Art Naff had never been out of Baltimore before his service in world War II He was assigned to a unit called the Mule Pack. It turned ... started him off cleaning a saddle, scrubbing it with ...

Mules in hand, or sometimes donkeys, which are smaller but at times more readily available, the soldiers need to learn how to properly mount and tie on their pack saddles. Loads need to be ...

Sitting tall in the saddle on a mule named Emma, Bon led the parade of pack animals, wranglers and a handful of guest riders as it set out on the first leg of a monthlong journey. “Yeah,” she ...

As darkness closed in on the last night of our four-day pack ... and mule hoofs had turned this historic trail into a deep channel – rocky and dusty, like a dried creek bed. High in the saddle ...

"We usually run with about 12 head. Two riders, two saddle horses and 10 mules which each packer is stringing a pack of five mules," Davidson explained. "Sometimes we will string them all together ...

A pack train of mules trotting around the Oval caught the attention of students and administrators on the University of Montana campus Tuesday afternoon. Donning parade saddles and a lighter-than ...

Annually, they'll travel 500 to 1,000 miles in the saddle and lift a half-million pounds onto and off pack mules. It's grueling, physical work, but a job and lifestyle they revel in. Packing gear ...

The pack string consists of nine mules and five saddle horses. The pack is led by Glenn Ryan, a 22-year veteran of as a government packer with the U.S. Forest Service. Ryan also has duties as ...

After the accident, they’re down to six mules. “They’re saddled with pack saddles and they can carry anywhere from 150 to 200 pounds of supplies per mule. And so, you know, when we’re ...

People looking to take pack horses or mules on their next trip afield face ... in a canvas tarp or “manty” to a special pack saddle. The method was developed at the turn of the 20th century ...

But did you know that in the 1930s, librarians themselves took up the saddle to deliver free ... but also for providing their own pack horses and mules, which were often donated by local farmers.

On Thursday, members of the White River Forest Service gathered at the Rifle Fairgrounds to learn from the Shoshone Specialty pack string team on how to communicate with horses and mules so they ...