#packhorse

[loser-pet]

horsekin culture is getting euphoria from wearing a massive and heavy backpack because yess!! I’m a packhorse! legit me in the hallways at school :)

[theworldatwar]

US soldiers load their supplies onto a mule due to the rough terrain - Monte Cassino, Italy, Dec 1943

[usnatarchives]

Books, Boots & Bridles: The Packhorse Librarians If you liked Jojo Moyes' The Giver of Stars, you'll LOVE this! Watch on YouTube!

During the Depression, this Works Progress Administration/New Deal program brought books to eager readers in the far corners of Appalachia. FDR Library Education Specialist Jeffrey Urbin shares the story of FDR's Pack Horse Library initiative carried out almost entirely by women.

Pack Horse Librarians, WPA records, 1/11/1938, FDR Library, NARA ID 48728414.

"Booneville, Owsley County, KY. Pack Horse Librarian returning of the mountain side for a new supply of books to be distributed to rural and isolated sections of the county." NARA ID 148728410.

In 1936, packhorse librarians served 50,000 families, and, by 1937, 155 public schools. Children loved the program; many mountain schools didn't have libraries, and since they were so far from public libraries, most students had never checked out a book. 'Bring me a book to read,' is the cry of every child as he runs to meet the librarian with whom he has become acquainted,' wrote one Pack Horse Library supervisor. "Not a certain book, but any kind of book. The child has read none of them."--from story by Eliza McGraw.

Pack Horse Librarian Delivering Books to Children, 1/11/1938, NARA ID 148728416.

Original Caption: "Mill Creek, Knott County, KY. Completing her mission at a lonely mountain cabin, the Pack Horse Librarian turns up the trail toward similar cabins where she is anxiously awaited" 1/11/1938, NARA ID 148728424.

See also:

Horse-Riding Librarians Were the Great Depression’s Bookmobiles, Smithsonianmag.com.

The Pack Horse Librarians Of Eastern Kentucky, NPR interview with then-97-year-old former pack horse librarian.

The Women Who Rode Miles on Horseback to Deliver Library Books, Atlas Obscura

[heartdeeperthanthebrand]

THE PACK HORSE RACES ARE ONLY 3 MONTHS AWAY!! . This event encompasses my heart and soul. If you are at all interested in competing, being a sponsor, volunteering, or just have some questions feel free to harass me. . This year is our 15th Annual Don Scheer Memorial Pack Horse Race, and we are hoping to make it the biggest best event ever. . We would like to add more divisions, for folks who are interested in competing, but their ranch horse may not have the fastest long trot. . If you would like to be a vendor in the park send me a message! We will have you show up and sell some gear or trade goods. . If anyone is at all interested in competing but just not quite sure about the camp setup, or 7-14 mile route let me know and the DWAA can put on a pre-race training. If you have horse savvy, and are willing to learn, even if you've never packed before, you are welcome to join our event, this group of folks is always willing to help out. . Interested, but don't have the extra dough to be a buckle sponsor, the horse flesh to compete, or the desire to be a volunteer? We are plum tickled to just have you at our event as a spectator. . #duboiswyoming #dubois #wyoming #windriverrange #absarokamountains #packhorses #tipi #walltent #packhorse #lovethelifeyoulead #ranchlife PC: Sandy Frericks (at Dubois, Wyoming) https://www.instagram.com/p/CayYYXRL1sH/?utm_medium=tumblr

[whywishesarehorses]

My Wild Burro Story

By Karin Usko

Bracelet Margarita is my Johnny, NV burro. You may know the story; she earned her name by getting her foot caught in a pipe and somehow made it to someone's back yard. They called the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Ridgecrest Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corrals in California, to let them know there was a hurt donkey in their backyard. The BLM retrieved her and named her Bracelet. They healed her wounds and kept her until I took her as a Trainer Incentive Program project for an adoption event at the 2018 Bishop Mule Days. Yeah, we ended up adopting her ourselves as she was always a super kind donkey. Just like Eeore. Just three days before Bishop's event we were still convinced she was going to be adopted out to some lucky home. I decided to take her on a 4-mile walk -- and we jogged. She did so great that I told my husband, "this is a premium donkey, she will be a great and docile pack burro runner!" Well, she went to the adoption event in Bishop and then came home with us!

By the end of July 2018, she made it to the Fairplay, Colorado pack burro race with me and her brand-new pack saddle. We signed up for the 15-mile run and I was convinced we would do great. CNN was even there covering the race, it was great! So about 1/4 mile into the race, Bracie didn’t want to go any more. At this point, her friends/herd buddies were way ahead of us and she just lost her momentum!   After much encouragement, cajoling, pushing and pulling it became evident we were not going to be able to continue the race past the two-mile Aid Station. I decided to quit (in our community it is called a DNF for did not finish and there is NO PRIDE IN THAT!).

I started up a conversation with someone behind me struggling with her pack – she had also decided to quit. At that point, we decided to go off-course and wound up walking and exploring about eight miles together – I gained a new trail friend and it was great!

So, that is how sweet Bracie earned her title "my DNF donkey". Running is not her thing, but loving is --  she is a great trail donkey and bomb proof obstacle buddy. She attends the Christmas Service at a local church with Mary, visits the residents at the Assisted Living Facility and shops at the Farmer’s Market with us.  She is our Bracie... the DNF donkey.

OH and YES! We made it to the CNN feature “annual running of the… burros?”  https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/15/health/pack-burro-donkey-sport-fit-nation/index.html

[degraziagalleryinthesun]

The range-riding, working cowboys were a less common but enduring theme for the Arizona artist Ted DeGrazia.

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The Coffin Bridge by davidquinnphoto at Inmortavilizado. Updated every 20 minutes.

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Packhorse bridge in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, UK, painted as a christmas pressie for my folks using watercolour and white gouache. I think they like it.