ENTERPRISE – Come along with Wallowa County native Arnold Schaeffer as he remembers some of his family outings with Mack the pack mule. Schaeffer, who will be 86 on June 6, was an acquaintance of the ...

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 ...

AGES before the birth of the first wheelwright, some prehistoric innovator bound his burden upon a captive ass, while himself went straight-backed and free. The pack-mule, or “ sumpter mule ” of ...

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 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Want to flex your packing skills or visit some trail veterans? The U.S. Forest Service Northern Region Pack Train of mules are coming to the University of Montana's Oval on April 2 ...

A project that could have taken weeks with human power has been greatly shortened with the help from some furry friends from Wyoming. For the past week, local Forest Service managers partnered with ...

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 ...

SILVERTHORNE, Colorado (KCNC) — 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.