Gaited Horses for Sale near Dos Palos, CA

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Icelandic Stallion
Svidar fra Heinabergi is truely a wonderful horse. He's energetic, willing ..
Hollister, California
Gray
Icelandic
Stallion
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Hollister, CA
CA
$850
Icelandic Mare
Von fra Sodulsholti has looks and talent to spare. She's out of the highly ..
Hollister, California
Gray
Icelandic
Mare
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Hollister, CA
CA
$16,000
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About Dos Palos, CA

In one of his expeditions during the 1820s along the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, explorer Gabriel Moraga reported the location of two large isolated poplar trees, which he called "Dos Palos." In 19th-century Spanish usage, "palos" was used to describe tall pole-like trees or "timbers". 21st-century usage often translates it as "sticks." The " Rancho Sanjon de Santa Rita" Mexican Land Grant cites "Los Dos Palos" or "The Two Trees" as a boundary marker. In 1891, former school superintendent Bernhard Marks convinced cattle ranch king Henry Miller to develop a small town nearby. They gave it the name "Dos Palos Colony" but pronounced it with their Alsatian German accent as "Dahce Palace." This pronunciation remained for over one hundred years until a recent Spanish pronunciation revival. Marks brought forty pioneer families west from Iowa and Nebraska to establish the community.