renamed Camp Bonneville in 1909) along the city streets around 1908. The convoy heads down 10th Street (now Evergreen ...

There were three options: Use human labor to hike in lumber to repair a bridge along the Gore Range Trail, use mules to hike it in, or don't repair the bridge at all. Thankfully (for the trail teams) ...

The timeless image of a lone forest ranger winding through a mountain pass, trailing a string of pack mules is as ingrained on Western culture as the cowboy riding into the sunset. Next to Smokey the ...

Colyne Hislop, a wilderness packer with the U.S. Forest Service’s Spotted Bear Ranger District, spoke about the virtues of using electric fences to corral horses and mules in the backcountry. (Scott ...

Jun. 22—Members of the Wild Horse Plains Back Country Horsemen, along with the Youth Conservation Corps, hosted a horse and mule packing class at the Plains Fair Grounds on Friday. Youth from as far ...

Sitting across from Jody Foss as she sips a beer in Bucknum's bar in Heppner, it's easy to imagine her doing the thing she loves most in the world - riding the back roads of the west with a team of ...

If you want good coffee with a rich history to boot, this is the place to go. Their journey has taken them across 12 states ...

Greg Schatz, an experienced packer and horseman, gives Bigfork resident Mark Mercel some pointers on packing at last Saturday’s Back Country Horsemen of the Flathead’s clinic on safety and horse and ...