We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
The team that helped load and prepare the mud wagon to travel pose in front of the wagon before it left Quartzite, Arizona for the Blaine County Wildlife Museum in Chinook. Former Chinook resident Connie Malone, center of the group, donated the wagon. The wagon was being stored in a gold mine in Arizona.
Former Chinook resident Connie Malone recently donated a restored mud wagon to the local Wildlife Museum. Museum board member Mike Evans and his brother, Bo, made the 2600-mile trip to Quartzite, Arizona where they picked up the 1866 wagon and trailered it back to the local Museum's new Munson Wing. Ken Schubert, another board member helping with the unloading, said exact plans how the newly gifted wagon will be incorporated in to the museum's theme have not been decided.
Mud wagons, a variation of the more recognizable Concord stage coach, have noticeably squarer bodies than the larger, more...
