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An Index by County to Maine’s Lost Trotting Parks

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  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…

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Houlton’s Second Lost Trotting Park – 1877

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Throughout the years Houlton, Maine supported three trotting parks — The earliest near North Street, the second off Park Street, and the third off Randall Avenue. I was told that the third track closed in the early 1960s. Today this land is used for the Houlton Agricultural Fair and the baseball/softball fields by Houlton High School. (On…

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