A Moment in Kentucky History: Man O' War

WEKU | By wendy barnett

Published November 13, 2019 at 8:10 AM EST

Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about the life of Man O' War, the first horse to be enbalmed.

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