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Capt. Taylor Pierce-A Valuable Horse-1875

PIERCE

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 2/10/2020 at 15:33:34

Dubuque Daily Times, Thursday, Jun 03, 1875, Dubuque, IA, Page: 3

A valuable horse belonging to Capt. Taylor Pierce, of Des Moines, was killed the other day in a rather singular manner. He was playing in the stable yard, and while running stepped on the handle of a manure fork, which tilted the forked end upward, against the tines of which he ran, and was pierced to the heart, dying in a few minutes,


 

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