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County: Fayette

Glengarry Field-Cool Meadow

Marker Number: 

2439

Location: 

2400 Newtown Pike, Lexington

Lexington Municipal Airport at Glengarry Field was dedicated on July 12, 1935 and later re-named Cool Meadow Airport. It was located on the site of a Civil War Union army encampment and skirmish on Glengarry Farm. J. Blythe Anderson leased the farm to the city for use as an airport. Cool Meadow Airport ceased operations in the mid-1950s.

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Fasig-Tipton-Since 1898 - Originally headquartered in New York’s Madison Square Garden, and selling horses in Kentucky for more than a century, Fasig-Tipton is acknowledged as the oldest Thoroughbred auction company in North America. Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew was foaled less than a mile from here and sold at Fasig-Tipton in 1975.

Dedicated November 3, 2014.

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