Dutch Warmblood Horses for Sale near Paxton, IL

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Dutch Warmblood Mare
Bliksem is an exceptional KWPN Filly sired by Consul. She has a friendly p..
Potomac, Illinois
Bay
Dutch Warmblood
Mare
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Potomac, IL
IL
$8,900
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About Paxton, IL

The town was initially named Prairie City in the late 1840s, then Prospect City by an Illinois Central Railroad official in 1855. However, as Wilbur W. Sauer says that residents noted the town was "all prospect and no city." In 1859, it was renamed for Sir Joseph Paxton, architect of the Crystal Palace, who was a major shareholder in the Illinois Central Railroad, which in 1856 was the longest span of railroad in the world ( Chicago to Cairo). It was rumored that Paxton was interested in organizing an English settlement in Illinois. The colony never materialized, but the town kept the name.