All histories of the trotting horse in America will tell you that Orange County in New York was the “cradle of the trotter”. This claim is a valid one given the fact that most trotting horses (Standardbreds) today trace their origin to “Rysdyk’s Hambletonian” who was foaled (1849) in Orange County and stood for service there from…
This post by Don Daniels presents stories and images beginning in the 19th Century to the 1950’s.
Don Daniels posted the contents of this storyboard to Facebook earlier today. I thank Don for his permission to post his content on Lost Trotting Parks.
The attached article, The Secrets of Sunnyside Farm, was written early in my development of the Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center. It focuses on the life of C.H. Nelson and his farmed called Sunnyside. At the end of his life in 1915, Nelson was taken to the National Soldiers’ Home in Togus. His wife, Emma, had suffered…
In early 2012 I decided that I would create a 19th century styled periodical that would be distributed over the Internet as a PDF document. This post allows readers to take a look at the first issue. My intention is to find sponsors who would providing fund that would result in a 20 page issue that would…
