Legend has it that in 1866 a Texas cattleman named Charles Goodnight loaded a hinged box with compartments and shelves onto the back of an Army wagon, filled it with supplies, and used it as a kitchen during a cattle drive. As food was known as chuck, his invention became the chuck wagon, and the totable kitchen is still so popular in Texas, the legislature deemed it the state's official vehicle just last year. Written by: Eborah Geigis Berry, Country Living: April 2006