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