Chauncey, Jane and Cats Adventures: Wild Horse Sancuary

The Wild Horse Sanctuary has a four space RV park that we were able to stay in for six days. No cell phones or internet for miles around, very peaceful with horses and space around us. We took a tour and learned about the Sanctuary which was started in 1987 by Dayton O. Hyde and in 1988 Mustangs were brought in from several states. Mustangs were from the Medicine Hat, Grullas, Spanish Mustangs, Buckskins and Roans colors. I was able to go with the head wrangler to feed the horses early in the morning. What a special treat that was. There are over 500 horses on the range but guests only see about 150 because the rest are on ranges on the other side of the Cheyenne River. Hidalgo, the movie, was filmed here – the scenes filmed about the American west. Sitting Bull was also filmed here and several of the Ft Robinson buildings are still used by the horses for shade. The Lakota Indians use a hill top for the Sun ceremony on the summer solstice. Also on the range is a cliff face that both Indians and cowboys marked their passing, earliest cowboy was 1895 and earliest Indian unknown. The ranch also raises registered quarter horse and paint horses to sell. Notice the head shot of the buckskin horse and how his ears look. This horse came from Nevada and has been in weather so cold that his ears froze.