Hunter Under Saddle Horses for Sale near Staten Island, NY

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Dutch Warmblood - Horse for Sale in Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
Queenie
7 years old 15.2 ½ H, Dutch Warmblood, Mare, KWPN Dam Testament WRF (out of..
Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Bay
Dutch Warmblood
Mare
12
Whitehouse Station, NJ
NJ
$40,000
Oldenburg - Horse for Sale in Franklin, NJ 07416
Prinz
Hello all! Helping out a friend spread the word about a great horse they ar..
Franklin, New Jersey
Chestnut
Oldenburg
Gelding
19
Franklin, 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 Staten Island, NY

During the Paleozoic Era, the tectonic plate containing the continent of Laurentia and the plate containing the continent of Gondwanaland were converging, the Iapetus Ocean that separated the two continents gradually closed, and the resulting collision between the plates formed the Appalachian Mountains. During the early stages of this mountain building known as the Taconic orogeny, a piece of ocean crust from the Iapetus Ocean broke off and became incorporated into the collision zone and now forms the oldest bedrock strata of Staten Island, the serpentinite. This strata of the Lower Paleozoic (approximately 430 million years old) consists predominantly of the serpentine minerals, antigorite, chrysotile, and lizardite; it also contains asbestos and talc. At the end of the Paleozoic era (248 million years ago) all major continental masses were joined into the supercontinent of Pangaea. The Palisades Sill has been designated a National Natural Landmark, being "the best example of a thick diabase sill in the United States." It underlies a portion of northwest Staten Island, with a visible outcropping in Travis, off Travis Road in the William T.