Tornado 1890 Potatoes grown in Churchill Downss infield proceeds donated to the Red Cross Kentucky Derby ran on time less than two months later Churchill Downs Bankruptcy 1894 Potatoes grown in Churchill Downss infield proceeds donated to the Red Cross ID: 668661
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Can’t Stop the Derby!Slide2
Can’t Stop the Derby!Slide3
Tornado (1890)
Potatoes grown in Churchill Downs’s infield, proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
Kentucky Derby ran on time less than two months later.Slide4
Churchill Downs Bankruptcy (1894)
Potatoes grown in Churchill Downs’s infield, proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
Original racetrack owners sell to new group.Slide5
The Kentucky
State
Fair (1902)
Potatoes grown in Churchill Downs’s infield, proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
The first Kentucky State Fair held at Churchill Downs. Slide6
First Model T car built by Henry Ford (
1908)
Affordable automobiles provided easier transportation to the racetrack.Slide7
First
recorded
airplane
flight
in Kentucky (1910)
Potatoes grown in Churchill Downs’s infield, proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
Took off from Churchill Downs
InfieldSlide8
Titanic sinks in the Atlantic Ocean (1912)
Five year old Johnny
Longden
and family miss boat on trip to America – grows up to ride and train a Derby winner.Slide9
World War I Begins (
1914-1918)
Potatoes grown in Churchill Downs’s infield, proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
Potatoes were grown in the Infield at Churchill Downs, proceeds donated to the Red Cross.Slide10
Beginning of the Great Depression (1929)
Potatoes grown in Churchill Downs’s infield, proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
Sports provided an escape from daily life – Derby attendance soared.Slide11
The Great Flood (1937)
Potatoes grown in Churchill Downs’s infield, proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
The waters receded and the Derby ran on schedule. War Admiral wins and goes on to win Triple Crown.Slide12
America enters World War II (
1941-1945)
Potatoes grown in Churchill Downs’s infield, proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
Due to travel restrictions, people took streetcars to Churchill Downs.Slide13
Civil
Rights
Unrest
(1967
)
Potatoes grown in Churchill Downs’s infield, proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
Many expected riots after a tense Derby
Week
, but Martin Luther King Jr. helped diffuse the situation.Slide14
Smoke
Bomb
Thrown
on
Track
(1976)
Potatoes grown in Churchill Downs’s infield, proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
National Guard Sergeant Gary Wall races under rail, throws bomb in helmet and buries it. No one hurt.