Mules were the preferred animal to pull Erie Canal boats because the combination of their donkey and horse parents gave them special assets. Few people are as familiar with the fine lines between ...

Though many visitors are coming to Summit County for its skiing, there’s one other activity that is especially festive around the holidays: sleigh rides. A handful of operators offer open sleigh rides ...

A: According to an Encyclopedia of Alabama article by George B. Ellenberg, author of “Mule South to Tractor South: Mules, Machines, and the Transformation of the Cotton South,” mules came to be the ...