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Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr.

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Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr. (January 27, 1846 – April 22, 1899) was the founder of the Louisville Jockey Club and the builder of Churchill Downs, where the Kentucky Derby is run. [1]

13 relations: Breeders' Cup, Cave Hill Cemetery, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Louisville, Kentucky, Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr., Mexican–American War, Missouri, Panic of 1893, Parimutuel betting, Stephen W. Kearny, William Clark.

Breeders' Cup

The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I Thoroughbred horse races, operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982.

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Cave Hill Cemetery

Cave Hill Cemetery is a Victorian era National Cemetery and arboretum located at 701 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

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Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a Thoroughbred racetrack most famous for annually hosting the Kentucky Derby.

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Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby, is a horse race that is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival.

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.

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Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr.

Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr. (January 10, 1809 – October 28, 1881) was an architect, civil engineer and politician.

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Mexican–American War

The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War in the United States and in Mexico as the American intervention in Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States (Mexico) from 1846 to 1848.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Panic of 1893

The Panic of 1893 was a serious economic depression in the United States that began in 1893 and ended in 1897.

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Parimutuel betting

Parimutuel betting (from the Pari Mutuel or mutual betting) is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and the "house-take" or "vigorish" are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all winning bets.

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Stephen W. Kearny

Stephen Watts Kearny (surname also appears as Kearney in some historic sources; August 30, 1794October 31, 1848), was one of the foremost antebellum frontier officers of the United States Army.

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William Clark

William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriwether_Lewis_Clark_Jr.

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