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.

Sunday, August 25, 2019

Mill Swamp Indian Horses: This is What "Different" Looks Like

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Every one agrees that learning to ride at Mill Swamp Indian Horses is "different" than learning to ride at other barns. It ...

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

The Marsh Tacky: Appearance and Reality

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Age has many consequences, I am so very glad that getting older has not cost me either my curiosity to learn knew things and my abilit...

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Why The Horse Understands What Most People Do Not

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Yesterday Ashley Edwards came down from Richmond to do a session on the use of horses to teach both effective communication and to as...

Saturday, August 17, 2019

Lilly and the Saddle

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She got in from Texas early Thursday. Lilly is a two year old Colonial Spanish horses with a lot of Choctaw and Grand Canyon lineage. ...

Friday, August 16, 2019

Time Travel: Conserving the Choctaw Horses

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I regularly experience something that only a handful of people in this century ever experience. I ride through the woods on Colonial S...

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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.

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