Horsepower

In the 19th century, a vast swath of South Texas was known as the Wild Horse Desert, an unforgiving landscape of chaparral and scrub patrolled by herds of mustangs. These bucking broncos and faithful mares became a central part of Texan folklore. “Of all the monuments which the Spaniard has left to glorify his reign in America, there will be none more worthy than his horse,” said Frederic Remington, a Western frontier interview.