The mule is quite all right if only you do not try to take him for a donkey or a man, but always remember that he is just mule. He has a gentle eye, a patient soul, a velvet nose, and he prefers ...

Elser has written the names and dates of death of many of his mules and horses on a wall in his office. His pack animals often serve for more than 20 years, and can live 40. TOM BAUER/Missoulian ...

Ruth passed in 2002. Not long ago, he saw a news report about the war in Afghanistan. The Army had brought back mules to carry supplies in the country's rugged terrain. The Mule Pack lives on.

Titled “100 Mules Walking the Los Angeles Aqueduct,” the project is the brainchild of artist Lauren Bon, granddaughter of the late publishing magnate and philanthropist Walter Annenberg.

Garbage bags fill up. But the mule saddles always have to ride even. “We pack rocks all the time,” Burns said. “You need them to balance the load. “It really screws up the geologists.

People looking to take pack horses or mules on their next trip afield face some steep obstacles. Transporting cargo on horseback is an ancient practice and in the western United States horse ...

On the trail, Edwards gets up early to load the pack saddles, hoisting a 75-pound pack onto each side of the animal. The mules are then tied together in a line by their saddles.

A group of people watch as packing instructor Bob Hoverson shows how to properly pack a mule. About 60 people participated in the hands-on workshop. BRONTE WITTPENN, Billings Gazette ...