Featherstone - Cavalry School

Featherstone - Cavalry School

Featherstone - Cavalry School

Featherstone - Cavalry School

Featherstone - Cavalry School

Featherstone - Cavalry School

Capt. Featherstone at Ft. Riley

Lt. Col. Featherstone attended the Basic Course at the Cavalry School at Ft. Riley as a Captain in 1921. This was a transitional time for the U.S. Cavalry, which was slowly adopting the "Forward Seat" for jumping, seen here.

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Source: El Paso Museum of History

Reference ID: H1980.010.001

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Outside jump at Ft. Riley

Capt. Featherstone was part of the Basic Class of 1921, Cavalry School at Ft. Riley. He is riding "Forward Seat" over the jump, a style relatively new to the U.S. Cavalry.

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Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Featherstone, Gaw, and Higgins

This photograph was on an album page with photographs of Ft. Riley, and is believed to also come from there. Capt. Featherstone attended the Basic Course at the Cavalry School there in 1920/1921.

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Source: El Paso Museum of History

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HEF at Fort Riley, December 1920

Capt. Featherstone was part of the Basic Class of 1921 at the Cavalry School at Ft. Riley, Kansas. He served as a Cavalry Officer at Ft. Bliss. Capt. H. E. Featherstone.

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Source: El Paso Museum of History

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H.E. Featherstone at Ft. Riley

Featherstone went through the Basic Training course of the Cavalry School at Ft. Riley in the 1920-1921 semester. Capt. Featherstone is in the center.

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Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Miss Haloston

Miss Haloston is the horse - probably Capt. Featherstone's assigned school horse at the Cavalry School at Ft. Riley.

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Source: El Paso Museum of History

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