Presenter:
Susan Olsen (Woodlawn Cemetery)
Presentation type:
Paper
Abstract:
The Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY, is the final resting place of many of the “Giants of the Turf,” the Gilded Age entrepreneurs who dominated thoroughbred racing and established the New York Jockey Club. These competitors who bred and raced the finest horses of their time established farms in New York and Kentucky. This presentation will address how these men of the turf: James Keene, William Collins Whitney, William Woodward, James Ben Ali Haggin and others came to rest a few feet from each other in a National Historic Landmark burial ground.
Session:
The Bronx's Woodlawn CemeteryScheduled on:
Thursday, November 8, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm
About the presenterSusan Olsen
Director of Historical Services at The Woodlawn Cemetery and log time member of both the American Culture Association and MAPACA.