Beschreibung
Ashton, John; Dailey, Duane; Bradley, Melvin (1987). Jack Stock and Mules in Missouri. University of Missouri Extension Publications. 101 Seiten. ISBN 978-0933842076.
A comprehensive effort to document Missouri Mule History is currently in progress at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The Missouri Mule History Project was begun in 1982 with the goal of publishing four or five books and/or booklets about this remarkable animal. To finance the project, the Missouri Mule Skinners Society, 109 Whitten Hall, was created with membership certificates selling for $25.00 each. A friendly press called attention to the project and friends of mules from far and wide offered support, encouragement and knowledge. With the philosophy that the best information comes from the „mule’s mouth,“ Professors Duane Dailey, Photojournalist, and Melvin Bradley, Animal Scientist, armed themselves with camera and tape recorder and documented the mule experiences of 130 „old- timers.“ These recorded interviews will eventually become apart of the Archives of the University of Missouri for future generations to learn of their rich mule heritage from the voices of these „salty“ old-timers who created it. To date, three publications from the Missouri Mule History Project are available to mule lovers.
- They are: History of Jack Stock and Mules in Missouri
- Mules: Missouri’s Long Eared Miners
- Photo Records of the Guyton and Harrington Mule Company Properties
The era of draft animal dependency is over. Those who experienced it are senior citizens and are rapidly declining in numbers. By the close of the 20th century most old-time mule men will be gone. With their passing will go much experience and most of the knowledge of draft mules and of the mule industry as it was at its zenith. Unless we hurry, apart of our rich heritage will be lost. Plans are progressing to capture part of it in the next four years with a comprehensive book and two or three more booklets about mules.
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