Our Third Trip to the Former Location or Merrill's Park, West Gardiner, Maine

Yesterday I noticed that Vernon Packard from West Gardiner called. Vernon owns the property where Merrill's Park, also known as Meadow Park, was located. Merrill's Park was a trotting park that dates back to the early 1900's and perhaps the late 1800's. We had walked the property twice before trying to find the cement posts that once held the grandstand. Last year even with GPS coordinates we could not locate the cement footings. However, a woman walking her dog found the location and told Vernon of her discovery. Vernon

gave her some surveyor's tape. She returned to the area and marked the location. We measured the distance between footings. The grandstand was approximately 50 feet in length with a depth of 30 feet. Peter Stoyell, who helped me search for the footings last year, joined us for the walk and help with the measurements between the footings. Appreciation is extended to Vernon Packard for helping us with our research.