Racing Horses for Sale near West Frankfort, IL

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PLEASANT MINSTREL - 2000 Dark Bay Thoroughbred Stallion by PLEASANT COLONY ..
Nashville, Illinois
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Thoroughbred
Stallion
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Nashville, IL
IL
$1,000
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About West Frankfort, IL

Although one might associate the name "West Frankfort" with the city " Frankfurt" in Germany, or Frankfort in Kentucky, the truth is far more local. Around 1810, early Tennessee settler Francis ("Frank") Jordan and his seven brothers began the construction of a fort atop a hill in present-day Franklin County. Completed in 1811, the fort was named "Frank's Fort," in Jordan's honor. The name Frankfort is from a French trapper's hutte built on the hill long before the arrival of the Jordan brothers. Frank's Fort was built in today's Williamson County, Ill., near Corinth.