The name comes from the original name of the Nez Perce’s spotted horses. Because the group lived near the Palouse River, the horses were called Palous horses or ‘a Palouse horse.’ Eventually, the name ...
The people were expert horsemen. The term Appaloosa is probably a derivation of the term "A Palouse horse." They bred the horses for their distinct markings. In the latter half of the nineteenth ...