Record #:

29161

Author(s):

Smith, Robyn Yigit; Gotwals, Lissa [Photographer]

Abstract:

Once a ubitquitous sight in the North Carolina countryside until the 1960s, mules have been mostly supplanted by tractors and mechanization. But Wayne Hussey's mules are still talk of the town at Benson's Mules Days, which celebrates its 68th anniversary.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 4, September 2017, p192-194, 196, 198, por

Subject(s):

Mules; Agriculture--North Carolina--History; Benson--Description and travel