Saturday, August 24, 2013

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 Patch

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