![]() Despite the family’s poverty, he received a fair amount of education. Morgan was born into a poor family in West Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1747. We know something about Morgan – he left court records and descendants behind – but the picture we can draw from them is faint. What we usually ignore is where this man and this horse came from. And that horse sired a much-loved equestrian line that took Morgan’s name and eventually became the Vermont state animal. He is the author of “Hidden History of Vermont” and “It Happened in Vermont.”Į know this much about Justin Morgan: he had a horse. Library of Congress photoĮditor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. The University of Vermont, which now runs the breeding program, provides educational training to students interested in equine science. The 215-acre farm and its 1878 main barn were a gift of "Colonel" Joseph Battell - a prominent publisher, author, and breeder of the handsome Morgans - to the United States government in 1906. ![]() The 1921 statue of a Morgan-breed horse at the University of Vermont's Morgan Horse Farm, near Weybridge. ![]()
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