WASHINGTON (AP) The horse is symbolic of the American West, but when and how domesticated horses first reached the region has long been a matter of historical debate.
A new study suggests that horses were present in the American West by the early 1600s. The new finding came from examinations of horse bones gathered from museums across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain areas of the U.S.
A new analysis of horse bones gathered from museums across the Great Plains and northern Rockies has revealed that horses were present in the grasslands by the early 1600s.