1901 Kentucky Derby
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This photograph from the 1901 Kentucky Derby shows Governor J. C. W. Beckham and a party of dignitaries. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Churchill Downs
Historical Markers #1885 and #2255 in Louisville note the location of Churchill Downs, the racetrack of the "Run for the Roses," the famous Kentucky Derby.
Churchill Downs began when track founder Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr., the…