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

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Links to Explore through Lost Trotting Parks for the Maine 200 Grant


The Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center
Links to Project Images & Stories



              — From the Collection of Herbert Way —
The Images and stories of horses with Maine Connections:

19th Century Maine Leaders in Agriculture:

From the Lost Trotting Parks of New England—Images of Maine ‘s Trotting Parks

The Lost Trotting Parks of New England — Identifying Towns with Trotting Parks by State


http://losttrottingparksne.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-lost-trotting-parks-heritage-center.html

Imagine 19th Century Kennebec County: A Business Directory 1862

http://kennebeccounty.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-business-directory-of-subscribers-of.html


The Poem, The Old Pioneer by Warren Long—One of the County’s Best Citizens


http://limestonemaine.blogspot.com/2019/05/warren-alonzo-long-1840-to-1919-his.html


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