Chuck Wagon Information throughout his life. My grandfather would go out in the hills, do a little cooking, and I tagged along. My father was a cook in the army. I have always liked cooking. And when I went to my first chuck wagon cookoff and saw all of the wagons, I was hooked! I thought if I ever got my own wagon I would call my camp Gummer’s Camp. HOnEy DO SPOIlER (Wagon #16) Keven Romines, Pampa, Texas – Trail.
Texas. The JL Cattle Company Wagon also competes in chuck wagon competitions throughout Texas and New Mexico and caters events in the Abilene, Texas area. la JunTa (Wagon # 10) Wayne and Mickey Slinkard, Roswell, New Mexico – Trail. This wagon is an original Newton Calmar grain wagon from Wyoming. It was sold and warranted by Nick Redler of Albion, Nebraska, around the 1890’s. The grain box and running gear are original. It has the original Buttermilk paint of green and yellow. The running gear is original Newton #122. This is painted blue and orange. The tongue and brake system are original. lIZZIE II (Wagon #3) Rex & Sheryl Wailes, Bennett, Colorado – Trail.
This wagon is an early 1900’s Rock Island. The stenciling of who sold and warranted the wagon is still readable on the sideboards. The crew has cooked for cowboys at roundups, receptions, weddings and cookoffs. JaCkSOn RanCh WaGOn (Wagon #23) Thomas Jackson, Jr., Grants, New Mexico – Ranch. The Jackson Ranch, located on Highway 605 N near San Mateo, New Mexico, is a working cattle and horse ranch run by Tom Jackson Sr. and Tom Jackson, Jr. The Jacksons raise registered Longhorn cattle and registered Appaloosa horses. The Jackson Ranch Wagon is a working chuck wagon in use on the ranch regularly during branding season and for annual 4th of July cookouts held every year at the ranch for family and friends. The Jacksons have attended the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium and cookoff as spectators and competed for the first time in 2010. This will be their second entry into the cookoff. Jl CATTlE COMPAny (Wagon #19) Johnny and Leonna Adkins, Abilene, Texas – Trail. The wagon is a 1910 John Deer and was purchased from Bryson Trading Post in 2000. It was and has been a family restoration project, making it into an authentic and competition-ready wagon. The wagon is used on Leonna’s families’ ranch south of Baird, Texas. Besides ranch work, the wagon has been used in community service activities such as school, church and historical reenactment events. The historical reenactments include appearances at Fort Concho in San Angelo, Texas, as well Frontier Texas in Abilene, 30 | 2012 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium
This wagon was built in Wisconsin and was originally sold in Bird City, Kansas. It held 66 bushels of wheat and sold as flax tight. The wagon is all original and still has the weight limits on the axles. The chuck box is made out of old grain sides from Rex’s dad and grandpa’s grain trucks. The boot and tool boxes were made out of old grain bins that had been used on the Wailes Farm to store wheat. The bins were constructed by the CC work group that was formed during the depression. Being able to incorporate the past into our wagon has been very special to us. ROCkInG RR ChuCkWaGOn (Wagon #5) Russ and Susan Richins, Phoenix, Arizona – Trail. The Rocking RR Chuck Wagon was originally a farm and grain wagon built around 1900. A plate on the running gear identifies it as being built by Pekin Wagon works, Pekin, Illinois. It was restored and converted to a chuck wagon by Glen Moreland of Moreland Wagon Works, Ft. Davis, Texas. The wagon has been used for cookoffs in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. It is also used for demon-