Jaunty hats...y'all going somewhere?

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We'd love to know the story behind this one, wouldn't you?  Why pile onto the railroad cart?  Are they fooling around, or merely posing for the camera?  One thing's for sure, they have jaunty hats...all of them!

Another wonderful image of early life in Van Horn, from the collection of the Clark Hotel Museum.