It's autumn in the Ozarks -- time for football, hunting and mules jumping. While raccoon hunters have used mules to jump fences for years, jumping mules for entertainment began nearly 30 years ago in ...

The stadium at the East Perry County Community Fair overflowed to the arena's perimeter where mule jump enthusiasts lined the railings or sat above the culvert where concrete served as a bench. Former ...

ALTENBURG, Mo. (KFVS) - The “Best Little Fair in the Land” returns to southeast Missouri with live music, mule jumping and more. According to organizers, the East Perry Community Fair has free ...

World record jumping mules can jump more than five feet, and an unverified source says the highest a mule has ever jumped is six feet. Prielipp, who lives on a 300 acre dairy farm with her husband ...

Great Jumpin' Mules! Mule-jumping competitions are popular at state fairs in the rural south and midwest. WSJ's Doug Belkin went to West Plains, Missouri to catch the high-jumping action.

PEA RIDGE -- I've read "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," a classic short story written by Mark Twain. I've watched the Terrapin Derby in Lepanto, where hundreds of turtles meander ...

Paul Ruehling of Pocahontas has been in the business of jumping mules for more than a decade. With the help of his grandchildren, his quarter horse mules compete at several fairs and events in the ...

PEA RIDGE -- The crowds yelled and cheered, encouraging the recalcitrant mules to jump over the curtain that was taller than they were. Each mule had two opportunities to try the height, and some ...