The partnership between John Wayne and Ward Bond was more than just a professional collaboration, it was a friendship.

EL DORADO COUNTY — The historic Wagon Train in El Dorado County is making its way west on Highway 50 for the 75th year. "It gets better and better every year," said Steve Downer, wagon master.

A Permanent Home As Young was reaching his destination, another wagon train with more than 1,500 people and nearly 600 cows was leaving Winter Quarters and heading west. Over the next two decades ...