Horses Ford a River

Item

Title
Horses Ford a River See all items with this value
Caption
Horses fording a river See all items with this value
Identifier
DS_029
Description
Horses are disembarking from a boat after crossing a river. They are wearing saddles and baskets over their muzzles, suggesting that they will be used for military purposes rather than as pack animals. Most likely, they are not part of the Stinson and Allen convoy, but rather encountered along the way. See all items with this value
Commentary
There are other reasons why I conclude the horses were not part of the Allen-Stinson caravan. Another photo of them in "The Allen-Stinson 1938 Trip into China" shows these horses all on the boat. This document makes no mention of horses accompanying the truck caravan. Neither does that of David Crockett Graham who took the same route three years later. Given the details of these narratives, they would mention if they were accompanied by over a dozen saddled horses. See all items with this value
Creator
John Stinson
Date Created
1938-05
Location
Burma Road See all items with this value
Geonames
https://www.geonames.org/12492049/old-burma-road-stilwell-twenty-four-rd.html
Event
Allen-Stinson Burma Road Trip, 1938
Original Format
black and white print
Source
David Stinson
Provenance
Stinson Family Archives See all items with this value
Access Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2025-05-06
Contributor
Cory Willmott
Type
Still Image
References
Phyllis Allen and David Stinson. 2022. "The Allen-Stinson 1938 Trip into China."
David Crockett Graham. 1941. Heavy Traffic and Many Wrecks on the Burma Road. Missions 32(7): 392-398.
Media
DS_029 Horses to help fording a River.jpg
Resource class
Image