A horse and wagon team (jerk line?) carrying supplies to the mines, Las Vegas, Nevada, ca.1903 

A team of 12 horses hauling three wagons full of ore, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1905 

Twelve-horse team pulling three covered wagons with a single jerk line to horses as they team overland, ca.1898 

"A desert tragedy", the skeletal remains of a horse and buggy in the desert, ca.1900 

A desert stage going through a canyon heading towards Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900 

A train in front of a combination mine, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1905 

Team of horses pulling a covered wagon in Scott Valley, Siskiyou County, ca.1905 

Two horse-drawn wagons on the road between the Painted Desert and the San Francisco Mountains, Arizona, ca.1900 

Horse-drawn wagons hauling grain to depot, ca.1920 

Captain Pierce of the Los Angeles Police Department on carriage with race horse team at the Agricultural Park Horse Show, 1895 

Desert Station of Southern Pacific Railroad at Palmdale showing a train in station, ca.1895 

Four horse express stage at La Porte equipped for snow, ca.1880 

A painting "Staging in the Sierra Nevadas" by Gutzon Borglam, ca.1888 

Stage coach destined for the Nevada mine, California, ca.1905 

Southern Pacific Railroad Station and horse car in Ventura, ca.1905 

Drawing by Vischer of a campsite with camels above the Carson Plains, Nevada, ca.1860-1865 

Imperial County whirlwind on desert, ca.1910 

Drawing by Tom Hill, called "Crossing the Plains," showing a chain of ox-drawn covered wagons, ca.1850 

Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the Southern Overland Stage Station and watering place in San Luis Obispo, ca.1865 

Deserted street in Virginia City, Nevada, ca.1930