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| General Noble Redwood Tree House, on the grounds of the Main Building of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. ca. 1895 |
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Showing posts with label 1895. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Redwood Tree House
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
James Perkins
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| James "soup" Perkins, 1880-1911, a jockey, rode Halma, wire to wire win in the Kentucky Derby in 1895,at 15 years of age. one of the youngest black jockeys, his nickname came from his love of soup, he weighed 90 lbs. his parents were slaves at Major Flournoy's Walnut Hall,Lexington,Ky.His father was John Jacob Perkins, a standard-bred trainer, and his mother was Mattie. |
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