A few years before I married my first husband, Don Knox, my cousins Edie & Bob McNair gave up the collecting of old cars as too expensive and transferred their interest to the acquisition of old horse drawn vehicles and related items which could then be gotten for little or nothing. Being myself a horse […]
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The CAA has a busy year planned! Interested in learning, traveling and driving with us? CAA Trip to England The CAA trip to the Royal Windsor Horse Show has sadly been canceled for 2020. We are planning to attend in 2021 and are currently accepting trip deposits. Dates for CAA trip in 2021 are May
In 1952, The Quiet Man, starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara re-introduced the Jaunting Car to the world when they went courting in the horse drawn cart. Long before the movie, there was another romance that resulted in the Jaunting Car being the most recognizable Irish cart. In 1786, Charles Bianconi was born in Italy.
