Record #:

9235

Author(s):

Henning, Jeannetta O.

Abstract:

Spanish conquistadors who ranged as far north as Chesapeake on the East Cost, left behind some of their horses. A line of these horses still survives today on Ocracoke Island. With the depletion of natural resources, the Park Service has reinstated the horse patrol of earlier days.\r\n

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 47 Issue 5, Oct 1979, p18-20, il

Subject(s):

Wild horses--Outer Banks