Morgan Flowers

Morgan D. Flowers was born in Eagle Lake, Texas, in July 1897. He attended Texas A&M College, and spent the next few years in Texas and New Mexico, working on ranches. He married Elizabeth Tweedy at San Angelo, Texas, on March 18, 1918. He began training polo ponies, and eventually began selling them. He also played polo, and through the game, met and became friends with Will Rogers. Rogers invited Flowers to come to California. According to his obituary, which was reprinted in his hometown newspaper, the Eagle Lake Headlight, on February 25, 1949, he was a large man, a "natural with horses," and "he did stunt riding in western movies." He died in Los Angeles, California, in late 1948 or early 1949.