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Cowboy’s Last Ride

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A few days before they started on their trip, Larry and some of his friends hooked up the mules and put them to the eight-wheel Lindsay log wagon for some practice.

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The 255 mile trip started in Plantersville, Texas, on March 3, 2025, and ended in Bandera, Texas, March 19.

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On the last day of the ride, the hitch of mules pass through Bandera, Texas.

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Larry Jollisant

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The mules calmly cross one of many bridges on their route.

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After a good brushing, the mules are harnessed by Larry’s crew as the sun comes up.

Larry walks ahead of the hitch as they drive onto the road from camp.

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The mules calmly cross one of many bridges on their route.

The mules calmly cross one of many bridges on their route.

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A week or so before the tide started, Larry and his crew spent a couple hourse practicing at his ranch.

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Ehenever possible, the route Larry chose allowed traffic to go around the mules and wagon.

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by Valerie Kirkwood limestone plain to the south, and the more tugged landscapes of the Canadian Shield to the north. Spy Rock, located just north of the village, is a large granite outcrop in the Foley Mountain Conservation Area, which has a magnificent view of the countryside for miles and miles around. I would guess that the First Nations peoples visited this feature for thousands of years before European settlers arrived on the scene. Our congenial hosts were Dale and Lois Lyons, who have amassed this collection over a number of decades. It is housed in a modern steel-clad building just down the street from the furniture store which has been in the family since the mid 1980s, although Dale worked there prior to that time. Dale and Lois clearly enjoy showing people around the museum, Westport Carriage Museum O n a fine Saturday this past May 2024, the Leeds County Draft Horse Club held its monthly meeting at the Westport Carriage Museum. We had had a meeting there a number of years ago, and we decided it was time to see new additions to the collection, and to introduce our newer members to this interesting place. Westport is a friendly village near the centre of the Rideau Canal system in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is at a crossing point between two of the larger lakes in the system, and between the rolling farmlands on the

A spring shaft Meadowbrook cart, one of fewer than 30 made by Keith Donnelly of Brockville, Ontario.

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A lovely carriage for upper-class drives, this green Brougham was acquired in the United States.

and have a way of keeping their audience amused by the tales behind some of the vehicles on display. So, how does one get from selling furniture to owning a carriage museum? Well, it all started as Christmas season approached one year, and one of their daughters suggested that the old cutter which was stored in the attic of one of their farm buildings, might make a nice addition to the seasonal decorations in the display window of the store. As it turned out, the little cutter was in rather rough shape after years of storage, and there was not enough time to get it ready for that year. Dale, however, took on the repair job, and by the next Christmas season, the cutter was looking very dapper, all repaired and painted up nicely. It looked lovely in the window, decorated and piled high with gifts. I don’t know who’s idea it was to use the cutter in the filming of a seasonal TV commercial for the store. The cutter was brought out onto the snowy

street, hitched to one of Dale’s horses – a retired Standardbred racehorse mare named Oh La La – and with passengers and gifts aboard, the mare was given the go-ahead. What the driver didn’t realize was that a fixed-runner cutter has a much different turning radius than a buggy or cart, and as the mare turned, the cutter tipped over, dumping passengers and packages onto the sidewalk. Of course, the mare panicked and pelted off for home. Dale recollects that what flashed through his mind was the image of his wife’s brand new car parked in the driveway between the street and the barn. The camera continued to roll as people picked themselves up and dusted off the snow, and headed off after the mare. Fortunately, the mare had managed to get past the car, leaving it unscathed. She was trembling with fright, but was fine, too, as were the passengers. The cutter, however, had to be rebuilt again.

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