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The Twenty Mule Team and Borax a story of the old west. Compiled and Edited by John Veverka
Growing up as a child in Mansfield, Ohio, and watching black and white TV (we had 3 channels) in the 1950's there were lots of TV shows about the old west, from the Lone Ranger, to the Old Ranger, Death Valley Days (photo below) . The latter TV show had many hosts, one of whom was Ronald Regan (during his acting years) and those shows were sponsored by the Twenty-Mule Team Borax company. I even had a model of the twenty-mule team to put together. So when I came across some articles on the subject, I thought you might enjoy one of the true stories of the old west, cobbled together from several different sources, just for fun. So let's start at the beginning.
First of all -what is Borax anyway. This old advertisement booklet explains. We'll meet Borax Bill a little later in the story.
