Percheron Horses for Sale near Austin, MN

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Percheron Mare
This filly is going to be big and modern! She has a nice long neck, clean ..
Charles City, Iowa
Black
Percheron
Mare
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Charles City, IA
IA
$1,800
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About Austin, MN

Fertile land, trapping, and ease of access brought first trappers and then the early pioneers to this region. The rich gameland attracted Austin Nichols, a trapper who built the first log cabin in 1853. At that time there were "about twenty families in the area." More settlers began to arrive by wagon train in 1855, and by 1856 enough people were present to organize Mower County. In 1856 the settlement adopted the name Austin, in honor of its first settler. That year the first hotel opened to travelers and the first physician, Dr.