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Darwin produces miniature wooden wagon sculptures that are exact replica’s of the originals.

He carves every detail into these miniature works or art to exact scale. Even if there is a spring coming out of the torn seat, it is in the sculpture.

The sculpture to the left is titled Resting in Redrock.

Another one of Darwin’s original wagon sculptures is called, “Sweetwater Crossing”.

“The Sweetwater River, with its pleasing waters, welcomed the parched emigrants to central Wyoming. The waters were made all the sweeter by the previous day’s crossing from the Platte across the dusty, alkali plains. But what initially seemed most inviting about the river — its steady flows — soon turned into a lingering headache.

The emigrants, unlike the river, were not content to meander over the landscape. To follow each bend might consume a day or more. Time being too precious for such nonsense, they crossed it once. . . And then again. . . and again and again, until they had ultimately crossed it nine times.

Though many wagons were damaged and left behind, most emigrants were happy to leave the Sweetwater. Ahead lay the beginning of a long dry stretch over the South Pass.”

See more of Darwin’s Wooden Wagon Sculptures Here.