Kentucky Derby and El Paso
August 20, 2026
The May 23, 1974, El Paso Herald-Post article highlighted unexpected ties between El Paso and the Kentucky Derby, beginning with the fact that the race was founded by Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., a cousin of Gen. William J. Glasgow, whose family later lived on Magoffin Street in El Paso. The piece…
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