RATNAGIRI, India -- Hundreds of spectators shout and gesture as lively music blares from loudspeakers. A commentator's breathless voice resonates over the din trying to keep up with a racing team of ...

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After 14 years of business on Interstate 80, the Leichsenring family has closed the Ox Yoke Innterstate restaurant. A message posted on the Ox Yoke Inn website indicates that the Leichsenring family ...

The drawing above depicts how the Stephenson party may have appeared as they traveled the Oregon Trail west. Though yoked oxen were slower than horses or mules, for pulling loaded wagons or plowing ...

In the blistering heat of midday, Adam Coats hooks his two oxen to a worn 1,500-pound truck tire, gives the chain a good tug and wipes the sweat from his forehead. For a moment, he stands in front of ...

Watching a television program about how American pioneers trained and employed oxen in the 19th century reminded me of how our brains work. Like a yoke of oxen, our bilateral brain hemispheres are ...

The Ox Yoke Inn, dating back to 1940, is steeped in Leichsenring family lore. The current owner finds it irresistible to tell of the very old days. “The Ox Yoke was one of 55 communal kitchens in the ...