Father of the American JACKASS

George Washington is often mistakenly referred to as the “Father of the American Mule.” He is also credited with being the first to bring a jackass to the colonies and the first to breed mules in said colonies. Not true. Almost 100 years before Washington was born,  an invoice from the Virginia Company showed that 80 asses were ordered from France. Jacks were offered as studs and mule breeding was taking place from South Carolina to New York for decades before Washington’s first large S