Pack a lot, and you may need a lumber bunk. This specialized block of cottonwood with a hand-forged iron “J” ensures the boards stay together and ride above a mule’s ears. A veteran like Bart knows ...

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 ...

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 ...