Meadowthorpe

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This file appears in: Lexington's First Airport

Photo of the Meadowthorpe mansion and farm taken in 1898, when owned by distillery owner Col. James E. Pepper.
Courtesy of the University of Kentucky

This file appears in: Lexington's First Airport

By Becky Riddle
Historical Marker #2440 in Fayette County commemorates Halley Field, Lexington’s first airport, located on Meadowthorpe Farm. Meadowthorpe was a well-known stock farm owned by Jacob Hostetter. A…