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Nolan's Lippizzan Stables (Garden City, Kansas)

 Item
Identifier: MS 014- Series MS 014-2- Container MS 014-2-02- Item 734

Dates

  • Creation: 1857-1974

Creator

Full Extent

From the Collection: 10 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Container: English

General

Front: Nolan's Lippizzans on Parade. Nolan's Lippizzan Stables, Garden City, Kansas

Back: The famous Austrian Imperial Horses were seized by General Patton's Third Army at the end of World War II from the Stables of Babolna, near Vienna, Austria. The Original herd consisted of six Mares and one Stallion. These Horses were purchased by J.W. Nolan, of Garden City, Kansas, in 1949. The Nolan Stables are now raising colts from this herd and now have 22 young colts.

Repository Details

Part of the Fort Hays State University Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections
Tebo Library
502 South Campus Drive
Hays KS 67601 United States