Exterminator - Binghamton, NY
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ripraff
N 42° 04.095 W 075° 53.600
18T E 426095 N 4657740
Whispering Pines is a pet cemetery which includes famous horses belonging to Willis Sharpe Kilmer.
Waymark Code: WMV5VG
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2017
Views: 7
from Wikipedia: "Willis Sharpe Kilmer...marketing pioneer, newspaperman, and horse breeder...best known for advertising and promoting his uncle's Swamp Root patent medicine formula until it became a household name...fell out of favor after the advent of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act...Kilmer was the breeder of Reigh Count, the winner of the 1928 Kentucky Derby. He was the owner of Exterminator, the winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby and 1922 American Horse of the Year, and the breeder and owner of Sun Beau, the largest money maker until Seabiscuit in 1939. Both Exterminator and Sun Beau were elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame."
Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
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