1955 LTH , The adventurous sister .

[harrybarbon]

20 hours ago, 1961H67 said:

I really knew nothing of the Tennessee Walking Horse until I started researching this truck but it looks like they have a pretty big following. But that’s what the LTH was transformed from a work truck to a show truck to haul the Millers Show Horses , they had a trailer all dolled up that the LTH pulled. Unfortunately I haven’t found any pictures of them hooked together the only picture of the trailer is in a Walking Horse magazine from back in the 70s, and haven’t found any clue about it’s whereabouts. Here’s a picture of a flyer from the early 70s , it even has the Millers names still listed from Fairbanks Alaska , Later it was listed they were from Lewisburg Tennessee. In the picture of the magazine you can only see the rear tire of the truck hooked to the trailer. I would love to find a picture of it all together, and that annual Celebration in Shelbyville TN is a very big event,, I’m sure it was there many times throughout the 70s . Maybe one day a picture will pop up. 

H67, try contacting the race horse clubs or the race courses where their horse ran. Most often these clubs have a big history of material going back many decades. You could be surprised what treasures you might find. Good luck with your research. 

[1961H67]

Great idea, I have often thought about finding someone that attends the Walking Horse championships regularly over in Tennessee,,, I’ll keep looking for more information, there are a few people locally who have Tennessee Walkers, they have been to the National events, I mentioned 10Tucky and the Millers to them and they knew exactly who I was talking about, so they were a big deal back in the day, Kinda like Mentioning Petty Enterprise and Richard Petty around here , A big deal back in the day . 

[Mark T]

You can easily spend over an hour if you Google Tennessee Walking Horse, and not scratch the surface. At least that's what I found out last evening (lol)   Interesting story, from so many angles. 

[1961H67]

Yes you can, It’s big Money also! The way I understood John C Millers nephew, Joe Jaines continued to work in Alaska for a while and Mr Miller eventually sold his company ( Frontier Companies of Alaska Inc) in the late 70s . I think they relocated to Lewisburg Tennessee. Alan Abe’s father worked for 10Tucky as their Farrier  and Blacksmith, and also hauled the horses. There was a Lady, famous in the Walking Horse World named Billie Nipper, she was a artist, she did this painting of John C “ Tennessee “ Miller , if you look closely there’s horses, mules , some construction images. Miller gave Mr Abee a copy, his son Alan sent me this picture of it . 

Edited 18 hours ago by 1961H67
Miss spelled

[mowerman]

wow,,,thats some beautiful work...and i always appreciate artists that throw stuff in there they dont really need excellent hand thanks for that,,,bob

[Brocky]

At a first glance he has a John Wayne look ?? And probably just as tough!!!

[mrsmackpaul]

 The lady I mentioned who had the Tennesse Walking Horses was Annie Wilkins 

A tough old lady amd the horse was called Rex

You probably need to read the book to learn more 

Here's a link to the lady and here riding adventures

Mesannie Wilkins - Wikipedia https://share.google/s1CH6dfTHyK29oapT

Oh yeah, John Wayne is a pretty interesting bloke, the more I learn about him the more interesting he was

 

Paul