RAEFORD - Despite the American military's 21st century technological might, sometimes the troops find that low-tech, centuries-old methods are the best tools to get their jobs done. Enter the mule, ...

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 ...

LONE PINE, CALIF. — It was billed as a mobile art project designed to enhance appreciation for the Los Angeles Aqueduct on its 100th birthday and for the equine forces that helped build it: On Friday, ...

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 ...

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 out not to be just a colorful nickname. He says it was an ...

Reporting from Bridgeport, Calif. — With 75 pounds of military gear cinched on her furry back, Annie was stubborn the whole way. The two Marines assigned to her pushed, pulled and sweet-talked her up ...

The best teachers at the Ninemile Remount Depot’s packing class never say a word, and might kick you into next week if you get a lesson wrong. Bert, Bart, Ernie and Palmer keep an impassive watch on ...

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 Bill Van Learn How to Pack Stock Clinic will return to Clovis on Saturday, March 26. Now in its sixth year, the annual event will feature both mule and horse packing lessons and competitions, with ...

May 1—Mules Lucy, Sadie, and Suzy, and Charlie, a horse, were all tied to the fence at Hobbyhorse Place, north of Polson, waiting for something to do on Saturday morning. That "something" was about ...

Three mules who have worked a combined 30 years have retired from Haleakala National Park, while animal packer Anne-Marie Spain has taken a new job with the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. Together, ...