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| One of the finest of its kind in the
West, the Carriage House was dedicated to the late Tom Parks and Fred Bixby
by Mrs. Betty Parks and Mrs. Elizabeth Bixby Janeway. This impressive building
houses an outstanding collection of more than 35 horse-drawn vehicles. Included
are surreys, stage coaches, phaetons, carts, broughams, and buckboard wagons,
as well as a hitch wagon, dray, runabout, hearse, hunt wagon, shooting brake
and military supply wagon. Many are on permanent loan from the Los Adobes
de los Rancheros. Also featured are a collection of beautiful saddles, harnesses
and assorted equestrian gear. |
It was a time when "horsepower" meant just
that, and "manpower" came from powerful men.
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