The Lost Trotting Parks Storyboard Archives

The Lost Trotting Parks Storyboard Archives

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Central Park Today -- Route 105 -- South Belfast Road


Today I visited Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sliva at their home on the Cony
Road. The Slivas have owned the Central Park property for
many years. They knew that the property was once home to a
trotting park. Features of the trotting park can still be seen.

Although covered by snow, this property was once Central Park
built by George M. Robinson starting in 1870 and finishing the
track in 1872. In July of 1873, Robinson organized a fair with
trotting events. The track was a half-mile circular track.

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