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00:46 In Kansas land at the start of the trails

00:50 that led to the golden west, the Oregon Trail and the Santa

00:56 Fe were the two that were known the best.

01:00 Here in the town of Old Westport,

01:03 the windswept trails begun.

01:07 But most of the time, all the folks down there

01:10 just drowsed in the Kansas sun.

01:14 Yippee-aye-yay, and the ho-ho-ho get along.

01:17 You swabs get along.

01:20 Come the rolling tree or the lone prairie,

01:23 just sail along the west.

01:25 Ho-ho-ho!

01:25 Steady as she goes!

01:32 [HOOTING]

01:35 It sailed into Westport in a cloud of dust,

01:43 down Main Street and past Quincy Store,

01:46 then hole two at the Star of the West

01:49 started making a tack for shore.

01:52 Ahoy there, mate!

01:55 Bellied a voice from the dust as an anchor dropped over the side.

02:00 It neatly furled round the hitching post,

02:02 and the prairie schooner was tied.

02:05 The folks edged closer for a better look

02:08 and were amazed at what they saw.

02:10 Oh, it's a carvered wagon, Conner Stoketot.

02:13 But there ain't no auction to draw.

02:16 The difference was built above the top.

02:19 A deck ran from stem to stern.

02:21 A mast was rigged with a tattered sail,

02:24 and a tiller the wheels did turn.

02:26 Avast, me hearties!

02:32 The town folks stared and said nary a word,

02:35 then pushed out Mayor Crumb.

02:38 He cleared his throat before he spoke.

02:40 (CLEARS THROAT)

02:42 Howdy! Where be you from?

02:44 Avast there, lubbers!

02:46 I'm Captain Smith, and I've sailed the seven seas.

02:50 Now I've cruised to the west, and I intend to sail the lone prairies.

02:55 Well, your clothes don't look like nothing we've seen,

02:58 but your wagon's the type we approve.

03:01 With no auction or horses to pull the darn thing,

03:05 must be the wind makes 'em move.

03:07 You guessed it, me hearty.

03:09 But now let's toe the talk.

03:11 Till I see what your galley holds,

03:13 I haven't had chow for over a week.

03:15 My innards is furled and foaled.

03:18 He seated himself in the star of the west

03:22 and yelled an order or two.

03:25 Fetch me some grog with biscuit and beef.

03:28 All he got was buffalo stew.

03:30 Served by the mayor's daughter,

03:32 a beautiful craft was she.

03:35 With hair like a Zanzibar sunset,

03:38 and eyes like a blue-green sea.

03:40 She swayed with the grace of a schooner

03:48 and had the lines of a full-rigged ship.

03:51 Captain Smith most swallowed his scuppers,

03:54 and his heart did a hornpipe flip.

03:56 ( knocking )

03:58 ( bell dings )

03:59 ( clears throat )

04:02 My, go take a walk.

04:05 The captain me has got business.

04:08 And business is just man talk.

04:11 ( clears throat )

04:17 Ah, where was we at?

04:19 Huh?

04:20 Oh, yes, about that there wind wagon.

04:22 A question I'll clearly state.

04:25 I know you don't use any critters,

04:28 but will the bling thing haul freight?

04:30 You can bet your last blinkin' barnacle.

04:33 Freight is just ballast, you know.

04:36 Her hold will hold a full cargo,

04:39 and in Kansas the winds always blow.

04:42 ( crowd gasping )

04:43 The prairie is just like the ocean,

04:46 only greener and drier, you see.

04:49 And the billowing waves of buffalo grass

04:52 make sailing quite easy to be.

04:55 Now take the course charted here on the map

04:58 that leads down to old Santa Fe.

05:01 Wind wagons take almost two months.

05:04 I'll sail it in 14 days.

05:07 Now Jake Schaefer was one who could figure things out,

05:11 so took pencil in hand with a pad.

05:14 He scratched down some figures and added 'em up.

05:17 That's a quarter of the time he got.

05:20 I'll write some more figures and push 'em about.

05:23 That's four times the profit, land's sake.

05:26 We could build a whole fleet of wind wagons.

05:29 Now look at the money we'll make.

05:32 But they should be bigger and larger inside.

05:35 Then we'll make twice as much, don't you see?

05:38 Keep to it, you lovers, and stand by a while.

05:41 So happens I have the charts here with me.

05:44 He unfurled the plans of a super wind wagon

05:47 where everyone could see.

05:50 Fates, I'm ready to organize the Prairie Clipper Company.

05:55 ( crowd gasping )

05:57 They signed up and formed a board.

05:59 They shook hands with each other a while.

06:02 And monies were paid for keels to be laid.

06:05 Hit them out into quarter pi.

06:08 ( hammering )

06:10 They laid out the keel of the super wind wagon.

06:13 ( hammering )

06:16 Worked on her day and night.

06:19 White oak and hickory were used in the ribs.

06:22 ( hammering )

06:25 And the wheels were made just for the wheels just right.

06:29 ( music playing )

06:32 Wind wagon met Molly each night after work

06:36 on the unfinished deck that was free.

06:39 As they sat 'neath the moon,

06:41 he'd tell her tales of life on the bounding sea.

06:45 ( moaning )

06:47 Molly's father was one who frowned on such things.

06:50 You could see he was mad as a crow.

06:53 He called his daughter-- Molly!

06:55 Oh, dear.

06:57 Get for the house!

06:59 I've heard about sailors, you know.

07:02 ( music playing )

07:04 Then came the day the wind wagon was finished.

07:07 What a sight for everyone's eyes.

07:10 Her 12-foot wheels had hubs big as barrels,

07:13 and her mast seemed to reach the sky.

07:16 The wagon tongue ran up to the deck

07:19 as a tiller it stood in good stead.

07:21 A tobacco storewood and Indian

07:23 was used for the craft's figurehead.

07:26 So beautifully fitted and greased it was,

07:29 she's mighty pretty,

07:31 she'd move with the touch of a hand.

07:33 Why, a lot of swan.

07:35 And they rolled her out to the edge of town.

07:38 ( gunshots )

07:42 Accompanied by the Westport band.

07:45 ( music playing )

07:49 Molly got set to christen the craft.

07:52 Mid cheers and a toot of a horn,

07:55 she took dead aim on the wood Indian's head

07:58 and broke a jug of old Kansas corn.

08:01 ( glass shatters )

08:03 ( music playing )

08:06 The board of directors were set for the voyage,

08:12 and Miss Molly led them up to the hold.

08:15 When her father said--

08:17 "Molly, go take a walk.

08:19 This cruise is for men," she was told.

08:22 ( sobbing )

08:25 Admiral Winn Wagon Smith mounted the deck

08:27 and whacked the bell eight times o'er.

08:30 Then looked in the hold that was fully packed and yelled--

08:33 "All ashore that's going ashore."

08:36 Now he unfurled the mainsail down to the deck,

08:41 then grabbed the long tiller pole,

08:44 and bellied out in the Kansas breeze.

08:47 And the Winn Wagon started to row.

08:49 ♪ She headed down the Santa Fe Trail ♪

08:52 ♪ She picked up speed in the breeze ♪

08:55 ♪ Down below the directors sat ♪

08:58 ♪ Trying to control their knees ♪

09:01 ♪ Cutting a swath through the buffalo grass ♪

09:04 ♪ The clipper sailed along ♪

09:07 ♪ Winn Wagon Smith was so pleased with his craft ♪

09:10 ♪ He started to sing his song ♪

09:13 ♪ Yippee-aye-yay and a yo-ho-ho ♪

09:16 ♪ On our maiden voyage we sail ♪

09:19 ♪ We're on our way to Santa Fe ♪

09:22 ♪ And we're really a-blazin' the trail ♪

09:25 I calculate we'll go in 60.

09:29 60?

09:31 ( all cheering )

09:32 Coyote reef dead ahead.

09:35 Lincoln Savages hard aboard.

09:39 Engines?

09:41 Rig for off-sea.

09:44 ( gagging )

09:46 Fasten down the hatches.

09:50 Stop this contraption?

09:55 If you don't stop, we'll sue.

09:58 Let us off! Let us off!

10:02 Okay, you swabs, hold on to your seats.

10:05 I'm gonna bring her about.

10:07 He pushed on the tiller and turned back toward town

10:10 The sail angled out from the mast.

10:12 Then he pulled on the handle to straighten her out.

10:15 Lo and behold, the wheels, it stuck fast.

10:18 Smith pulled and tugged with all of his might

10:21 But his efforts were all in vain.

10:23 She sailed in a circle two miles wide.

10:26 The board was still raising cash.

10:29 She's east.

10:34 Now, each time the wagon sailed past the town

10:37 A member or two would jump out.

10:40 Like rats abandon a sinking ship

10:43 They'd hit running and tumbling about.

10:46 Here comes another.

10:55 It is honor the mayor.

10:57 When wagon Smith was now all alone and bowed

11:01 I'll go down with the wreck.

11:04 Then his eyes did pop as a hatch cover opened

11:07 And Molly climbed out on the deck.

11:09 She tacked to the stern and hoved to its Smith's side.

11:13 I was hidden, she coyly did say.

11:16 Well, shiver me timbers and furl me jibs

11:20 You're the wind wagon's first stowaway.

11:23 Now, you'd better get off, 'cause I can't steer

11:26 And I'm afeard her seams will rip.

11:28 We're in for a blow from that hurricane.

11:31 My captain, don't give up the ship.

11:33 Just then the old Kansas twister hit.

11:36 With a howl like a wild Cherokee.

11:40 She sun-fished and bumped and the wheels did shake.

11:45 Then the tiller broke itself free.

11:48 I can steer her again and we'll ride out this gale.

11:54 He fought the storm without rest.

11:57 The wagon sailed out on top of the blow

12:00 As the twister headed due west.

12:03 The old wind wagon wasn't heard of again

12:13 Except in tales old timers told.

12:18 They saw a wagon amongst the clouds

12:23 When the sun set turned to gold.

12:28 She'd be a-sailing in the painted sky

12:33 They'd swear on a buffalo hide.

12:38 Wind wagon Smith was a-steering this rig

12:43 With a beautiful gal at his side.

12:48 Yippee-yi-yay and a-yo-ho-ho

12:52 We're sailing along on high

12:56 Just Molly and me or the lone prairie

13:01 On our wagon way up in the sky.

13:05 On our wagon way up in the sky.

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