In 1872, Col. Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr., the grandson of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition, raised money to fund the horse race track that would become known as Churchill Downs. Churchill Downs was named for John and Henry Churchill, who provided the land for the racetrack.
The Kentucky Derby was first run there in 1875, and has been run every year since, up to this year when California Chrome won the 140th Derby.
The Lewis and Clark expedition is of course famous for having recceed (;)) the north west of what is now the USA.
Recceed and reconned and reconnoitered are past tense forms for reconnaissance and recon. 
The verb ‘are’ in the sentence above is the third person plural, present indicative active form of the verb ‘to be’.
USAF Col. John Boyd, who developed much of modern fighter operational tactics including energy management and decision cycle, was known for telling all of his new reports that they had to choose a career path: To Be or To Do. That is, they could pursue either rank and power or true accomplishment, but it was not possible to do both exceptionally. He used his own failure to be promoted to General as an example.
The Grammar Rock episode of “Verb: That’s What’s Happening” originally aired on 22 Sep 1973. It was a parody of Shaft and other blaxploitation films and songs that featured a young boy who learns about verbs from a movie starring his favorite superhero, Verb.
There are a total of 64 episodes of Schoolhouse Rock!
In 1973, Multiplication Rock premiered with 11 episodes and Grammar Rock premiered with 9.
In 1975, America Rock premiered with 12 episodes.
In 1978, Science Rock premiered with 9 episodes.
In 1982, Computer Rock premiered with 4 episodes.
In 1994, Money Rock premiered with 8 episodes.
In 2009, Earth Rock premiered with 11 episodes.
ETA: Ninja’d. Elvis’ post is in play:
Actor William Boyd was cast in the lead of the film Hop-Along Cassidy in 1935. He played the role in a series of films in the e0s, and eventually bought the rights to the character. When TV came along, the films were a mainstay of early TV, and Boyd made a lot of money not only from the movies, but from licensing the character.
Hopalong Cassidy was also played by James Ellison, Russell Hayden, George Reeves, and Rand Brooks. George Hayes (later to become known as “Gabby” Hayes) originally played Cassidy’s grizzled sidekick, Windy Halliday.
Russell Brown, a former magistrate, is the court administrator of Cleveland Municipal Court, the largest and busiest city court in Ohio.
Randy Newman’s song “Burn On (Big River)”, an ode to Cleveland referring to a notorious incident involving heavy pollution in the Cuyahoga River, was the theme song to the film Major League.
Cleveland, city of light, city of magic
Cleveland, city of light, you’re calling me
Cleveland, even now I can remember
‘Cause the Cuyahoga River goes smokin’ through my dreams…
The Cuyahoga River, in northeastern Ohio, is famous for being “the river that caught fire,” helping to spur the environmental movement in the late 1960s. “Cuyahoga,” means “crooked river” in an Iroquoian language. It begins near Burton OH at the confluence of the East Branch Cuyahoga River and the West Branch Cuyahoga River, and ends 100 miles later at Lake Erie, in Cleveland.
Lake Hillier, in WA, is famous for its pink-coloured water.
Phil Connors in Groundhog Day, having seen a particular episode of Jeopardy! many, many times before, correctly answers one clue, “What is Lake Titicaca?”
Groundhog Day is 2 February, which is also the feast of Candlemas, celebrating the purification of the BVM and the presentation of Jesus.
Doesn’t seem to work.
Try this one: Lake Hillier’s pink colour (spelled as an Aussie would, methinks).
Odd. It works for me.
All I get is a Google search home page. Might be because I’m on an iPad…?
Back to the game:
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, is about 80 miles NE of Pittsburgh. The area was originally settled by the Delaware Indians, and the name “Punxsutawney” derives from a Native American term which translates to “town of the sandflies” (or, perhaps, “town of the mosquitoes”).
When relics of a saint are moved from one location to another, they are said to be translated.