Tuesday, May 11, 2021 (continued)
Louisville is more about William Clark's brother George Rogers Clark. However, we did stop at
Historic Locust Grove, the home of William Clark's sister, Lucy Clark Croghan, and her husband, William Croghan.
*In November 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark visited Locust Grove.*
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| A bust of George Rogers Clark at Locust Grove |
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| Chionanthus virginicus/Fringe Tree |
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Family distillery where excess grains were made into whiskey,
before Kentucky bourbon was developed |
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| Physocarpus opulifolius/Ninebark blossoms (KSS) |
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Kent checks out the ice house:
no blocks of ice cut from a frozen pond |
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| A peek into the kitchen |
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| The well |
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Croghan residence (c 1790, in Georgian style) was where
George Rogers Clark spent his last years |
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Surveying office: both William Croghan and
George Rogers Clark were land surveyors |
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We had lunch at Kaelin's, where it is said
the cheeseburger was invented |
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An original Kaelin's cheeseburger
(with onions and a mustard sauce) |
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| "Proof" that the cheeseburger was invented here |
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George Rogers Clark Park: Mulberry Hill
Historical Marker Side A |
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| Mulberry Hill Historical Marker Side B |
Mulberry Hill was the home of William Clark, and York, from 1785 until they left with the Corps of Discovery Expedition.
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George Rogers Clark Park was the site of the
Clark family home, and according to a fellow visitor,
this was the park's former swimming pool |
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Gravestone of William Clark's father,
John Clark |
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Gravestone of William Clark's mother,
Ann Rogers Clark |
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An obstacle on the hiking path around
George Rogers Clark Park |
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Taxodium distichum/Bald Cypress Tree that
stood next to the Clark family springhouse |
We were lucky to be able to gain admission without advance timed tickets today.
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Statue (2009, by Alexa King) of Barbaro, the 2006
Kentucky Derby winner, who then shattered his leg at the
Preakness and died of complications in 2007;
his ashes are interred beneath the memorial |
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If at first you win the Kentucky Derby
gold trophy ... |
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... and you win the Preakness Stakes
sterling silver Woodlawn Vase ... |
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... and you also win the Belmont Stakes
silver bowl trophy, ... |
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... you then earn the Triple Crown, a silver
three-sided vase by Cartier Jewelers |
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| Starting Gate Suites Tower, and directional sign |
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Churchill Down's official bugler,
Steve Buttleman, has worked for
26 years without missing a race |
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The Paddock, where the Kentucky Derby contenders
must be saddled (i.e., in view of all) before the race |
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The Kentucky Derby horses then proceed through
the original 1875 grandstand with its iconic twin spires |
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| Twin spires from inside Churchill Downs |
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| Starting Gate Suites were built over the Main Grandstand |
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The white pole to the left of the background tower is
the quarter mile pole from where the Kentucky Derby starts |
So far away!
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The white pole between two black posts has a gold finial
and indicates the finish line; the start and finish are a
quarter mile apart so that a mile-and-a-half race
can be run on a mile long racetrack |
So, there is a Lewis & Clark connection here at Churchill Downs. Both the racetrack and the Kentucky Derby were established by Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr, the grandson of William Clark.
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