Crowley County Combined Library

"Wild Horse Annie was the nickname of Velma Bronn Johnston (1912-77), loved mustangs all her life. When she saw mustangs being rounded up and killed to make room for ranchers livestock, she knew she had to speak up. In 1950, she began writing letters to local newspapers and politicians, defending the horses' right to roam free. Many people told Annie to hush up, but they couldn't stop her. She soon became a voice for mustangs throughout the state...

When a hard-luck horse named Jinx comes to River Bend, everyone thinks he's a curse. Samantha knows he;s not, but he is unruly, skittish, and the fastest horse she's ever seen. Then there's a runaway in the middle of the night, and someone gets a snakebite. Is the bronco really a jinx? Or could he be the good-luck charm Sam needs to save the day?

This book introduces mustangs, horses that started out as pure Spanish horses but over time mixed with other breeds, and explains that today wild mustangs live on government land and are controlled by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management.

Convinced that she is wanted only as a servant in her new home with relatives on a Wyoming ranch, orphaned, eleven-year-old Abby is unhappy until she finds and befriends an injured Mustang and determines to try to save it no matter what the cost is to herself.

White Thunder saves a herd of wild mustangs from capture by ranchers.

A young mustang is separated from its mother when a plane sweeps over the canyon.

This is as close as you'll get to a World War II-era P-51 Mustang without flying one yourself. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang first started appearing in real numbers in 1943, at the climax of the Allied campaign in World War II. Able to fly long ranges, it was the perfect escort, keeping bombers protected all the way from Allied bases in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific to a variety of Axis industrial targets and military installations...

3,000 miles, 16 wild horses, 5 states, 4 men. The journey of a lifetime riding from Mexico to Canada through the deepest backcountry in the American West to see our remaining open spaces and prove the worth of 50,000 wild horses and burros currently in holding pens.

Presents nine essays and legends that celebrate the wild horse, by American nature writers, cowboys, and folklorists, coupled with a collection of photographs.