Four-footed Link

Four-footed Link. Buffalo National River. , The livery barn shown below stood on the site in front of you. Working horses and mules required shoeing, harnessing, and grooming, thus the barn was one of the first buildings built by the Morning Star Mining Company. The animals were essential for hauling people, zinc ore, and supplies. Buffalo River was too shallow to barge the ore, and quality roads were few. To get the ore to buyers, teamsters hauled the heavy loads by stock teams and wagons 25 miles over rough roads to Buffalo City. The ore was then barged on the White River to the nearest railhead. In the early 1900s the railroad reached Yellville and Buffalo City, easing the freighting task., [Caption:] , J. K. Lyons became general manager of the Morning Star Mining Company in 1925. His wife (left) enjoyed riding her horse, Red Bird, pictured here and in the photo below.,

You hauled it by wagon. They could make a round trip in a day by leaving early in the morning and getting home in the dark....a lot of them would bring back supplies for the merchants here in Rush. , Fred Dirst, Rush resident