A Comment about The Maine Spirit Blog

Historians and horse lovers owe a great debt of gratitude to Stephen Thompson for his thorough and fascinating survey of Maine’s tie to the magnificent beast that, in both work and sport, was a principal means of tying this vast state together in the long era before the automobile. Water Village, my history of Waterville, only touches on the horse, most particularly the astonishing creature named Nelson. Thompson’s work reveals the full tale of the impact of these beloved animals in this area, and in celebration of the horse, future generations will be grateful to know a story that otherwise might have been lost in the mists of time. -- Earl Smith, Dean of College, Emeritus, Colby College

Sunday, January 30, 2022

The Story of Nelson 4209 by Young Rolfe, Dam Gretchen -- Bred & Trained by C.H. Nelson, Proprietor of Sunnyside Farm on the Oakland Road in Waterville, Maine


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The Winner's Circle at First Tracks Cumberland & Hall of Fame Recipients


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Horse Competitions at Maine Agricultural Fairs


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Famous American Trotting Horses including Maine's Mac and Hopeful




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Saturday, January 29, 2022

Incorporation Dates of Maine's Agricultural Societies


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Aroostook County -- Farming with Horses in Limestone, Maine


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A Lost Trotting Parks Storyboard Sampler, Finding Kingfield's Lost Trotting Park, The Aroostook War, and the Libby Family of West Buxton, Maine

 



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