"The Palomino Band"
The Palomino Band was a well-known and beloved band of wild horses photographed while free-roaming in the Virginia Range, Storey County, located southeast of Reno, Nevada, in August 1989. On this early Sunday morning, this band has been the third wild horse band to drink from Lousetown Creek during the summer drought. Very orderly and courteously, each band waited and allowed each preceding band distance and time to drink. Then each band resumed their precious free-roaming migratory journey. This beautiful family of wild horses was removed from the Hidden Valley community in February 1991 to protect them from harassment, abuse and slaughter-for-profit by a few unkindly and unenlightened humans. If the saga continues as is on both public and private western ranges, soon the last wild horse will go with Pegasus.
Wild Horse Spirit, Ltd. 1999 |