Before pickup trucks became workhorses, mules were used to aid in the installation of barbed wire fences. This replica of a mule-powered wire stringer can be seen at the Devil's Rope Museum on Route 66.
April 23, 2011 6:00 AM PDT
Photo by: Amanda Kooser/CNET
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