Bog shoes.Bog shoes were used at the turn of the century on working horses that were pulling logs in the snowy high country of Colorado and Northern states. The Tuck Museum in Hampton has a display of bog shoes for horses that were pastured in marshy marsh·y adj. marsh·i·er, marsh·i·est 1. Of, resembling, or characterized by a marsh or marshes; boggy. 2. Growing in marshes. hay areas. Blacksmiths made these shoes, and as seen in the photo, the snowshoe Snowshoe a recently recognized cat breed; it is a medium- to large-sized cat with blue eyes, and coat color similar to a sealpoint or bluepoint Siamese, but with a white nose, chin, and ventral midline, and white boots on all feet. was fitted to the horse's hoof and then burned into the wooden shoe to fit. These are vary rare finds as the horse shoes of today have calks calks see calkins. fitted on them of various shapes and sizes for weather and terrain situations. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] BY SHIRLEY SIEVING GLADE PARK, COLORADO Glade Park is an unincorporated town and a U.S. Post Office located in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. The Glade Park Post Office has the ZIP Code 81523.[1] Geography Glade Park is located at (38.993572,-108. |
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