Horses and Transportation | Kentucky Studies

In the 1920s and 30s, travel by automobile, train, and boat were common in the United States and within Kentucky, but in rural and remote areas like the ones served by the Frontier Nursing Service, the infrastructure to travel by those means wouldn’t exist for several more years. Travel by horseback, though, was common, and the service embraced the use of horses to reach families and fulfill their mission, earning the nickname “Angels on Horseback.”