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Meadowthorpe Farm

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This file appears in: Lexington's First Airport

Meadowthorpe Farm in 1898
Courtesy of the University of Kentucky


This file appears in: Lexington's First Airport

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…

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