Irish Draught Horses for Sale near Ovilla, TX

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Irish Draught Mare
Green broke Irish bred mare by Grange Agustus, excel. conformation, temperm..
Fort Worth, Texas
Gray
Irish Draught
Mare
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Fort Worth, TX
TX
$7,500
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About Ovilla, TX

Ovilla, on upper Red Oak Creek in northern Ellis County, is the oldest town in the county. It began in 1844 as a fortified settlement known as McNamara's to repel Indian incursions. James McNamara arrived in 1843 with his new wife, Joanna (Hale) McNamara as the first Peters Colony settlers of this area for which they received 640 acres that made up the beginning of the locale that was later to be called 'Shiloh' for a nearby creek and a newly formed church. The McNamaras arrived with other Peters colonists: the Billingsleys; Mrs. McNamara's family, the McCommas's; and James Sterrett(Mrs.