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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
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