Knew a dude that rode a horse from NC to CA. Had dogs with him. This was in the 90s.
My granddad and his brother used to ride from the Oklahoma territory to Arizona and back on summer break way back in the day. They were cowboys. He was Haudenausani..he was born in 1895, ww1 vet. Lost his first family due to the Spanish flu. Sired my dad and his brother at age 60. Never knew him, wish I had
Marshall Dillon once said on Gunsmoke that horses need grain after being rode pretty hard. That’s about the extent of my horsey knowledge. Where’d he get grain or feed? Farmers I suppose. Can a horse carry its own food?