Dedicated to preserving the Nokota horse and the remarkable North Dakota heritage it represents.
The Kuntz Brothers and the Fight to Save the Nokota
- The story of the Nokota horse cannot be told without the remarkable preservation efforts of North Dakota brothers Frank and Leo Kuntz.
- Decades ago, the brothers recognized that horses descended from the historic herds of the Northern Plains were disappearing. While others saw ordinary horses, Frank and Leo saw something irreplaceable - a living connection to the history, culture, and landscape of North Dakota.
- Through extraordinary personal commitment, they assembled and protected horses carrying these historic bloodlines and devoted much of their lives to ensuring their survival.
- Their work helped preserve the horses we know today as the Nokota.
Whiskey Road Reserve
A Place for Nokota to Live as Horses
- In the open prairie of southwestern North Dakota, approximately 700 acres at Whiskey Road Reserve provide expansive pasture where Nokota horses can roam, graze, and live together in a natural herd environment.
- The land provides more than space. It offers an environment suited to the character of these horses - open country, natural movement, and the opportunity to maintain the social relationships of a herd.
- Whiskey Road Reserve represents an important part of the vision behind Nokota Wild Preservation: preserving not simply individual horses, but the conditions in which this extraordinary breed can thrive.
