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Jan 1, 1500
spanish conquistadors
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Jan 1, 1519
Coronado
Set out for america with more than 150 horseman. -
Dec 11, 1539
Desoto
Desoto's expedition with 237 horses. -
Dec 11, 1547
Antoni de Mendoza
first governor of New Spain (Mexico) had 11 haciendas and over 1500 horses. -
Farms
Average American farm had 100 acres. -
Central element
during this time the horse hauled goods, pulled omnibuses and cabs, and moved people about in carriages.
The horse helped speed things up for farmers compared to the slow ox. -
Machines
Farm machinery such as mowing, reaping, and threashing machines, John Deere's steel plow, the corn planter, and the two horse cultivator were invented. -
Fire
The first fire horse was purchased.
New York City.
Fire horses mostly draft horses for speed and strength. -
integral parts of fire fighting
With the machines becoming heavier horses were made to pull machinery such as the steam pumpers and ladder trucks. -
Cavalry
Congress aproves the raising of two horse mounted regiments known as the 1st and 2nd cavalry. -
Agricultural Colleges
Congress passes the Morrill Land Grant Act, Led to the establishment of state agricultural colleges. -
Rural horses
Rural horse population was estimated at almost 8 million even though the number of farm workers was well under 7 million. -
Cornell
The first veterinary college opend at Cornell University. -
Kentucky Derby
On May 17, 1875 the first Kentucky Derby was held. Sponsored by Louisville Jockey Club. -
Car lines
Horse-car lines were operating in every city in the United States with a population of atleast 50,000. -
Horse Show
The National Horse Show began. held each november at Madison Square Garden. -
Rodeo's
The first rodeo with paid attendence, Prescot, Arizona on july 4th 1886 -
Delivery
Horses were used to deliver everything from beer to meat.
Carts were usually pulled by four to six horses. -
Rough Riders
The Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. Rode horses. -
Alot of Horses
by 1900 there were over 27,000 belgians, clydesdales, percherons, shires, suffolk punches in the united states. -
More fire horses
By 1906 there were neawrly 1500 fire horses in the united states. -
farm and nonfarm horses
by 1910 there were atleast 13 million horses in the united states. more than half of those carried between ten and 50 percent of dreaft horse blood. and more than 3 million were not in use on farms. -
teams
team events in shows begun in this year. -
ww1
the united states sent its horses before its men.
