Trotting Park at Lee, Maine

From History of Lee, Maine by George J. Varney 1886 --
Lee is a small town in the eastern part of Penobscot County, on what is called the “Upper Route" twm Bangor to Calais, 60 miles from each city. It is bounded on the north by Winn, east by Springfield, and west b Lincoln. Much of the hind is of excellent quality, and bore originally a dense growth of the hard woods, with hemlock, spruce and pine. In the southern part of the town are several ponds, the largest being Mattakeunk (area, 1,000 acres) and Ware ponds, the head of the Passadunmkeag Stream. Lee village, the chief centre of business, is situated on Mattakeunk Stream, near the pond of the same name, where there is a good water-power. There are here two sawmills—one a board, shingle and grist-mill, a tannery, and wheel, tinware, and furniture factories. Near the village is a good trotting park, where fairs are held. The nearest railroad station is that of the European and North AmericanRailway at Lincoln village, 12 miles west of Lee village.
From Noted Maine Horses, Volume 1 by John Wallace Thompson --
Gen. Jackson – Dapple brown stallion, with small blaze in face, 15 ½ hands high, and weights 1000 pounds, foaled May 14, 1868, bred by Ira C. Harmon, Lee, Me., got by Humphrey horse, he by Sherman Black Hawk, dam, Nellie, by Col. Crockett, he by Old Col. Crockett. July 4, 1873, at the Lee Trotting Park, in a race with Paddy, he won in straight heats, the fastest being 2.53. Afterwards a match was made between them and trotted at Bangor, in which Gen. Jackson was beaten, being in an unfit condition. Mr. Harmon sold him, in the fall of 1873 to Fred Jordan, of Old Town.

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