Horseheads wraps up anniversary with unveiling of pack horse monumentHorseheads NY just dedicated a monument to Army Pack Horses...
Horse heads gets it's name from the 300+ horse heads of the the sick and dieing pack horses put down after Sullivan's march through the Seneca Nation.
Anyone who has raced at Watkins Glen knows of Horseheads. I love the aviation museum at Elmira. I actually had my first glider lessons in a Schweitzer glider like the one suspended from the ceiling in the terminal building.
Another factoid:
Gen Patton rescued a purebred Polish Arabian stallion during WW II. This stallion was named Witez II, I think born in 1939.
The horse came to America, and went to the Kellogg ranch in Pomona, Calif. Mr Kellogg- of cereal fame- stood him at stud for many years and gave free stud service to the U S Cavalry Remount portion of the military.
Witez II appears in many, many current day pedigrees of Arabians here in America. I have a mare who is line bred Witez II who is turning 24 this year. I traced her pedigree back as far as 1810.