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HISTORY LESSONS: Morgan Horses

When Ron Hilkey owned the Adams Lodge, he would guide his guests to Marvine Lake, where he had row boats available. Ron had to haul in those row boats on pack animals. He devised a system using two Morgan horses, one leading the other. They were connected by a frame with two plastic canoes suspended on the frame. 

Ron was not the only person to recognize the Morgan as a great horse. The Palmer family,…