![]() ![]() For a community nestled amid sprawling prairie land that extends to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains-with a history deeply rooted in ranching and an active ranching community that manages over sixty horses-many of the tales contained within Wild Horse Country feel as though they could have taken place here on campus. ![]() It begins with their earliest ancestor-Hyracotherium, which lived about 55-45 million years ago-then continues on to the “myth” of the mustang found scattered throughout tales of the Wild West, then to the modern dilemma of wild horse relocation and overpopulation. The book outlines the presence of wild horses in the U.S. While much of Philipps’ work focuses on the human impact of war, “Wild Horse Country” recounts the history of wild horses in the United States. ![]()
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