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In February of 1935, When Bob was eleven, his father purchased Indian Spring from the bank, relocating the family from Fayetteville another Syracuse suburb. Originally known as the Indian Spring Farm, it was made up of 330 acres and was located on the north bank of the Seneca River and about a mile west of Baldwinsville, NY. An article in the Gazette & Farmers Journal dated February 21, 1935 goes on to say "The farm was famous in early history as a camp site of the Onondaga Indians. Midway down the hillside on the farm overlooking the river there is a natural spring of pure cold water from which the farm received it's name."
Charlie purchased the
farm and 160 acres. The Allen family renamed it,
and it was thereafter known as Indian Spring Stock Farm.
There was initially a draft type stallion, as well as a paint, and daughter Betty rode thoroughbreds, but by the late 30's it was the Morgan horse that the family focused on. One reason might have to do with the fact that Charlie was a good salesman and shrewd business person. It would have been logical for him to seen the market for Morgan horses growing in the Central New York region
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