In Herrington Lake—Kentucky’s Marvel of Architecture, Waterpower & Nature, author Mike Holdren provides a detailed look at the creation of the Dix Dam as well as the surrounding bridges, camps, villages, and activities that have made Herrington Lake a wonderful recreational destination for 100 years.

Lexington’s Kentucky Association racetrack operated from 1828 through 1933. During its heyday, it witnessed the skills of many African American horsemen, four of whom have been inducted into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame.

Please feel free to bring your research questions and documentation. IF you have a laptop please bring it. A limited number of laptops will be provided. Please feel free to bring your research questions and documentation.

Join author Elizabeth A. DeWolfe as she discusses and reads from her newly published book Alias Agnes: The Notorious Tale of a Gilded Age Spy.

Join Roda Ferraro, Director of Keeneland Library, as she presents The Heart of the Turf: Racing’s Black Pioneers, a talk with Q&A that highlights the lives and careers of African American horsemen and women from the mid-1800s to today.

Please register ahead of the program as laptops will be limited.

The documentary features archival photographs of Maddoxtown and it's residential family as well as Faraway Farm, where Ms. Williams' father worked as a groom for notable thoroughbred racehorses, including the Horse of the Century, Man o' War. 

Please join us from 5:30-7 for  a reception celebrating the Faulkner Morgan Archive's traveling exhibit Queer, Here, & Everywhere: The Roots of Kentucky's LGBTQ History at the Eastside Branch.

The reception will also include a short history presentation by Josh Porter from the Faulkner Morgan Archive.