The story of Santa Fe Trail wagon making is the story of changes in the wheeled vehicles designed for heavy-duty, long-distance freighting. |
FreightLink CEO Bruce McGowan is confident further shipments will be carried in coming months in what is essentially a trial to see how effective the new freighting is. |
The original Chinook was a sled dog Walden had used while freighting supplies for gold miners in the Yukon several years before. |
Prior to the arrival of the railroad, all freighting was done by wagon or pack animal. |
They went to Brussels because of concerns over predicted huge rises in the cost of freighting livestock. |
In the 1878-1879 freighting season, 9,499 tons of freight arrived, contributing millions of dollars in freight charges to a booming economy. |