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The article discusses the history of automobiles and the automobile industry in the U.S. Topics discussed include the use of horse and wagon in transportation, the launch of the automobile industry in 1900 and the launch of first two automobiles n 1898. The article cites the popularity of automobiles in October 1909 after the introduction of a steam automobile accompanied the tallyho and four-in-hand carriage driven by philathropist Alfred G. Vanderbilt.

Presents the short story "Wherever the Grass Grows," by Allan R. Bosworth.

Presents an excerpt from the book "The War Party," by Louis L'amour.

The article features the covered wagon which served as a symbol of victory of the West in the U.S. It originated in Pennsylvania in 1750 and boomed for a century and was largely used by freighters on the Santa Fe Trail. Most of its advanced examples portrayed a big and ponderous Conestoga which had a bed designed liked a boat having diagonal sides with its cover overspreading its front and back sides which gave it a lordotic appearance.

The article describes travel in wagon trains in the United States during the 1950s citing the popularity of Conestoga wagon in Pennsylvania. Everything about the Conestoga wagon was homemade with hand tools. There was little uniformity in its dimensions, but the wagon bed measured approximately sixteen feet in length, four feet in width and of the same depth.

The article presents the history of the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Corp. in South Bend, Indiana. It was established in 1852 and it has become one of the biggest manufacturing enterprises in the United States. Its first products were carriages, buggies, wagons, and sleigh-cutters. When World War I began in 1914, the company's sales were about $43 million. The company eventually manufactured trucks and cars.

The article presents information on several stagecoaches in the U.S. A special wagon called wahoe was created for trade and is a combination of the covered wagon and the standard ore wagon with more powerful brakes. The Overland coaches carried 12,000 riders from Sacramento, California to Virginia City, Nevada in 1863. A coach built by the Abbott-Downing Co. of Concord in New Hampshire carried nine passengers, three to a seat and one or more outside.

The author presents the author's conversation with a 73-year-old man in New York City while riding on the man's wagon. He learned that the man wanted to retire from driving his wagon, but he could not rid of his horse named Buster. He discovered that the man was a prizefighter and had tried to encourage the people around the market at the Winter Garden on Grand Street who wanted to take a ride on his wagon. The man also mentioned more about himself, that he became a newsboy selling newspapers.

City folks are suspicious of the stranger when on their own heath, or cement; but the Drifter had supposed that a city man touring the hill-country with his wife would be glad to give a weary foot-passenger a lift. But it is not so. The Drifter acquired a new yardstick for automobiles. A Ford with a vacant seat meant a sure offer of a lift; any modest country car or local delivery wagon meant probable hospitality; the big polished city touring car or limousine was sure to whiz past in silent disdain. It may be different in the West; for the sake of the continental hitchhikers the Drifter hopes so.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to the articles in previous issues including "Those Rush Hour Blues" in the January 18, 1960 issue, "Turkey: Premier v. Press" in the January 18, 1960 issue and "Rolling Bandwagon" in the January 18, 1960 issue.

The article reports on the use of horse carriage as an exchange for gas and tires as means of trade transportation in the U.S. It mentions that Henderson Bros.' carriage stock has been reconditioned in Winchester, Massachusetts. It notes that Harness Co. of New York has retained the officers' buckboards that were supposed to be used in the first World War. It cites that the conversion of truck to wagon by metropolitan merchandisers maintaining delivery fleets has saved gas.

The article offers information on various products. It states that Food Machinery & Chemical Corp. developed an automatic teamaking machine for Tea Council of the U.S.A. Inc. and the National Restaurant Association. It mentions that the stainless-steel-and-plastic vending wagons designed by the Coca-Cola Co. was used by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. for its New York-Washington passenger trains. It adds that the Patek Philippe & Co. introduced a light-powered clock run by a photoelectric cell.

Reviews the motion picture "The Covered Wagon."

The article reports on the Shopmobile of McCrory Corp. that is considered as a modern version of the peddler's wagon in which it provides a catalogue that lists the items of the company and a mail order catalogue to its customers.

A photograph of a borax wagon is presented.

A photograph of children crawling over a borax wagon is presented.

A photograph of a milkman wagon with rubber tires developed by Borden as part of its campaign to let customers sleep while milk is being delivered is presented.

The article reports that the service rendered by railroads in the U.S. in 1929 in terms of furnishing freight cars was recognized to be 99.99-percent perfect.

The article reviews business pamphlets including "One Million Management Spokesmen," "Wagons Southwest," and "Fundamentals of the Price Problem."

Photographs of the old wooden wagon road on the desert between El Centro, California and Yuma, Arizona in 1937 is presented.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to the article "Get Ready to Get on the Band Wagon" in an early 1934 issue, as well as articles on 'Company Union vs. Outside Union' in early 1934 issues, and a letter in which the sender claims that the journal has been helpful and inspiring to their staff, particularly the sales representatives.

The article presents several jokes about the gift options of a bride from her bridegroom, the 120 percent accounting of expenses and the warning of an ice wagon driver to a refrigerator salesman.

The article focuses on the growing popularity of mammy wagons in West Africa. It states that mammy wagons were the principal means of travel in the country, which were named for the bright-robed market women who ride them and driven by tough freewheelers known as maulers. However, the Lagos city council has ordered to prohibit mammy wagons in the capital's clogged streets, which prompted several maulers to strike and opposed the government's mandate.

A photograph of wagons owned by the Pacific Coast Borax Co., together with the people who rode on them during a transcontinental trip across the U.S., is presented.

The article discusses developments in the automobile and transportation industries in the U.S. as of May 1926. It mentions the increase in use of electric delivery wagons because of its neat appearance and use of solid rubber tires or cushion tires. According to the article, manufacturers of gasoline motor trucks and delivery wagons have waited too long before abandoning the idea of fighting against low transportation units.

The article reports on the sale of the last 30 horses, wagons and harnesses in Philadelphia's horse-drawn postal delivery service to the general public in February 1955 by the city government to focus on the use of 27 motor vehicles in Pennsylvania.

The article focuses on Orville Ewing, a onetime mail carrier turned itinerant artist, who has spent much of his life in motion. Twenty-five years ago he set out from Colorado to travel for his health in his small covered wagon, with donkeys for power, a nanny goat to provide a supply of fresh milk, and a dog for company. Since then Ewing has been guided only by the seasons and his whims. Ewing makes his living by drawing pencil sketches and selling picture post cards. Motorists who roar past his old-fashioned rig sometimes shout sarcastic remarks about his donkey pace--not knowing that the old-timer pities them for being in too much of a hurry to observe and enjoy the ever-changing beauty of the countryside.

The article presents the painting "One Too Many," by Thomas Mickell Burnham, of the 1860 genre illustrating a scenario at those times. The painting warns wagon drivers not to mix drinking and driving. Description of the picture on the back cover of the February 1967 issue of the journal "American Heritage," is also presented.

The article presents information on the ice wagon which is pulled by a horse. The wagons are used to carry the ice to keep the meats and eggs from spoiling in the summer's heat. Knickerbocker Ice Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, maker of the ice wagons, announced in its 1890-1891 catalogue that the painting and lettering on the wagons are designed to attract attention on the streets.

The author relates his experience of being trapped in the snow during his trip to a town in Montana to buy lumber. Snow began to fall at 4:30 in the afternoon which blotted the wagon trail. The horses were stuck in the bottom of a dry creek bed with the snow. His decision to free the horses from the wagon helped him return to his barn.

Presents several photographs of various people and events related to U.S. history. Orville and Wilbur Wright with their sister Katherine; H. V. Kaltenborn, a sergeant in the Spanish-American War and an orator; Wagonload of currency being unloaded at the U.S. Treasury.

A photograph of a man-powered fire hose wagon in the coal town of Wilburton No. 1 in Pennsylvania is presented.