Competitive Trail Horses for Sale near White Plains, NY

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Jack
Jack is a sweetheart. Used as a lesson pony and camp pony. He loves attenti..
Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
Chestnut
Welsh Pony
Gelding
16
Atlantic Highlands, NJ
NJ
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Lily
Looking for a wonderful home for my daughters pony. Lily loves attention a..
Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
Chestnut
Welsh Pony
Mare
14
Atlantic Highlands, NJ
NJ
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About White Plains, NY

At the time of the Dutch settlement of Manhattan in the early 17th century, the region had been used as farmland by the Weckquaeskeck tribe, a Wappinger people, and was called "Quarropas". To early traders it was known as "the White Plains", either from the groves of white balsam which are said to have covered it, or from the heavy mist that local tradition suggests hovered over the swamplands near the Bronx River. The first non-native settlement came in November 1683, when a party of Connecticut Puritans moved westward from an earlier settlement in Rye and bought about 4,400 acres (18 km 2), presumably from the Weckquaeskeck. However, John Richbell of Mamaroneck claimed to have earlier title to much of the territory through his purchase of a far larger plot extending 20 miles (32 km) inland, perhaps from a different tribe. The matter wasn't settled until 1721, when a Royal Patent for White Plains was granted by King George II.