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a few years ago we had the pleasure of visiting the Studebaker National Museum ===> https://studebakermuseum.org/ <=== in South Bend, Indiana .... it is a very interesting museum and we really enjoyed the tour .... one display that caught our eye was a Chuckwagon from the old west .... I mean really, who knew that Studebaker used to build chuckwagons .... "The chuckwagon was developed in 1866 by Charles Goodnight, a Texas rancher who is also referred to as the “father of the Texas Panhandle“. Goodnight essentially modified a Studebaker Wagon. This was a wagon built by the Studebaker brothers whose family first arrived in America during the 1700’s. " .... quote taken from this link ===> http://tripsintohistory.com/2013/07/06/the-chuckwagon/ <=== Studebaker also built wagons for use in the Civil War and WWI .... the wagon pulled by the Budweiser Clydesdales is a Studebaker .... we can highly recommend the Studebaker Museum and feel confident that folks who happen to be in the area would find a tour as being time well spent .... a bit more history ===> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuckwagon <===

Very cool history, JEBar. Thanks for the photo and the link. I enjoyed both.

Would love to see the museum. We did an Alberta Centennial cattle drive back in '05 and ran a chuckwagon. Great fun.

That is neat. I love old museums like this.

Love old pictures like those.

When my kids were kids (now adults) they would watch older shows that were only in B&W and would ask, "Why is it so dark?"

My question is...was everything B&W in real life back then?

Here's the little one we pulled in the background. Kinda blurry on purpose, the photographer was shooting my spur.

I think that's Ranch Roper the third from the left. LOL.

Ranch Roper, is there any photograph of you and your gear that isn't a work of art. That photographer nailed that one. Thanks for sharing it.