In 1775, a group of patriots gathered in the foothills of western North Carolina and signed a document known as the Tryon Resolves, demanding freedom from the British Crown. Two of these men, landowners and farmers who lived in what is now Polk County, were my third great-grandfathers, John Halton Morris and William Whiteside. Theirs was a culture of hard work, devotion, and very much a culture of the horse. In fact, horses are a passion that has resonated with my Morris an