Sailors and explorers. Christopher Columbus brought some of his hard working horses on a jorney with him to help carry supplies when hitting dry land. Some people also say that a giant ship carrying dozens of horses had crashed into North America, the horses swam a shore on to the land of what is know know as the United States of America and Canada. If you want to read a story about how they got to North America, i recomend Misty of Chincoteague
Prehistoric horses lived in North America up until about 1500 years ago. But they had roamed to other continents before dying out in North America.
The present day "mustangs" are not native to North America and were introduced by Spanish conquistadors.
Horses were brought back to North America by settlers, also afew horses had remained and thus created herds, not many lived due to the fact they were used to being looked after by farmers, but during the gold-rush they had to learn to fend for themselves.
Originally, yes, the horse was a native to North America and spread to other continents during the last ice age. They became extinct in North America somewhere between 7000 and 11,000 years ago until they were reintroduced by European explorers in the 1500s.
No! but long ago it's said they were
Yes
The conquistadors brought horses to Latin America in 1521.
The spanish introduced horses to north America
The Spanish introduced horses to North America.
"Aboriginal Americans," which were not technically native from North America, did not use domestic horses until the idea was introduced by European explorers.
The Spanish re-introduced horses to North, Central and South America, where the prehistoric horse population had become extinct many thousands of years earlier.
Yes, there is plentiful horses in North America.
The Horse. Before the arrival of European colonists, there were no horses in the Americas.
The original horses in America were believed to have become extinct here many years ago. It is believed then, that it was the Spanish conquistadores who brought their horses with them in the 1500's via Mexico that restarted the North American horse population.
Horses were introduced to America by Europeans
We have horses in North America now.
Horses
The prevailing belief is that the Spanish explorers brought the first modern horses to North America on their sailing vessels. This was back in the 1500s. Historians believe that at one time, a few evolutionary predecessors of the horse lived in North America, but they have been extinct for over 10,000 years.