On this Date in Minnesota History: August 24
August 24, 1922 – The barn built in 1902 by M. W. Savage to house Dan
Patch, the world’s greatest pacing stallion, burned down late this evening in
Savage, Minn. Also burned was Dan Patch’s famous covered race track, believed
to have been the first of its size and kind in America.
The Weekly Valley Herald; “Famous
Savage Barns Destroyed by Fire”; Chaska, Minn.; Aug. 31, 1922; p. 4
Dan Patchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Danpatch1.jpg
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