Mules on the Levee

ID: 231 ~ Source: Image is in the Public Domain, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. ~ Date: 1903
This file appears in: Mules and Modernization

The levee was refuge for human and animal alike as rain caused the Mississippi River to rise.

This file appears in: Mules and Modernization

By Alison Laurence
Facing Jackson Square, one should see a line of mules and their drivers ready to take visitors on a trip around the French Quarter. Now a tourist attraction, these animals played a vital role for New…