Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day"Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones
After the long drive, we were only 15 minutes from our destination last night, feeling a bit desperate for, um, facilities, but then we passed a herd of wild horses, and had to stop. They were a beautiful sight.
Who was here first in the American West and Central Nevada?
1) Wild horses
2) Ranchers
3) Miners
4) Spanish Explorers
5) Native Americans
Hint: The answer is complicated, as is the issue. And, there is some geology involved.
8 comments:
interesting...
all of the above?
if I were to pick one I'd guess #4
Fascinating Pictures.
It has been delightful
to visit your gallery.
Good Creations
agreed, amazing photos
Well, wild pre-horses (Eohippus - sp? et al) were here, then native Americans, then the Spanish and their horses which became the first wild horses of Recent times, then ranchers & miners NNITO, with many current wild horses now descended from escapee ranch horses with some Spanish-horse wild blood, modified and bred somewhat by native Americans post-Spaniards (I think).
-Silver Fox
My entry - A horse is a horse, of course, of course, with its millions -of-years history in N. America.
Talk to Mr. Ed.
An awesome sight for your last day. Welcome home.
Hoofed, shurely?
Oh yes, and the quiz. Horses. Before the ancestors of the native americans (probably) ate them all along with most of the other charismatic megafauna... Were there mastodons here too?
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