When did the first horse arrive in North America?

Answer 1

The first horses, about the size of a large German Shepard dog, roamed the prairie's around the Wyoming and Montana territories around 15 to 17 thousand years ago. For some reason, maybe early man hunting them, they disappeared. Then again the early Spanish explorers setting across the Southern United States on their quest to find the seven cities of gold brought horses with them. These were the first of the new Mustangs that now roam the entire Southwest.

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When did the first horse arrive in North America?

Answer 3

With the Spaniards, coming into North America from Mexico

Answer 4

Actually this shocks people but the horse orginated in North America long before Man but left the land for greener pastures in Asia. 'Exstinct' in North America, the horse was reintroduced by Hernan Cortez in 1519. By the end of the 1500 s there were wild horses romaning America once more.

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"""What is the origin of the horse?
The animal that we know today as the horse appeared first on the North American continent about 55 million years ago with its four-toed ancestor, Eohippus, meaning “dawn horse.” This small animal was about the size of a fox and made its home in swamplands, feeding off plant life.

Eohippus slowly evolved into Mesohippus, the size of an average collie. Mesohippus had three toes and eventually became an inhabitant of the prairie. Its shape changed as its habitat changed: it grew taller, its teeth and middle toe grew longer and eventually became a hoof. The evolution continued until Equus caballus—the horse as we know it today—was formed.


When were horses domesticated?
The horse was probably first domesticated about 4,000 to 5,000 years ago in the region of the Black Sea of Asia. Once man learned to tame them, horses served a variety of purposes. For centuries man traveled no faster than a horse could run. Horses carried the conquering armies of entire civilizations across the old world. (The entire Mongol Empire of Ghengis and Kubla Khan was made possible only by the horse.) In Europe the horse was soon hitched to the plow to expand society’s agricultural capabilities.


How did horses get to North America?
As the horse evolved, it first appeared on the grass lands of the North American continent. But for reasons that scientists still don’t understand, horses began wandering off North America about 10 million years ago. They began their journey across the Bering Straits (west of Alaska) into Asia, and continued across the Iranian Plateau of the Middle East and as far as Europe and northern Africa. By about 10 thousand years ago, no more horses remained on the North American continent.

The reintroduction of the horses into the Americas began in 1519 when Cortez came from Spain. As more and more settlers from Spain and other European countries came, they brought horses with them and returned these animals to their native land after a 10,000-year journey around the world."""


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Answer 5

I thought they were brought up via South America with the Spanish

Answer 6

Hernan Cortez 1519 at the start of his campaign against the Aztecs in Mexico. Reports indicate that he Aztecs had never seen these animals before.

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at katchner caverns in arizona they found the head of a steed that carbon dates to 30 thousand years ago

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