Lexington in Fayette County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Glengarry Field-Cool Meadow
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Fasig-Tipton Since 1898

Glengarry Field-Cool Meadow Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 28, 2021

1. Glengarry Field-Cool Meadow Marker

Inscription.
Glengarry Field-Cool Meadow Lexington Municipal Airport at Glengarry Field was dedicated on July 12, 1935 and later re-named Cool Meadow Airport. It was located on the site of a Civil War Union army encampment and skirmish on Glengarry Farm. J. Blythe Anderson leased the farm to the city for use as an airport. Cool Meadow Airport ceased operations in the mid-1950s.

Fasig-Tipton Since 1898 Originally headquartered in New York’s Madison Square Garden, and selling horses in Kentucky for more than a century, Fasig-Tipton is acknowledged as the oldest Thoroughbred auction company in North America. Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew was foaled less than a mile from here and sold at Fasig-Tipton in 1975.
Sponsored by Blue Grass Airport

Erected 2014 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2439.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Animals • Industry & Commerce • Sports. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical date for this entry is July 12, 1935.

Location. 38° 6.61′ N, 84° 28.909′ W.

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Marker is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County. It is on Newtown Pike (Kentucky Route 922), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2400 Newtown Pike, Lexington KY 40511, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Artistides (approx. 1.3 miles away); Coldstream Farm (approx. 1.4 miles away); Mt. Horeb Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.4 miles away); Wing Commander / Famous Saddle Horse (approx. 1½ miles away); Man o' War / Man o' War (1917-1947) (approx. 1.9 miles away); Maddoxtown (approx. 2.1 miles away); Lexington Colored Fair Association / Successful Enterprise (approx. 2.6 miles away); Joyland Park Paris Pike

Fasig-Tipton Since 1898 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 28, 2021

2. Fasig-Tipton Since 1898 Marker

(approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lexington.

Also see . . .
1. Cool Meadow Field. Explore Kentucky History website entry (Submitted on January 7, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. Fasig-Tipton - About Us. Company website entry (Submitted on April 3, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Glengarry Field-Cool Meadow / Fasig-Tipton Since 1898 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 28, 2021

3. Glengarry Field-Cool Meadow / Fasig-Tipton Since 1898 Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 7, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 539 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 3, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Glengarry Field-Cool Meadow⎯⎯⎯Fasig-Tipton Since 1898

Glengarry Field-Cool Meadow
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Fasig-Tipton Since 1898