Lost Trotting Parks Exhibit at the Northern Maine Fair

Be sure to visit the Lost Trotting Parks Display at the Northern Maine Fair. Sponsored by Thompson -- Hamel, LLC and Lynox, Inc., a displayed titled, "The Lost Trotting Parks of Aroostook County," will be shown. Trotting parks once existed in Van Buren, Ashland, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Houlton, and Crystal. Today trotting events still take place in Presque Isle at the Northern Maine Fair Grounds. Thirty storyboards will be displayed providing images and text on the lost trotting parks. More research needs to be done. We hope that this display will be a motivation for renewed interest in County folks taking another look at Aroostook's history tied to the age, "When the Horse was King." The following storyboard is an example of what you will find on display at the Fair.