Wild Horses

Horses evolved in North America, crossed into Asia, and then vanished from the continent that made them for about ten thousand years, until Spanish ships brought them back. Everywhere they got loose they became something nobody had a word for: not wildlife, not livestock, not quite wild. Twelve countries have since answered that question twelve different ways. Australia calls them an invasive pest and shoots them from helicopters. Japan protects one herd as a Natural Monument. Canada invented the word "naturalized" and lets a North Atlantic sandbar population live and die untouched. Britain calls them private property with owners and ancient commons rights. The United States protected them in 1971 as "living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit", a statute that answers a cultural question and carefully avoids the biological one, and now keeps 58,000 of them in corrals and leased pastures at two thirds of the programme budget. The classification was never settled by science. It was chosen, and then the science was recruited. This archive follows the horses and the argument: the Pleistocene bones, the Plains nations who built a civilisation on them in a century, the mustangers and the pet-food trade, Wild Horse Annie and the schoolchildren, the helicopters over Kosciuszko and Nevada, and the people on every side who think they are the ones protecting them.

A chronological documentary of 1,458 moments on Loreline.

Curated by Olivier · last updated 2026-09-02

Eras

The Mustang, The American herds and the people who chased them: mustangers and mustang running, cavalry remounts, ranch work, and the twentieth-century collapse when the herds were rounded up for pet food and rendering. This is the history that produced the 1971 Act, and most of it was photographed before 1930, which is why so much of it survives in the public domain.
Where They Came From, Horses evolved in North America and left, crossing into Asia before disappearing from their own continent around ten thousand years ago. What came back with the Spanish in 1519 was a domesticated animal returning to ground its ancestors had shaped, which is why the argument over whether American mustangs are native or feral has never been settled. This facet also holds Przewalski's horse, the only never-domesticated equid left, which went extinct in the wild and was rebuilt from a few dozen animals in zoos, and the tarpan, which was not.
Horse Nations, The horse reached the Plains through the Spanish Southwest and the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, and within a century the Comanche, Lakota, Cheyenne, Nez Perce and Blackfeet had built entire economies and military systems around it. Recent Lakota oral history and archaeology argue the horse arrived earlier than the standard account allows. This facet also carries the deliberate destruction of those herds by the US Army, and the horse cultures of Mongolia, Kazakhstan and the South American pampas.
Roundups and Holding, What actually happens to the animals. Helicopter gathers and trap sites, the corrals and leased pastures where 58,025 horses were held in May 2026 against 61,523 on the range, consuming two thirds of the budget. Aerial shooting in Australia. Musters in New Zealand. Fertility control where it has been tried, which is more places than people think, and its real limit, which is arithmetic rather than cruelty: it slows a population, it cannot reduce one. And the sale pipeline, where horses leave federal custody legally, lose federal protection at the bill of sale, and some fraction reaches the plants.
Herds of the World, Every other population living loose, and how differently each is treated. Sable Island off Nova Scotia, protected in 1961 after a schoolchildren letter campaign and left entirely alone since, including through mass starvation. The Namib desert horses at their waterhole, roughly a hundred animals descended from German colonial cavalry. New Zealand's Kaimanawa, capped at 300. Konik in Dutch and Polish reserves. Misaki in Japan, a Natural Monument since 1953. Plus Assateague and Chincoteague, the Outer Banks, Cumberland Island, and the Iberian herds that turn out to be the main prey of the Iberian wolf. Britain's moorland ponies and the Camargue appear here too, though strictly they are owned property under commons and manade systems, which is a different thing again.
The Brumby, Australia has no native equid, so nobody there argues the horses belong ecologically; the case for them is cultural, about the Snowy Mountains and the stockmen and the poem every Australian schoolchild learns. That is what makes Kosciuszko the most active wild-horse fight in the world. The 2018 law that gave brumbies heritage protection was repealed in December 2025, aerial shooting resumed on 9 June 2026, and the target is under 3,000 by mid-2027. Worth knowing: far more horses are shot each year in the Northern Territory and Queensland, with almost no objection at all.
The Law, Velma Bronn Johnston, known as Wild Horse Annie, ran a letter-writing campaign by schoolchildren that produced the 1959 ban on hunting horses from aircraft, and then the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act that Nixon signed on 15 December 1971. The Act calls them "living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit", which answers a cultural question and avoids a biological one. Then the amendments that hollowed it: the 1978 Public Rangelands Improvement Act, the 2004 Burns Amendment permitting sale without limitation, and the annual appropriations riders that bar killing healthy animals and must be renewed every single year.
The Argument, The people fighting over all of it. Wild Horse Annie and Hope Ryden, Laura Leigh whose litigation established the public's right to watch a roundup, Ginger Kathrens, the photographers who became plaintiffs, the Australian Brumby Alliance. And the other side, which is not a caricature: rangeland ecologists, park agencies and some tribes who argue that leaving too many horses on damaged country is itself a welfare failure. Both sides accuse the other of sentimentality, and both are sincere.

1540 - Frederic Remington - Coronado's March 1540. Coronado's march - Colorado , by Frederic Remington published. Spanish Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Expedition (1540 - 1542), passing through Colonial New Mexico , to the Great Plains.
1540 - Frederic Remington - Coronado sets out to the north. "Coronado sets out to the north" , oil painting by Frederic Remington . Spanish Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Expedition (1540 - 1542), passing through Colonial New Mexico , to the Great Plains.
1540 - Frederic Remington - Coronado sets out to the north. "Coronado sets out to the north" , oil painting by Frederic Remington . Spanish Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Expedition (1540 - 1542), passing through Colonial New Mexico , to the Great Plains.
1540 - Frederic Remington - Coronado's March. Coronado's march - Colorado , by Frederic Remington published in Drawings of 1898. Spanish Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Expedition (1540 - 1542), passing through Colonial New Mexico , to the Great Plains.
1540 - Frederic Remington - Coronado's March 1540. Coronado's march - Colorado , by Frederic Remington published. Spanish Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Expedition (1540 - 1542), passing through Colonial New Mexico , to the Great Plains.
1540 - Frederic Remington - Coronado's March. Coronado's march - Colorado , by Frederic Remington published in Drawings of 1898. Spanish Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Expedition (1540 - 1542), passing through Colonial New Mexico , to the Great Plains.
1540 - "Coronado sets out to the north" , oil painting by Frederic Remington. (1540 - 1542), passing through Colonial New Mexico , to the Great Plains.
1540 - "Coronado sets out to the north" , oil painting by Frederic Remington. (1540 - 1542), passing through Colonial New Mexico , to the Great Plains.
1752 - Boleando Baguales según Paucke. 1752 Extraída de la publicación "Monumenta Iconographica" publicada en 1964 por Bonifacio del.
1775 - Illustration by Jean Bernard, digitally enhanced by rawpixel-com. Standing mottled horse by Jean Bernard (1775-1883). Original from the Rijks Museum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
1834 - Comanches capturing wild horses with lassos, approximately July 16, 1834
1834 - Colonel Henry Dodge first meets a Comanche emissary, July 14, 1834
1840 - A Blackfoot indian on horseback 0019v. A Blackfoot indian on. Published by the Library of Congress.
1840 - Blackfoot warrior riding a fine gray horse. Blackfoot warrior riding a fine gray. Published by the Library of Congress.
1846 - Gauchos and feral horses by Rugendas. Argentine Gauchos and feral horses, 1846.
1850 - 1850 Schwarzfussindiander Elchleder anagoria. Piikuni (Blackfeet) elk-skin robe with painted decoration by Mountain Chief, mid-1800s; Museum of the native American, New York, N.Y.,.
1861 - A Taint on the Wind. Frederic Remington (1861-1909), A Taint on the Wind, 1906, Oil on canvas, Sid Richardson Museum, Fort Worth, Texas ( https://www.sidrichardsonmuseum.org.
1861 - A Taint on the Wind. Frederic Remington (1861-1909), A Taint on the Wind, 1906, Oil on canvas, Sid Richardson Museum, Fort Worth, Texas ( https://www.sidrichardsonmuseum.org.
1866 - Kherson tarpan. Tarpan at the Moscow zoo. This male tarpan was then 18 years old, dark grey with white spot on front left tibia. Mane was very long; the tail was cut by keepers. The tarpan was caught in 1866 on Zagradovsk steppe and lived until 1880 in Novovorontsovka, until.
1866 - StateLibQld 2 393817 Hunting wild horses on the Bunya Mountains, 1866. Hunting wild horses on the Bunya Mountains, 1866 David Parry-Okeden, manager of Burrandowan in the early 1860s, has recorded how the Aborigines helped to build stock yards on Mt. Mowbullan to catch the wild horses, where the brumby mobs were completely out of. Brumby numbers in the Australian Alps are contested between park agencies and heritage advocates.
1866 - Kherson tarpan. Tarpan at the Moscow zoo. This male tarpan was then 18 years old, dark grey with white spot on front left tibia. Mane was very long; the tail was cut by keepers. The tarpan was caught in 1866 on Zagradovsk steppe and lived until 1880 in Novovorontsovka, until.
1870 - NEPE Saddle Woman. Woman’s Saddle c 1870-1880s Horses were reintroduced to North America by the Spaniards. Many of the horse accoutrements, such as this saddle, reflect the Spanish roots of the horse. The two high projections at the front and back of the saddle are reminiscent.
1873 - Ledger art of Running Antelope (Hunkpapa Lakota). 1 of. Ledger art of Lakota chief Running Antelope. Painted in 1873 with water colors to Dr. W. J. Hoffmann in a drawing book. The drawing shows Running Antelope on his horse when he kills one Arikara and hits another with his lance. The year is given as 1853, and. Published by the Smithsonian Institution.
1873 - Ledger art of Running Antelope (Hunkpapa Lakota). 2 of. Ledger art of Lakota chief Running Antelope. Painted in 1873 with water colors to Dr. W. J. Hoffmann in a drawing book. The drawing shows Running Antelope on his horse when he kills one Arikara warrior according to the text. This is not clearly shown in the. Published by the Smithsonian Institution.
1873 - Ledger art of Running Antelope (Hunkpapa Lakota). 3 of. Ledger art of Lakota chief Running Antelope. Painted in 1873 with water colors to Dr. W. J. Hoffmann in a drawing book. The drawing shows Running Antelope on his horse when he kills two Arikara warriors according to the text. This is not clearly shown in the. Published by the Smithsonian Institution.
1875 - Choker and Bracelet In the Pacific Northwest, dentalia shells were only available from the
1876 - Lakota casualites. Red Horse drawing of Sioux casualites at Battle of Little Bighorn.
1880 - NCWHM - Nez Perce Horse Mask. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum ( Oklahoma City ). Nez Perce horse mask ( ca. 1880 ), made of red and blue wool stroud cloth, green cloth, sequins and glass beads. CatNo. 1983.06.23.
1880 - A ledger drawing by Lakota Sioux Chief Black Hawk , depicting a horned Thunder Being ( Haokah. ) on a horse-like creature with eagle talons and buffalo horns. The creature's tail forms a rainbow that represents the entrance to the Spirit World, and the dots.
1881 - Red Horse pictographic account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1881. 8100. Creator: Red Horse. Title: Red Horse pictographic account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1881. Contained in: Numbered manuscripts 1850s-1980s (some earlier) See Others in: Red Horse pictographic account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1881.
1882 - Horse and Rider (Henderson Ledger Artist A). Arapaho; Drawing;.
1884 - Indian Counting Coup MET page9. Cheyenne or Arapaho; Drawing;.
1884 - Indian Counting Coup MET page9detail2. Cheyenne or Arapaho; Drawing;.
1884 - Indian Counting Coup MET page9detail3. Cheyenne or Arapaho; Drawing;.
1884 - Indian, Gun, and Horse MET page3. Cheyenne or Arapaho; Drawing;.
1884 - Indian, Gun, and Horse MET page3detail1. Cheyenne or Arapaho; Drawing;.
1888 - Charles Marion Russell - The Piegans preparing to Steal Horses from the Crows
1888 - Charles Marion Russell - The Piegans preparing to Steal Horses from the Crows
1889 - A Texas Pony by Frederic Remington 1889
1889 - A Texas Pony by Frederic Remington 1889
1889 - The Sentinel (Remington). ).
1889 - The Sentinel (Remington). ).
1890 - Carrera de caballos indios llegando a la meta, de Remington. Retrato de Federico Madrazo , en la revista española La Ilustración Artística .
1890 - Carrera de caballos indios llegando a la meta, de Remington. Retrato de Federico Madrazo , en la revista española La Ilustración Artística .
1890 - Frederic Remington Dismounted Moving Led Horses
1890 - Frederic Remington Dismounted Moving Led Horses
1890 - Krieger zu Pferde - Bild von Amos Bad Heart Bull. Paradierende Krieger auf Pferden, gezeichnet und gemalt von dem Oglala-Lakota-Sioux Amos Bad Heart Bull (Tatanka Chante Shicha) nach 1890. (Von diesem Künstler sind 407 Bilder über die Geschichte seines Volkes bekannt, die er mit Tinte, Bleistift und.
1890 - Schlacht am Little Bighorn - Kampfszene mit Crazy Horse dargestellt von Amos Bad Heart Bull. Darstellung einer Kampfszene mit Crazy Horse in der Schlacht am Little Bighorn, gezeichnet von dem Oglala-Lakota-Sioux Amos Bad Heart Bull (Tatanka Chante Shicha) nach 1890. (Von diesem Künstler sind 407 Bilder über die Geschichte seines Volkes bekannt, die.
1891 - General George Crook on the Trail. Engraving of General George Crook on horse patrol in Indian country circa 1867; published in The Century Magazine in March 1891.
1891 - General George Crook on the Trail. Engraving of General George Crook on horse patrol in Indian country circa 1867; published in The Century Magazine in March 1891.
1892 - Ako, a Comanche warrior and horse. A Comanche warrior named "Ako" and his horse, photographed 1892.
1893 - Lakota Dead at Battle of Little Bighorn. Lakota Dead at the Battle of Little Bighorn Red Horse.
1894 - Attack on horseback (Gokliz sketch). "Man on rearing horse attacks standing man with spear. Man on foot also armed with spear." "Unsigned ink drawings, colored with brightly-hued watercolors, of Apache Indians. The drawings were most likely made by Gokliz at Fort Sill,.
1894 - Two men with shields on rearing horses (Gokliz sketch). Two Apache men on horses as the horses rear up on their hind legs.
1894 - White horse with accoutrements (Gokliz sketch). White horse owned by the Apache people, with a saddle and blankets.
1894 - Woman on black horse greets man (Gokliz sketch). "Apache woman on horse in brightly colored dress, long hair, and silver belt. Man stands to the side in scalp shirt and yellow moccasins. He holds a spear." "Unsigned ink drawings, colored with brightly-hued watercolors, of Apache Indians. The drawings were.
1894 - Man Greets Woman on Horse (Gokliz sketch). Drawing of a man greeting a woman on.
1894 - Two men on horses with spears and blankets (Gokliz sketch). Two Apache men on horseback.
1895 - On the Head-Waters--Burgess Finding a Ford by Frederic Remington. On the Head-Waters--Burgess Finding a Ford. Medium: Watercolor on paper. Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (52.1 x 77.5 cm) In summer 1893 Remington visited Yellowstone, America’s first national park, to research an article on its soldiers for Harper’s Weekly..
1895 - On the Head-Waters--Burgess Finding a Ford by Frederic Remington. On the Head-Waters--Burgess Finding a Ford. Medium: Watercolor on paper. Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (52.1 x 77.5 cm) In summer 1893 Remington visited Yellowstone, America’s first national park, to research an article on its soldiers for Harper’s Weekly..
1895 - Remington A cracker cowboy. Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909. Publication info: New York : Harper & Brothers , 1895. Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 10 x 8 in. Series Title: (Reference collection) General Note: Included in an article entitled, "Cracker Cowboys of Florida" published.
1895 - Remington A cracker cowboy. Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909. Publication info: New York : Harper & Brothers , 1895. Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 10 x 8 in. Series Title: (Reference collection) General Note: Included in an article entitled, "Cracker Cowboys of Florida" published.
1895 - Nez Perce Indians with Appaloosa horse, around 1895. Nez Perce Indians with Appaloosa horse, around.
1897 - Cuba in war time by Richard Harding Davis; illustrated by Frederic Remington LCCN2015646535. Title: Cuba in war time by Richard Harding Davis; illustrated by Frederic Remington Abstract/medium: 1 print : color ; sheet 27 x 39 cm (poster. Published by the Library of Congress.
1897 - Cuba in war time by Richard Harding Davis; illustrated by Frederic Remington LCCN2015646535. Title: Cuba in war time by Richard Harding Davis; illustrated by Frederic Remington Abstract/medium: 1 print : color ; sheet 27 x 39 cm (poster. Published by the Library of Congress.
1898 - The Wicked Pony MET 39.65.48a,b
1898 - The Wicked Pony MET 39.65.48a,b
1899 - Equus ferus przewalskii. "Vaska", the first Przewalski's horse from the wild to have reached Europe and the only of such who could be used for riding; photo from Askania Nova. Caught in 1899, he travelled to Europe via Kobdo (Mongolia). In 1900 he reached Askania Nova, a year later.
1899 - Equus ferus przewalskii. "Vaska", the first Przewalski's horse from the wild to have reached Europe and the only of such who could be used for riding; photo from Askania Nova. Caught in 1899, he travelled to Europe via Kobdo (Mongolia). In 1900 he reached Askania Nova, a year later.
1899 - How the horses died for their country at Santiago - Frederic Remington. LCCN89716301. Title: How the horses died for their country at Santiago / Frederic Remington. Abstract/medium: 1 photomechanical print : halftone. Published by the Library of Congress.
1899 - How the horses died for their country at Santiago - Frederic Remington. LCCN89716301. Title: How the horses died for their country at Santiago / Frederic Remington. Abstract/medium: 1 photomechanical print : halftone. Published by the Library of Congress.
1899 - Frederic Remington - The Defeat of Crazy Horse - Google Art Project
1899 - Frederic Remington - The Defeat of Crazy Horse - Google Art Project
1900 - US government military corral in north Seattle showing mules grazing, August 14, 1900 (PEISER 14). Part of a series depicting troops assembling at Fort Lawton and Seattle before embarking to China for the Boxer Rebellion . Caption on image: Pickett line of unbroken mules. U.S. Gov. corral N. Seattle, Wn. China Expedition. No 35. Peiser. Seattle. 8/14/1900 .
1900 - Russell - fording-the-horse-herd-1900. Work by Charles Marion.
1900 - Russell - fording-the-horse-herd-1900. Work by Charles Marion.
1900 - Remington Coming and Going of the Pony Express. Painting by Frederick Remington "Coming and going of the Pony.
1900 - Remington Coming and Going of the Pony Express. Painting by Frederick Remington "Coming and going of the Pony.
1900 - Three chiefs Piegan p.39 horizontal. Published by the Library of Congress. Edward Curtis staged and manipulated many of his photographs, removing signs of modern life, so the image records his construction as much as the scene.
1900 - Six tribal leaders. (l to r) Little Plume (Piegan), Buckskin Charley (Ute), Geronimo (Chiricahua Apache), Quanah Parker (Comanche), Hollow Horn Bear (Brulé Sioux), and American Horse (Oglala Sioux) on horseback in ceremonial. Published by the Library of Congress. Edward Curtis staged and manipulated many of his photographs, removing signs of modern life, so the image records his construction as much as the scene.
1900 - Three chiefs Piegan p.39. Three Piegan (Blackfeet) chiefs. Albumen print, 1900. Published by the Library of Congress. Edward Curtis staged and manipulated many of his photographs, removing signs of modern life, so the image records his construction as much as the scene.
1900 - Three chiefs Piegan p.39 zoom. Three Piegan (Blackfeet) chiefs. Albumen print.. Published by the Library of Congress. Edward Curtis staged and manipulated many of his photographs, removing signs of modern life, so the image records his construction as much as the scene.
1902 - Frederic Remington, Off the Range (Coming Through the Rye), model 1902, cast 1903, NGA 166488
1902 - Frederic Remington, Off the Range (Coming Through the Rye), model 1902, cast 1903, NGA 166488
1903 - British mammals. Photo by W. P. Dando, F. Z. S. PRJEVALSKI'S HORSE. Notice faint stripes on fore leg. Photo by W. P. Dando, F. Z. S. PRJEVALSKI'S HORSE (Equus przevalskii). This is almost identical with the original wild horse of Britain and Central Europe, from which the.
1903 - British mammals. Photo by W. P. Dando, F. Z. S. PRJEVALSKI'S HORSE. Notice faint stripes on fore leg. Photo by W. P. Dando, F. Z. S. PRJEVALSKI'S HORSE (Equus przevalskii). This is almost identical with the original wild horse of Britain and Central Europe, from which the.
1903 - His First Lesson, 1903, Frederic S. Remington. Frederic S. Remington, His First Lesson, 1903, Oil on canvas, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas,.
1903 - His First Lesson, 1903, Frederic S. Remington. Frederic S. Remington, His First Lesson, 1903, Oil on canvas, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas,.
1903 - Frederic Remington - A New Year on the Cimarron - Google Art Project
1903 - Frederic Remington - A New Year on the Cimarron - Google Art Project
1903 - Frederic Remington - Change of Ownership (The Stampede; Horse Thieves) - Google Art Project
1903 - Frederic Remington - Change of Ownership (The Stampede; Horse Thieves) - Google Art Project
1903 - Ledger Drawing - Cheyenne warriors fighting Mexican Lancers. Ledger drawing by Hubble Big Horse, a Cheyenne artist showing a battle between Cheyenne warriors and Mexican lancers.
1904 - Frederic Remington A Cold Morning on the Range. "A Cold Morning on the Range" (c. 1904) by Frederic Remington. Painting, oil on canvas. Located at the American Museum of Western Art - the Anschutz Collection (United States - Denver, Colorado).
1904 - Frederic Remington A Cold Morning on the Range. "A Cold Morning on the Range" (c. 1904) by Frederic Remington. Painting, oil on canvas. Located at the American Museum of Western Art - the Anschutz Collection (United States - Denver, Colorado).
1907 - Smithsonian-Remington-Fired on-2274. Published by the Smithsonian Institution.
1907 - Smithsonian-Remington-Fired on-2274. Published by the Smithsonian Institution.
1907 - Frederic Remington - Fired On - Smithsonian. Published by the Smithsonian Institution.
1907 - Frederic Remington - Fired On - Smithsonian. Published by the Smithsonian Institution.
1907 - The Old Dragoons of 1850 by Frederic Remington. The Old Dragoons. Bronze. Dimensions 26 7/8 x 47 x 17 in. (68.3 x 119.4 x 43.2 cm) Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907. Provenance: the artist, until 1907. Remington’s ambitious group includes five horses and four riders: two American cavalrymen, from the United.
1907 - The Old Dragoons of 1850 by Frederic Remington. The Old Dragoons. Bronze. Dimensions 26 7/8 x 47 x 17 in. (68.3 x 119.4 x 43.2 cm) Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907. Provenance: the artist, until 1907. Remington’s ambitious group includes five horses and four riders: two American cavalrymen, from the United.
1907 - Oil painting
1907 - Oil painting
1907 - Old time Peegan squaw with travois and papoose (HS85-10-18748). Original caption : " Old time Peegan squaw with travois and papoose..
1907 - Piegan man on horse with wife and child on a travois in 1907 (HS85-10-18748) (cropped). Original caption : " Old time Peegan squaw with travois and papoose..
1907 - Blackfoot riders. Blackfoot warriors on horseback in.
1907 - Piegan travois. Piegan women on a horse with a.
1907 - Nez Perce warrior on horse. TITLE: The old-time warrior--Nez Percé CALL NUMBER: LOT 12325-C <item> [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-101259 (b&w film copy neg.) SUMMARY: Nez Percé man, wearing loin cloth and moccasins, on horseback. MEDIUM: 1 photographic print. CREATED/PUBLISHED:. Published by the Library of Congress. Edward Curtis staged and manipulated many of his photographs, removing signs of modern life, so the image records his construction as much as the scene.

…1,278 further moments continue the chronology here. Full text archive: /loreline-text/wild-horses.md

1907 - A Blackfoot travois (and 2 Blackfoot Indians) LCCN2007677021. Title: A Blackfoot travois [and 2 Blackfoot Indians] Abstract/medium: 1 photomechanical print : photogravure. Published by the Library of Congress.
1907 - The Cheyenne by Frederic Remington. The Cheyenne. Bronze. Dimensions 20 1/4 x 25 x 8 in. (51.4 x 63.5 x 20.3 cm) Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907. Provenance: [Tiffany and Company, New York, 1907]. In 1901 Remington modeled this Cheyenne Indian racing on horseback. The muscular rider, wearing.
1908 - A bucking bronco) - F. Remington LCCN89712918. Title: A bucking bronco / F. Remington Abstract/medium: 1 photomechanical print. Published by the Library of Congress.
1908 - A bucking bronco) - F. Remington LCCN89712918. Title: A bucking bronco / F. Remington Abstract/medium: 1 photomechanical print. Published by the Library of Congress.
1908 - Shotgun Hospitality by Frederic Remington, 1908, oil on canvas - Hood Museum of Art
1908 - Shotgun Hospitality by Frederic Remington, 1908, oil on canvas - Hood Museum of Art
1909 - Przewalski's horse (1909) The Washington Herald. "The Missing Link Between Horse and Zebra." 1909 newspaper illustration of first captive-born Przewalski's horse; Bronx. Photographed in captivity, part of the breeding network that supplied the Mongolian reintroductions.
1909 - Przewalski's horse (1909) The Washington Herald. "The Missing Link Between Horse and Zebra." 1909 newspaper illustration of first captive-born Przewalski's horse; Bronx. Photographed in captivity, part of the breeding network that supplied the Mongolian reintroductions.
1909 - Charlie Russell on his horse-- (I0016666). ).
1909 - Charlie Russell on his horse-- (I0016666). ).
1909 - Little Woman Mountain and son Looking-away-off in front of tipi with two horses
1910 - Little Plume's ghost lodge, Nez Perce encampment, Oregon, 1910 (AL+CA 2205). Caption on Image: Copyright 1910. By Kiser Photo Co. Portland, OR. Handwritten on verso: Little Plume's ghost lodge. Printed on verso: In reproducing this picture in any form Copyright Notice must appear as follows: Copyright 1910 By Kiser Photo Co. For Great.
1910 - Equus ferus przewalskii Roborowsky
1910 - Equus ferus przewalskii Roborowsky
1910 - Procession of men of the Blackfoot Confederacy on horseback. 1910 12 cm x 16.3 cm Procession of men of the Blackfoot Confederacy on horseback. To obtain high quality and larger reproductions of this image please visit the Galt Museum & Archives website: http://www.galtmuseum.com/archives.htm and include thIs number in.
1910 - A young lady With her horse. A young lady With her. Published by the Library of Congress. Edward Curtis staged and manipulated many of his photographs, removing signs of modern life, so the image records his construction as much as the scene.
1911 - In a Piegan Lodge3. "Little Plume with his son Yellow Kidney occupies the position of honor, the space at the rear opposite the entrance. The picture is full of suggestion of the various Indian activities. In a prominent place lie the ever-present pipe and its accessories on the. Published by the Library of Congress. Edward Curtis staged and manipulated many of his photographs, removing signs of modern life, so the image records his construction as much as the scene.
1912 - Charles Marion Russell - A bad hoss (1904). "A bad hoss" by Charles Marion Russell . Lithograph. Compare the central figure in his later, 1912 work, " A bronc to breakfast ". Published by the Library of Congress.
1912 - Charles Marion Russell - A bad hoss (1904). "A bad hoss" by Charles Marion Russell . Lithograph. Compare the central figure in his later, 1912 work, " A bronc to breakfast ". Published by the Library of Congress.
1912 - Charles Marion Russell - A bad hoss (1904) original. "A bad hoss" by Charles Marion Russell . Lithograph. Compare the central figure in his later, 1912 work, " A bronc to breakfast ". Published by the Library of Congress.
1912 - Charles Marion Russell - A bad hoss (1904) original. "A bad hoss" by Charles Marion Russell . Lithograph. Compare the central figure in his later, 1912 work, " A bronc to breakfast ". Published by the Library of Congress.
1912 - Camp Cook's Troubles by Charles Marion Russell
1912 - Camp Cook's Troubles by Charles Marion Russell
1914 - Tierwanderungen in der Urwelt - Fig. 15 Das Pferd und seine Ahnen. English: Fig. 15. The horse and its ancestors shown in natural scale. Down in the center the small Eohippus as the earliest stage, to the left the slightly larger Mesohippus , then above to the right Hypohippus , to left Neohipparion , above in the middle the.
1914 - Tierwanderungen in der Urwelt - Fig. 15 Das Pferd und seine Ahnen. English: Fig. 15. The horse and its ancestors shown in natural scale. Down in the center the small Eohippus as the earliest stage, to the left the slightly larger Mesohippus , then above to the right Hypohippus , to left Neohipparion , above in the middle the.
1916 - Russell Loops and Swift Horses are Surer than Lead 1916. Loops and Swift Horses Are Surer than.
1916 - Russell Loops and Swift Horses are Surer than Lead 1916. Loops and Swift Horses Are Surer than.
1916 - Loops and Swift Horses Are Surer than Lead. Loops and Swift Horses Are Surer than.
1916 - Loops and Swift Horses Are Surer than Lead. Loops and Swift Horses Are Surer than.
1917 - Camp Kea(...) Re-mount Station LCCN2007664536. Published by the Library of Congress.
1917 - Camp Kea(...) Re-mount Station LCCN2007664536. Published by the Library of Congress.
1917 - The American Indian Fig. Fig. 40. The Decorative Art of the Plains Indians. Photograph of Blackfoot Women by Fred. R..
1919 - "Yellow Horse, Chief of all Blackfoot Nations at Calgary Stampede". ".
1921 - 【4K Stroll】Cape Toi - Miyazaki - Japan / Misaki Horses Living Freely on the Green Hills. Documentary footage from Japan dated 1921. Part of the archive's coverage of the free-roaming herds of the world.
1922 - CMR Friends horse. Close detail of horse in "Charles M. Russell and His Friends" Oil, 1922, C.M. Russell, Montana Historical Society MacKay Collection, Helena,.
1922 - CMR Friends horse. Close detail of horse in "Charles M. Russell and His Friends" Oil, 1922, C.M. Russell, Montana Historical Society MacKay Collection, Helena,.
1923 - Equus przewalskii-Diffloth 1923. Tarpan dans Zootechnie. Races chevalines, 1923, par Paul Diffloth. Photographed in captivity, part of the breeding network that supplied the Mongolian reintroductions.
1923 - Equus przewalskii-Diffloth 1923. Tarpan dans Zootechnie. Races chevalines, 1923, par Paul Diffloth. Photographed in captivity, part of the breeding network that supplied the Mongolian reintroductions.
1923 - The Smoke Signal
1923 - The Smoke Signal
1927 - Black and white photo of many tipis by Jessie Donaldson. Title: Black and white photo of many tipis, Waterton Lake, Alberta, 1927 Creator: Donaldson, Jessie Louise Date: 1927 Description: Photo of many tipis in a field, also visible are horses. Written on verso: A corner of the great Blood Indian camp circle near.
1937 - Photograph of Semi-Wild Horses - - 2127881. Scope and content: Original caption: Semi-wild horses, water & grazing. Published by the US National Archives.
1938 - The Real Appaloosa Died in 1938 - What Replaced Him Isn't One. Ranching perspective dated 1938. Part of the archive's coverage of the free-roaming herds of the world.
1950 - Annie's Horses. Interim placeholder pending curation.
1951 - El Pato, Un deporte gaucho (1951) Documental Argentino. Footage dated 1951. Part of the archive's coverage of Indigenous horse cultures.
1954 - North Dakota Saved Its Last Wild Horses - What 50 Years Did Was Impossible. Documentary footage from the United States dated 1954. Part of the archive's coverage of roundups, culling and the holding system.
1955 - Anneau, M.C. 8756(2). Date de production: Entre -599 et -400 Datation en siècle: 6e-5e siècle av. J.-C. Type(s) d'objet(s): Archéologie, Métal, arts du métal Dénomination(s): Bijou - Parure Matériaux et techniques: Bronze Commentaire sur le lieu de découverte: Nord du Hebei et.
1955 - Anneau, M.C. 8756(3). Date de production: Entre -599 et -400 Datation en siècle: 6e-5e siècle av. J.-C. Type(s) d'objet(s): Archéologie, Métal, arts du métal Dénomination(s): Bijou - Parure Matériaux et techniques: Bronze Commentaire sur le lieu de découverte: Nord du Hebei et.
1955 - Anneau, M.C. 8756(4). Date de production: Entre -599 et -400 Datation en siècle: 6e-5e siècle av. J.-C. Type(s) d'objet(s): Archéologie, Métal, arts du métal Dénomination(s): Bijou - Parure Matériaux et techniques: Bronze Commentaire sur le lieu de découverte: Nord du Hebei et.
1955 - Anneau, M.C. 8756(2). Date de production: Entre -599 et -400 Datation en siècle: 6e-5e siècle av. J.-C. Type(s) d'objet(s): Archéologie, Métal, arts du métal Dénomination(s): Bijou - Parure Matériaux et techniques: Bronze Commentaire sur le lieu de découverte: Nord du Hebei et.
1955 - Anneau, M.C. 8756(3). Date de production: Entre -599 et -400 Datation en siècle: 6e-5e siècle av. J.-C. Type(s) d'objet(s): Archéologie, Métal, arts du métal Dénomination(s): Bijou - Parure Matériaux et techniques: Bronze Commentaire sur le lieu de découverte: Nord du Hebei et.
1955 - Anneau, M.C. 8756(4). Date de production: Entre -599 et -400 Datation en siècle: 6e-5e siècle av. J.-C. Type(s) d'objet(s): Archéologie, Métal, arts du métal Dénomination(s): Bijou - Parure Matériaux et techniques: Bronze Commentaire sur le lieu de découverte: Nord du Hebei et.
1955 - Frederic Remington - Dismounted, The Fourth Troopers Moving the Led Horses - 1955.11 - Clark Art Institute
1955 - Frederic Remington - Dismounted, The Fourth Troopers Moving the Led Horses - 1955.11 - Clark Art Institute
1957 - Blijdorp (diergaarde) Rotterdam. Przewalskiveulen, Bestanddeelnr 908-4049. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Blijdorp (diergaarde) Rotterdam. Przewalskiveulen Datum : 19 maart 1957 Locatie : Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland Trefwoorden : diergaarden Instellingsnaam : Blijdorp Fotograaf.
1957 - Blijdorp Rotterdam. Przewalski-paardjes Anna en dochter Walski, Bestanddeelnr 908-5651. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Blijdorp Rotterdam. Przewalski-paardjes "Anna" en dochter "Walski" Datum : 8 mei 1957 Locatie : Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland Trefwoorden : paarden Instellingsnaam : Blijdorp.
1957 - Blijdorp (diergaarde) Rotterdam. Przewalskiveulen, Bestanddeelnr 908-4049. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Blijdorp (diergaarde) Rotterdam. Przewalskiveulen Datum : 19 maart 1957 Locatie : Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland Trefwoorden : diergaarden Instellingsnaam : Blijdorp Fotograaf.
1957 - Blijdorp Rotterdam. Przewalski-paardjes Anna en dochter Walski, Bestanddeelnr 908-5651. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Blijdorp Rotterdam. Przewalski-paardjes "Anna" en dochter "Walski" Datum : 8 mei 1957 Locatie : Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland Trefwoorden : paarden Instellingsnaam : Blijdorp.
1959 - Wild Mustangs Run Free (The "Wild Horse Annie" Anthem) - Outlaw Saloon US - Epic Country Rock!. Documentary footage from the United States dated 1959. Part of the archive's coverage of the law and the political fight over wild horses.
1959 - Exploring the Abandoned Island of Wild Horses & Ruins. Documentary footage from the United States dated 1959. Part of the archive's coverage of the free-roaming herds of the world.
1961 - Nieuws uit Artis Jong Przewalskipaardje, Bestanddeelnr 912-6676. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Nieuws uit Artis. Jong Przewalskipaardje Datum : 29 juni 1961 Locatie : Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Trefwoorden : NIEUWS Persoonsnaam : Przewalskipaardje Fotograaf : Nijs,. Photographed in captivity, part of the breeding network that supplied the Mongolian reintroductions.
1961 - Przewalski-familie buiten op de loopweide in Diergaarde Blijdorp . Links de merr, Bestanddeelnr 912-3487. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Przewalski-familie buiten op de loopweide in Diergaarde Blijdorp . Links de merrie en rechts veulens Kobenhorn e Taki Datum : 14 april 1961 Trefwoorden : diergaarden.
1961 - Przewalski-hengstveulen in Blijdorp, Bestanddeelnr 912-1934. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Przewalski-hengstveulen in Blijdorp Datum : 7 maart 1961 Instellingsnaam : Blijdorp Fotograaf : Behrens, Herbert / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende : Nationaal Archief.
1961 - Nieuws uit Artis Jong Przewalskipaardje, Bestanddeelnr 912-6676. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Nieuws uit Artis. Jong Przewalskipaardje Datum : 29 juni 1961 Locatie : Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Trefwoorden : NIEUWS Persoonsnaam : Przewalskipaardje Fotograaf : Nijs,. Photographed in captivity, part of the breeding network that supplied the Mongolian reintroductions.
1961 - Przewalski-familie buiten op de loopweide in Diergaarde Blijdorp . Links de merr, Bestanddeelnr 912-3487. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Przewalski-familie buiten op de loopweide in Diergaarde Blijdorp . Links de merrie en rechts veulens Kobenhorn e Taki Datum : 14 april 1961 Trefwoorden : diergaarden.
1961 - Przewalski-hengstveulen in Blijdorp, Bestanddeelnr 912-1934. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Przewalski-hengstveulen in Blijdorp Datum : 7 maart 1961 Instellingsnaam : Blijdorp Fotograaf : Behrens, Herbert / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende : Nationaal Archief.
1963 - Budget cuts could lead to slaughter of wild horses. Interim placeholder pending curation.
1965 - Przewalskipaard met jong in dierentuin Artis te Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 918-5769. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Przewalskipaard met jong in dierentuin Artis te Amsterdam Datum : 17 december 1965 Locatie : Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Trefwoorden : dierentuinen, jonge dieren. Photographed in captivity, part of the breeding network that supplied the Mongolian reintroductions.
1965 - Przewalskipaard Sjary met haar jong in dierentuin Artis te Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 918-5765. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Przewalskipaard Sjary met haar jong in dierentuin Artis te Amsterdam Datum : 17 december 1965 Locatie : Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Trefwoorden : dierentuinen, jonge. Photographed in captivity, part of the breeding network that supplied the Mongolian reintroductions.
1965 - Przewalskipaard met jong in dierentuin Artis te Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 918-5769. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Przewalskipaard met jong in dierentuin Artis te Amsterdam Datum : 17 december 1965 Locatie : Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Trefwoorden : dierentuinen, jonge dieren. Photographed in captivity, part of the breeding network that supplied the Mongolian reintroductions.
1965 - Przewalskipaard Sjary met haar jong in dierentuin Artis te Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 918-5765. Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Przewalskipaard Sjary met haar jong in dierentuin Artis te Amsterdam Datum : 17 december 1965 Locatie : Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Trefwoorden : dierentuinen, jonge. Photographed in captivity, part of the breeding network that supplied the Mongolian reintroductions.
1967 - 5th June | On This Day | Przewalski's Horses Return to Kazakhstan. Documentary footage from Kazakhstan dated 1967. Part of the archive's coverage of the origins of the horse and its return to the Americas.

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