mule teams
Borax wagon pullers
Mule teams are groups of mules harnessed together to pull heavy loads—wagons, plows, or mining equipment.
Before motorized transport, mule teams moved freight across difficult terrain, their sure-footedness and endurance making them preferable to horses for grueling work.
The twenty-mule teams that hauled borax from Death Valley became iconic of frontier commerce.
A six-mule team pulled the supply wagon up the mountain pass.
- wagonWheeled hauling vehicle
- yokeCrosspiece binding draft animals
- reinsBit-attached steering straps
- boraxSodium borate compound
- donkeyLong-eared equine
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