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Learning of Timpanogo men in the area, the party resumed traveling in a northwesterly direction to Olathe, crossing the north fork of the Gunnison River and coming to the site of what is now Hotchkiss. [13] Bowie, September 1–2. Continuing travel to the northeast, the expedition reached the area of Bowie, encountering eighty Ute men on horses.
Spanish Fork, Utah (its name derives from a visit to the area by two Franciscan friars from Spain, Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez in 1776, who followed the stream down Spanish Fork canyon with the objective of opening a new trail from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Spanish missions in California, along a route ...
The Utes had direct trade with the Spanish at least by 1765 and possibly earlier. [44] The Utes had already acquired horses from neighboring tribes by the late 17th century. [5] During this time, few Europeans entered Ute territory. Exceptions to this include the Spanish Domínguez–Escalante expedition of 1776. [5]
The phrase appears in the Book of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 21:19–23 NRSV). "Mortal, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of them shall issue from the same land. And make a signpost, make it for a fork in the road leading to a city; mark out the road for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites or to Judah and to ...
A search and rescue horse is a horse trained and used to perform mounted search and rescue. In many cases, the horse is simply a means of transportation for a SAR responder. In other cases, the horse is a full member of the SAR field team. Like a SAR dog, a SAR horse can be trained to search for lost persons, using its keen senses of hearing ...
Horses returned to the Americas beginning with Christopher Columbus in 1493. They also arrived on the mainland with Cortés in 1519. These were mostly Iberian horses now described as "Spanish type." [7] [8] The horse also became an important part of Native American culture. [9] The horse population expanded rapidly. [10]
A llanero (Spanish pronunciation:, 'plainsman') is a Venezuelan and Colombian herder. The name is taken from the Llanos grasslands occupying eastern Colombia and western-central Venezuela. During the Spanish American wars of independence, llanero lancers and cavalry served in both armies and provided the bulk of the cavalry during the war. They ...
Ridges and valleys near Norton, Virginia in Wise County, Virginia A map of the Cumberland Plateau and Ridge and Valley Appalachians on the border between Virginia and West Virginia An aerial view Massanutten Mountain, including the south fork of the Shenandoah River (on left) and part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia