The Bet

Left to Right: Small children by side of wagon are Med Simmons and Wilford Eckersell. With bicycle :Jesse Nelson and Dale Turman. 2nd Wagon: Roy Simmons and Howard Eckersell, 1st Wagon: Jack Eckersell, Joe Beesley, Bill Eckersell on box and James Eckersell on horse. First wagon has Jack Eckersell and Joe Beesley with Bill Eckersell on the box. Names are spelled according to caption found on back of photograph from Wilford Eckersell Collection.

This photo involved a bet as to whether James M. Eckersell (Wilford's father) could turn a team and wagons on Rexburg's mainstreet. Wilford's father was a teamster and farmer. If I remember right, one pair of horses was taken off when they were taken to be watered. Nobody noticed when they came back and the wagons were turned without a problem. The Historical Society has a larger version of this same photo. Wilford might have been about 6-10. I didn't see a date on the photo.

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