Frank t hopkins research paper

Frank was born a little bit after the Civil War in a log cabin in Fort Laramie, Wyoming. His father was a scout for the US Army and his mother is said to have been the daughter of a great Sioux chief. Young Frank learned his early horse riding skills when he rode with local Indians to capture and train wild mustangs 2.

According to one of Frank’s letters and another letter written by his wife years later, much of the contest traveled over limestone country. A particularly nutritious native plant called “vatches” was the only food accessible for the horses along the way. Camels also followed the contestants and supplied barley feed for the horses.

On the sixty-eighth day of the contest, Frank and Hidalgo reached the finish line of the astounding 3,000 mile race. His ride, Hidalgo, had lost a substantial amount of weight but Frank had him revived and nourished as the second place rider passed the finish line a startling thirty-three hours later!

In their book “Hidalgo and Other Stories By Frank T. Hopkins”, they debunk many of Frank’s stories of his life; stating that, “Hopkins’ fantasies are in no way an autobiographical account. They are the deluded ramblings of a very sick man.”