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Greasy Cove Racetrack

Jackson Love Hwy., Erwin, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 7' 26.58", -82° 26' 27.359988"
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In the Vally 500 yards north were held, many kinds of frontier diversions, including racing on a half~mile semicircular track. here, in 1788, Andrew Jackson, then 21 years old, rode his horse in a match race against a horse belonging to Col. Robert Love,ridden by a professional jockey. Jackson Lost.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
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