Three Dead Racehorses Are Being Moved to Make Way for L.A. Development
I had no idea, until now, that Walt Disney and Bing Crosbie had ever had anything to do with building race courses, so that’s basically why I am sharing this rather interesting little snippet about archaeology and three famous racehorses.
Hollywood Park was built as a lavish horse-racing facility in 1938 with investors such as Bing Crosby and Walt Disney. The structure is being demolished for a mixed-use development, so the three racehorses buried and memorialized on its property—named Native Diver, Landaluce, and Great Communicator—must all be exhumed and relocated. Read the article here.
No comments:
Post a Comment