Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society

Arcanum Horse Racing, Horse Tracks, and Darke County Fair

August 15, 2020December 24, 2020 Annette Stewart

Featured Picture: Horse photo and info from Dixie Baker Kepler of her grandfather, Dale Baker and Peter-At-Law. Info is from William Gunder’s and Anita Short’s book “Arcanum Chronicles”, chapter on Fast Horses. Fast horses and horse racing was of extreme importance to Darke County including the Arcanum area. Among those horse lovers was Lon Smith

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