Barrel Racing Mustang Horses for Sale near Tempe, AZ

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Mustang Stallion
7 years old, grey, stocky, very well mannered, bathes, trailers, good for t..
Higley, Arizona
Gray
Mustang
Stallion
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Higley, AZ
AZ
$2,000
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About Tempe, AZ

The Hohokam lived in this area and built canals to support their agriculture. They abandoned their settlements during the 15th century, with a few individuals and families remaining nearby. Fort McDowell was established approximately 25 mi (40 km) northeast of present downtown Tempe on the upper Salt River in 1865 allowing for new towns to be built farther down the Salt River. US military service members and Hispanic workers were hired to grow food and animal feed to supply the fort, and less than a year later, had set up small camps near the river that were the first permanent communities in the Valley after the fall of the Hohokam. (Phoenix was settled shortly afterward, by 1867–68.) The two settlements were 'Hayden's Ferry', named after a ferry service operated by Charles T.