Sentences with phrase «leading oxen»
To climb and cross what is now Donner Pass, in the central Sierra Nevada, you had to lead your oxen one at a time up a narrow trail, unload your wagon, then take it apart and haul the pieces up with block and tackle, then put the whole thing back together again.
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On this memorable occasion, however — to be exact, on October 18th, 1876 — two fine and bulky oxen were led through New York on their way to Myrtle Park, in Brooklyn, where they were killed in the afternoon.
The Elevation of the Cross (1718), by Mexican painter Antonio de Torres, will enhance LACMA's leading collection of Spanish colonial painting, while Oxen and Shepherds (18th century) by Soga Shōhaku is a rare addition of a large - scale Japanese work for a museum outside of Japan.