TWENTY MULE TEAM. The first mules used on the wagons
built by J. S. W. Perry were owned by Charles Bennett. Ash
and Hickory used was aged in the desert or the wagons
would soon have fallen apart. Rear wheels were seven
feet high, front wheels five feet, with steel tires eight
inches wide and one inch thick. The complete wagon
weighed three tons and carried ten tons. They cost around
$900 each to build . . . M.P.
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