Mill Swamp Indian Horse Views

A blog that focuses on our unique program that teaches natural horsemanship, heritage breed conservation, soil and water conservation, and even folk, roots, and Americana music. This blog discusses our efforts to prevent the extinction of the Corolla Spanish Mustang. Choctaw Colonial Spanish Horse, Marsh Tacky, and the remnants of the Grand Canyon Colonial Spanish Horse strain.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Money is Not Time

›

The failure of modern horsemanship parallels the failure of modern parenting. Our horses and our children both need the same things from us-...

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Leave this Long Haired Country Boy Alone

›

This is one of the premier wild stallions of Shackleford Island , Dionysus, the father of my Shackleford stallion, Wanchese. Several factors...

1 comment:

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Opening the Window

›

Over the next several weeks we are going to have a new feature in this blog that is very exciting. I will be interviewing some of the author...

1 comment:

Monday, January 26, 2009

That Their young Men May have Visions and Their Old Men May Dream Dreams

›

Chance is 13. I am 49. At our training session Saturday afternoon we both took great steps forward. Chance has been riding less than...

4 comments:

Thursday, January 22, 2009

You Know You'll Have Hide Your Lying Eyes

›

At Corolla and Shackleford one finds strong, healthy colts, horses with impeccable hooves, no respiratory problems, and remarkably few healt...

1 comment:

‹

›

Home

View web version

About Me

Steve Edwards: In my coat and tie life I am a prosecutor in Smithfield, Virgina. In my boots and blue jeans life am Executive Director of the Gwaltney Frontier Farm, Inc, an non profit organizations which administers Mill Swamp Indian Horses. We raise mustangs, including the rare and endangered Corolla Spanish Mustangs. We teach natural horsemanship, history, heritage livestock breed conservation, soil and water conservation, and even folk, roots and Americana music. I have written several articles on natural horsemanship and recently published my first book, "And a Little Child Shall Lead Them: Learning From Wild Horses and Small Children. I was a recipient of the Keeper of the Flame Award from the American Indian horse Association for our efforts to preserve the Corolla Spanish mustangs and in 2009 we were recognized by the Horse of the Americas Registry with the Carol Stone Ambassador Award. In 2011 we received the Currituck Star Award for our Corolla preservation efforts. My wife, Beth Edwards and I have three daughters and five grandchildren. See our web site, www.millswampindianhorses.com.

View my complete profile