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On that proverbial journey, the wagons break down, Jones said, and the wagon master would have to break it down, use some wood for firewood, use some wood to build a float across the Mississippi River.—Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 7 Jan. 2026 At the center of it all was Candy as a drunk wagon master desperately seeking redemption.—Simon Bland, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025 That wagon master’s name was George Donner.—San Antonio Express-News, 13 Nov. 2021