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The conquistadors from Spain bring horses with them when the explore America.
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Coronado set out for North America with 150 horsemen.
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De Soto set out with his 237 horses to explore the new world.
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Antoni De Mendoza the first govenor of Mexico had 11 haciendas and over 1500 horses.
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The average farm size was 100 acres.
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Horses are an intergral part of urban life.
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Macheinery becomes much larger and so horses do too.
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First New York City firehorse is purchased.
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Horses become an intergral part of fire departments.
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Congress approves the 1st and 2nd cavalry.
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Congress passes the Morrill Land Grant Act that gives land to colleges.
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The rural horse population was estimated at 8 million despite the fact the farmer population was under 7million.
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Cornell opens the first vetineary school on their land grant.
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First Kentucky Derby is won by Aristedes.
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Every city with at least 50,000 people had a horse car line.
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The National Horse show is started at Madison Square Gardens.
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First rodeo with paid attendance was held in Prescott, Arizona.
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More than 100,000 horses and mules were used on more than 500 street railways.
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The average size of a draft horse was 2000 lbs.
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The rough riders had their heyday in the Spanish-American war.
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The average horse size was 1200-1500 lbs.
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New York City has over 1500 horses that work for the fire departments.
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Average farm size is 500 acres.
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Team Events are brought into the National Horse Show.
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US enters world war one and sends nearly a million horses to the front. About six million horses served and a substantial number were killed.
