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Post by Madison Grant-Moral on Jul 21, 2013 20:35:20 GMT -4
In the year of 1937, at the height of the Great Depression, opportunity and risk was a fools game. Edwin Talbot was certainly a fool, with substantially more money than sense. Son of a canned food business tycoon, economic hardships for others created booming sales for cheap, poor-quality food production. With the unfortunate passing of his father, Edwin seized control of both the company and its assets. Peppered with immaturity and over-confidence, Edwin chose now as the time to venture into a new business market. The horse market.
Like most times of hardship in this world, one man's struggle is another man's success. With nothing but eager workers available at his disposal, the immense, sprawling Apache Valley Acres was constructed in just over 6 months. Within months, champion horses, trainers, and riders had flocked to this new barn, driven by desperation to find jobs.
With almost all other barns bankrupt under the crippling economy, AVA rose with an unstoppable fury. As the years drifted pass, the coming and passing of World War 2, AVA met little resistance rising to the top. However as the late 40s and early 50s rolled around, Edwin wasn't quite as invincible. Boom time had returned, and with it, a crowded and competitive food market. As quickly as his fortune had come, Edwin's was gone and so was AVA.
William Peters, a smart, hard working, come-from-the-bottom man bought out the food company and AVA in 1953. Wise for his age without the cockiness of his former, William brought the company back to greatness. AVA became his and his wife Marie's baby, nursing the champions they had acquired and continuing to develop their potential.
All these years later, AVA's owners all trace back to William Peter, being handed down from one generation to the next. All owned by people that believe it one thing; a place that built on struggles and hardship can grow into something unstoppable. |
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