Ranch Work Horses for Sale near Austin, MN

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Thoroughbred Stallion
Doc has truly done it all. He has been used and excelled at ranch work, con..
Preston, Minnesota
Bay Roan
Thoroughbred
Stallion
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Preston, MN
MN
$1,500
Quarter Horse Stallion
This colt is out of a big, typy mare we use for ranch rodeo. The mare is Co..
Spring Valley, Minnesota
Bay Roan
Quarter Horse
Stallion
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Spring Valley, MN
MN
$1,500
Quarter Horse Mare
This well - bred AQHA mare is not only striking to look at, but so much fun..
Spring Valley, Minnesota
Buckskin
Quarter Horse
Mare
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Spring Valley, MN
MN
$3,200
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About Austin, MN

Fertile land, trapping, and ease of access brought first trappers and then the early pioneers to this region. The rich gameland attracted Austin Nichols, a trapper who built the first log cabin in 1853. At that time there were "about twenty families in the area." More settlers began to arrive by wagon train in 1855, and by 1856 enough people were present to organize Mower County. In 1856 the settlement adopted the name Austin, in honor of its first settler. That year the first hotel opened to travelers and the first physician, Dr.