Appalachian Carriage Inc.

06/04/2024

Nelle staying close to her momma

06/04/2024

A much anticipated baby, Dutch harness x Shire from So-Shey and Leggs

05/11/2024

Have A Look At This $18,400 Amish Buggy~
What makes this buggy so expensive? A closer look: https://amishamerica.com/18400-dollar-amish-buggy/

04/28/2024

Alice Sisty-cowgirl bronc and bull rider and double Roman horse rider. 1906-1953
Alice Sisty grew up in a well to do New Jersey home, not far from a racetrack owned by her grandfather.
Alice Sisty once rode a horse from Reno to her New Jersey home. On her trek of 3,000 miles, she sometimes slept outdoors in isolated locations. After the national publicity of her ride, she joined Miller’s 101 Ranch Wild West Show. Later, she also rode bulls and broncs and performed trick riding at rodeos.
After months of training, in 1936 she became the first woman in rodeo history to perform 2-horse Roman riding jumps. For over 15 years, she was one of the top female rodeo stars and won numerous bronc ridings as well as all-around cowgirl titles.
The car she jumped was her own, one of only 205 model 810/812 convertibles made by Auburn Automobile Company during 1936-37. Front-wheel drive and retractable headlights were among its features.
She was married FOUR times! At age 17 in 1923, Alice Sisty eloped with Allen Zook, a Harvard graduate, after knowing him only one week. In 1928, she obtained her divorce in Reno, probably because no state had more lax requirements for divorce than Nevada.
In 1929, Alice Sisty married Earl Sutton Jr., a rodeo contestant. In 1932, she married rodeo star and western showman Milt Hinkle, who was 25 years older, on horseback in an arena. In 1942, she married her fourth husband, Henning Sommer, who was nine years younger than her. She died in 1953 at age 47 after an extensive illness.

04/11/2024

03/31/2024

Rosemary is such a good girl. She's 28 years old this year so she doesn't have have to do anything she doesn't want to and her favorite thing to do it sit still. She's patiently stands during our festivals for the photo booth. She's so still that several people have thought she wasn't real until they see her occasionally twitch an ear.

03/28/2024

Check out this great video from our summer camps years ago. Some age details have changed but the activities are mostly the same. 

03/25/2024

What an amazing picture!
1897 - Chicago, Marshall Fields department store, Delivery Wagons.

03/22/2024

03/03/2024

01/27/2024

New halters for the Shire Horses. Thanks Crosby Norris Mimosa Hills Farm and Graber Harness & Saddlery, LLC Chris Graber

01/27/2024

Pickle Mimosa Hills Farm

01/20/2024

ARKANSAS:
Thomas A. Cockburn brought more than 300 ostriches to Hot Springs and, in 1900, established the Ostrich Farm on the upper end of Whittington Avenue. A notable sight simply walking around in the farm’s yard, the birds also gave rides to children, pulled small carts with passengers, and even raced on a track at the farm. Many photographs and postcards document the ostriches’ appearances.