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Sept. 13, 2024: A history of humanity… as told through ‘The Horse’

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WILD HORSE ROUNDUP AT LITTLE BOOK CLIFFS
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One of a band, or family group, at Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Area, northwest of De Beque. Bureau of Land Management and volunteers are working to thin the herd here, through a combination of darted birth control treatments, and an adoption program.

Without the horse, says historian Tim Winegard, the world would look nothing like it does today. The Colorado Mesa University professor has written, "The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity." He joins Sr. Host Ryan Warner on stage in Grand Junction for our reading series, "Turn The Page." They discuss how goods, ideas, and diseases proliferated on horseback. Plus, The Great Manure Crisis?!