This post presents an index to the research gathered since 2009 that tells the stories of Maine’s Lost Trotting Parks. Between 1890 and 1930 there were overtime at least 90 trotting parks that were registered with the National Trotting Association. Over the years there may have been slightly over 100 Maine communities with trotting parks. Today…

On March 5, 2018, Frank Hurff and I drove from Ocala, Florida to Bell to visit Valerie Grondin and others at the Bell Training Track started by Warren Harp. While we were standing at the end of the track, a man drove up in a golf cart. We soon found out that we were about to meet…