topic:"horses" found 721 records - Research Collections

The American farrier: adapted for the convenience of the farmer, gentleman, and smith; being a sure guide to prevent and cure all maladies and distempers that are incident to horses ... with a variety of other valuable things relating to them: and also, for the diseases incident to cattle

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Author: Franklin, Augustus.

Date of Publication: 1803.

Call Number: 090 S897b 1803

Author: Franklin, Augustus.

Place of Publication: Strasburg [Pa.]

Publisher: Brown & Bowman,

Date of Publication: 1803.

Physical Description: 290 p. ; 18 cm.

Notes: "A description of the nature and progress of diseases; forming an appendix": p. [241]-270.; Film 633 reel 44 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 44, no. 793).; Microfilmed for preservation.

Subjects: Horses; Cattle

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 090 S897b 1803

Amish horses

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Author: Ammon, Richard.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 813.54 A523h

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Responsibility: by Richard Ammon ; illustrated by Pamela Patrick.

ISBN: 0689826230; 9780689826238

Author: Ammon, Richard.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Summary: An Amish boy cares for the horses that work on his family's farm.

Subjects: Amish - Juvenile fiction.; Horses - Juvenile fiction.; Farm life - Juvenile fiction.; Pennsylvania - Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.; Juvenile works.

Additional Author: Patrick, Pamela,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.54 A523h

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Catalog, Auction

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Collection: Speedwell Farm Auction Catalog

Title: Public auction catalog for Speedwell Farm

Object ID: MG0848_F001

Date Range: 1896

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Collection: Speedwell Farm Auction Catalog

Title: Public auction catalog for Speedwell Farm

Description: Annotated [1896] public auction catalog for Speedwell Farm: “Closing out sale catalog of Speedwell Farm. Standard bred and registered trotting stock to be sold at public auction at Lancaster Driving Park, Lancaster, PA, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11 and 12, Philadelphia Tattersall, Auctioneers.” Contains a list and description of 63 horses, and the conditions of sale. The New Era Print, Lancaster.

Admin/Biographical History: Speedwell Farm is located in Elizabeth Twp. and is now the Wolf Sanctuary and Speedwell Forge B&B. (2021); From the Lititz Record Express, August 21, 1896: "Speedwell Stock; The owners of the Speedwell Stock Farm in Elizabeth Township have decided to abandon the breeding of trotting horses and will offer their stock at public sale on the Lancaster Driving Park on September 11 and 12, consisting of 75 head of horses and colts, including their highbred stallions and brood mares."; Lancaster Driving Park was McGrann's Park.

Date Range: 1896

Creation Date: [1896]

Creator: Philadelphia Tattersall

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Blanck, John I.

Subjects: Auction catalogs; Auctions; Horses; Livestock auctions

Search Terms: Auction catalogs; Auctions; Finding aids; Horses; Lancaster Driving Park; Livestock auctions; Manuscript groups; McGrann Park; Philadelphia Tattersall; Speedwell Farm

Extent: 1 item, 28 pages to scan

Object Name: Catalog, Auction

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2021-04-28

Condition Notes: Front and back covers are separated.

Object ID: MG0848_F001

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.003

Other Numbers: MG-848, Folder 1

Other Number: MG-848, Folder 1

Classification: MG0848

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by HST, 27 July 2021.

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The Conestoga horse

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Author: Strohm, John,

Date of Publication: 1940

There was a tavern in Philadelphia, "The Sign of the Conestogoe Waggon." Pennsylvania Gazette, February 5, 1750. �lution and migration the horse became extinct in America. The herds of wild horses that were found abundantly on the plains of the West are believed to be descendants of escapes and strays

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Responsibility: by John Strohm (1793-1884) and Herbert H. Beck.

Author: Strohm, John,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1940

Physical Description: [77]-92 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 5

Summary: This article tells the story of the type of horse that was bred to pull the heavy Conestoga wagons which were vital for trade in colonial America. As that mode of transportation changed , the horse disappeared, because horses were bred for specific purposes. There was no longer a need for the "Conestoga horse".

Subjects: Horses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 5 (1940), p. 77-92Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44