Faithful Steeds
Tales of the faithful steed are braided into the horse blanket of American history -- from Paul Revere to Pony Express to the battle mounts of the Civil War. Tributes to hard-ridden heroes range from public statuary to rare mounted hides and heads staged in understandably proud museums. Take a trot around the Winners Circle of faithful steeds....
Rienzi (Winchester), Washington, DC: Died 1878 Old Baldy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Died 1882 Stonewall Jackson's Horse, Lexington, Virginia: Died 1886 Comanche, Little Bighorn Survivor, Lawrence, Kansas:Died c. 1890 Old Sorrel, Cedar City, Utah: Died 1898 Head of Firehorse Fred, New Bern, North Carolina: Died 1925 Man o' War, Lexington, Kentucky: Died 1947 Strolling Jim, Wartrace, Tennessee: Died 1957 Trigger, Omaha, Nebraska: Died 1965 Nordlicht, Hitler's Horse, St. Rose, Louisiana: Died 1968 Misty, Chincoteague, Virginia: Died 1972
