Driving Horses for Sale near Virden, IL

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Pony Stallion
Little sorrel driving pony. 3 gaites. walk trot & road gate. easy smooth ..
Beardstown, Illinois
Sorrel
Pony
Stallion
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Beardstown, IL
IL
$1,200
Mustang Mare
I have a just gotten a load of yearling Mustang mares in. They are pretty ..
Franklin, Illinois
Gray
Mustang
Mare
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Franklin, IL
IL
$125
Haflinger Mare
She just needs someone willing to work with her. I dont have the time. You ..
Arenzville, Illinois
Haflinger
Mare
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Arenzville, IL
IL
$1,200
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About Virden, IL

Virden sits atop a large seam of coal. After the 1850s, when the Chicago and Alton railroad was completed, it became possible to mine Virden coal and ship it long distances for a profit. Throughout the second half of the 1800s, Virden prospered and grew as a coal-mining town. A bitter coal strike broke out in 1898. The Chicago-Virden Coal Company, fearing loss of key business in Chicago, refused to allow its Virden mines to be unionized, nor would it pay the nonunionized miners union-scale wages.