Meadow Farm - Hanover, VA
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N 37° 51.000 W 077° 25.257
18S E 286999 N 4191934
Located just five minutes from King's Dominion Theme Park lies the birthplace of a true race horse.
Waymark Code: WMK593
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/15/2014
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This is the farm where Secretariat was born. Secretariat became world famous though the horse racing world. They even made a movie about the horse. The plaque says "The land comprising Meadow Farm was first patented by William Sheppard in 1713. In 1800, Sheppard family slaves thwarted plans for a well-organized slave uprising known as Gabriel's Insurrection. The farmhouse was built in 1810. Dr. John Mosby Sheppard practiced medicine at Meadow Farm between 1840 and 1877. The last private owner of Meadow Farm, Major General Sheppard Crump, was a founding member of the American Legion and Adjutant General of Virginia from 1956-1960. Until 1960, the Sheppard family farmed the land, growing a variety of grains and tobacco."
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