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Wild Horse Books is currently the largest provider of horse
drawn vehicle plans and books on the Internet and maybe the WORLD! |
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Here is how it started: |
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Around 1976, I was elected Secretary/Treasurer for the North Idaho Draft
Horse Association. My first job was to create a newsletter which I
named the News Spreader. As the publishing/editor, I received many inquires
over the next 3 years from people looking to buy another horse, or people asking who repairs
wheels, and who makes harness and many other requests. I thought these
questions were probably being asked all over the country and I figured someone
should publish a directory of the draft horse supporting businesses.
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I presented the idea to the North Idaho Draft Horse Association and the
membership agreed this would be a valuable resource but no one wanted to take on
the project. The members of the Association suggested I pursue this and they
would support my efforts by advertising their businesses in the directory. After
a great deal of thought I decided it would be a good thing, so in 1980 I
published the first issue of the annual directory called The Reach. |
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In order to promote this publication, I attended several national draft
horse sales and events to sell copies of the directory and to solicited advertisers for the
next year's issue. Since I
was traveling 1700 miles from home, I took with me a couple books about draft
horses published by Lynn Miller of the Small Farmer's Journal and sold
subscriptions to this magazine to helped to pay gas and other expenses.
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I received good response to both The Reach and The Small Farmer's Journal
so the next year I took a few more books with me to the events. Then the next year I
got a bigger table and sold more books, then calendars ... and I found more books
and the rest is history. |
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What started as a small card table size booth, developed into shelves and
shelves of over 200 titles of books on Draft Horses, Driving Horses, Horse Drawn
Vehicles, Equine Health, kids books and calendars with draft horses
published by Mischka Farm. Somehow and I really don't remember how it
happened, I found a source of plans for building horse drawn vehicles. The
interested in these plans became over
whelming! I now have over 100 individual plans or blueprints for building
vehicles and many books on the subject as well. |
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Some people want to build a full size - usable vehicle and
other people want to build model or miniature vehicles. Many of the plans I sell
can do either or both. Some of the plans are better for models and others came from the
trade publications in the late 1800's early 1900's for building the real thing. |
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I have now located a huge supply of plans from 8 sources and I am always on
the look out for more. So
keep checking back. |
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If you know about any resources that I do not already provide -
please let me know. Or if you are looking for something that you don't see
on this site - let me know that too. I will try to help you find what you
need. There are always new books being written and published and sadly
there are a few books that go out of print - but occasionally I can find a
copy on a secondary market. So feel free to ask if you are looking for
something in particular. |
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You may place an order over the phone or through the mail and use a
credit card. I accept Visa, MasterCard & Discover. You may also use
PayPal with an email order. Or send a check or money order with a list of
what you want. I am small home business but I get many phone calls so always
include a list of what you want with your name, address, phone, and email
address, when you order.
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Enjoy the site - there is lots to see! |