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What a great day for a parade.
The Wharton Depot restoration
celebration parade that is.
A special thanks to Stewart Morris and
everyone involved in the restoration of the
beautiful city of Wharton, TX for inviting us to
participate in their parade. Several members
of H.A.C.A. (the Houston Area Carriage
Association) showed up with their horses and
carriages to celebrate the restoration of the old
train depot. Many were dressed in the style of
the early 1900s. Several of the carriages were
either restored vehicles from that era or were
reproductions of older vehicles. Several
Wharton residents were around both during
the depots early days in 1914 and today for the
parade as well. Four of them rode along with
Stewart Morris on a beautiful Wagonette built
by Kunhle Carriage of Germany, pulled by a
pair of Dutch Warmbloods. One of the
gentlemen that I spoke to, will celebrate his
101st birthday on the 8th of June. Sandy and
Lew Smith came along with one of their
Fresions, Apolo pulling a reproduction of a
classic Spyder Phaeton. Terry Arnold rode
along as their groom. Terry was also a real
champ for helping to organize the carriage
portion of the event. Catherine Cook came
from Brenham with her 20 yr old Arabian, Banjo
who pulled a Sears & Roebuck wagon from the
early 1900s. Her vehicle was originally
equipped with 2 seats that were removable.
This allowed you to carry 4 people or 1 - 2 folks
with their supplies or goods. It was a very early
SUV. Dennis and Nancy Ginn also came from
Brenham with an antique Trap built by the
French Carriage Co. of Boston, Mass around
1910. Their Pinto, National Show Horse BWF
Tootsie pulled it carrying the two of them plus
their friends, Scott Dillard and Mary Beth
Mosley of Houston. Tootsie is the Pinto Horse
Association of America - Open Combined
Driving Horse of the Year for 2005. Tom and
Jan Smith came out with a pair of their horses
pulling a Bird in Hand reproduction vehicle and
Beth Fisher brought her gelding Darius and
her modern Marathon vehicle. It was a
beautiful day and all 6 of the turnouts looked
wonderful. Thanks to everyone that made this
possible.
