
Could pioneers identify a person by the horse he was riding?
Mary Zaborowski
Houston, Texas
Recognizing a horse came second nature to pioneers. One might say something like, “He was riding a blaze-face sorrel,” or “He had a stocking-legged chestnut.” Some could even identify an outlaw because of tracks left by a horseshoe with a flaw.
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Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian and the Wild West History Association’s vice president. His latest book is 2018’s Arizona Oddities: A Land of Anomalies and Tamales. Send your question, with your city/state of residence, to marshall.trimble@scottsdalecc.edu or Ask the Marshall, P.O. Box 8008, Cave Creek, AZ 85327.