tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17066123141349671412024-03-04T23:30:36.064-05:00The Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center -- Storyboard Archives -- THE STORIES AND THE IMAGES -- THE LOST TROTTING PARKS STORYBOARD ARCHIVES -- APRIL 2009 THROUGH JULY 2016 --Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.comBlogger1064125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-16928566400300403992023-04-07T11:13:00.001-04:002023-04-07T11:15:01.342-04:00The Horse -- by Geraldine Brooks<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUgO68kxKqjVpQ8-oJRgOcrfGEEWkfg-2bIazON_fvV8Xs5mo-AO-A7PBCiIKuD9uMf9XvROx0lJEHn41qTKpZYckffjX82GBFBUb4Uwsftt7_p_R9Rvq395nC7lySxl5I-cZKbyv1ZB5mAcP449i-BgxQbvMQ-jjHBP0FW9ti0gH0yxFdnmgRGhf/s3447/Horse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3447" data-original-width="2586" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUgO68kxKqjVpQ8-oJRgOcrfGEEWkfg-2bIazON_fvV8Xs5mo-AO-A7PBCiIKuD9uMf9XvROx0lJEHn41qTKpZYckffjX82GBFBUb4Uwsftt7_p_R9Rvq395nC7lySxl5I-cZKbyv1ZB5mAcP449i-BgxQbvMQ-jjHBP0FW9ti0gH0yxFdnmgRGhf/s320/Horse.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Xf3acs9bW66IJC9sHh3hpsx_oVOi4O-ndv2Y-rOl6Lc_pvI5dZuXSzFYWKRCDtw52m5Xwoo87shvl35LU1II6KxG-Xnx_pfiCsgWXFLaDRwVn-UQ2SnRX0A-FWJG8aHESq9QkalyiXsBpp_EHF_lTXAv2OcNST01yuV87XfbMdUu0sHlZjwNfY0a/s2134/Lexington%20BW.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1483" data-original-width="2134" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Xf3acs9bW66IJC9sHh3hpsx_oVOi4O-ndv2Y-rOl6Lc_pvI5dZuXSzFYWKRCDtw52m5Xwoo87shvl35LU1II6KxG-Xnx_pfiCsgWXFLaDRwVn-UQ2SnRX0A-FWJG8aHESq9QkalyiXsBpp_EHF_lTXAv2OcNST01yuV87XfbMdUu0sHlZjwNfY0a/s320/Lexington%20BW.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22PJjOBL9HpwmVsgXPrBaP0Q9741zyjkx9z3_eit7fD9tlbROBIWOGYWcBpT9dphdDljjlWkTJ-WvHZ7f_w37YRORfwK7Xyu3WdBNNmJ6V-30pICVp0QS2-hnajdoy-Z11ZXovruoGRheeSgbjnwOoQlVm60lcsveN5_mnDxo6tfEkcoSNj4Glpuj/s5400/The%20story%20of%20Lexington%20web%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5400" data-original-width="3600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22PJjOBL9HpwmVsgXPrBaP0Q9741zyjkx9z3_eit7fD9tlbROBIWOGYWcBpT9dphdDljjlWkTJ-WvHZ7f_w37YRORfwK7Xyu3WdBNNmJ6V-30pICVp0QS2-hnajdoy-Z11ZXovruoGRheeSgbjnwOoQlVm60lcsveN5_mnDxo6tfEkcoSNj4Glpuj/s320/The%20story%20of%20Lexington%20web%202.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p>Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-183534974905580882021-07-19T16:57:00.001-04:002021-07-19T16:58:40.953-04:00Maine State Library and Archives Digitize An Online Collection focusing on the History of Maine Agricultural and Agriculture Fairs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRVtuejpMte-VHu2jy16OMAsF-NYrU5ZPpTR05K53sTtWjW8yeAW7wTWOrbvCp_sHK1HYSKneFdiFun2nc6HX7RzRn7N-Tm_rUg1BNlrbx5z66JbbMJ_K6ooNCNZmKPpod4yfoEFvBGo/s2048/Maine+State+Library.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="2048" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRVtuejpMte-VHu2jy16OMAsF-NYrU5ZPpTR05K53sTtWjW8yeAW7wTWOrbvCp_sHK1HYSKneFdiFun2nc6HX7RzRn7N-Tm_rUg1BNlrbx5z66JbbMJ_K6ooNCNZmKPpod4yfoEFvBGo/w640-h438/Maine+State+Library.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The Maine State Archives and the Maine State Library have just announced the posting to their web site all of the agricultural society related papers in the Archives Collection. 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<br />Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-36694218128152854632019-09-05T23:15:00.000-04:002019-09-05T23:16:30.130-04:00<span style="font-size: large;">The history of one of Maine's lost trotting parks -- Riverside Park in Bethel!</span><br />
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<br />Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-57694570487431600302016-06-05T22:38:00.003-04:002016-06-05T22:39:21.368-04:00Dover- Foxcroft's Lost Trotting Park -- Located on Park Street -- Today's Piscataquis Valley Fair located on Fairview Avenue (Originally in the Village of Foxcroft<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-44577803700163130142016-04-27T13:51:00.002-04:002016-04-27T13:52:32.671-04:001871 -- The Carroll Trotting Parks Association established through Maine State Legislative Action<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-36925397467192410682016-03-02T08:50:00.001-05:002016-03-02T08:52:13.452-05:00Walter E Barrett, Jr. -- His Contribution to the History of Harness Racing -- The Lesson of the Readville Trotting Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-34882501602006489172015-08-19T08:40:00.002-04:002015-08-19T14:48:35.773-04:00A Team for All Time -- Jimmy Jordan and Avies Gross -- Lewiston Sun Journal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-69445660847155290882015-04-08T18:06:00.001-04:002015-04-08T18:10:44.020-04:00Photographs and Race Results -- Harness Racing at the Oxford County Fair, South Paris, Maine 1939<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<br />Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-48865781584531507012015-03-30T12:28:00.001-04:002015-04-08T18:10:15.131-04:00Be a Part of the Solution -- Reconnect in Present to Appreciate our Past -- Maine Harness Racing Since the 19th Century<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-86323420161036766792015-03-29T18:13:00.002-04:002015-03-29T18:13:49.904-04:00This Day March 29 -- Beginning with Doble & Dexter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-10380957732089553622015-03-28T22:24:00.001-04:002015-03-29T18:15:27.408-04:00Upon the Death of Hambletonian by Don DanielsToday Don Daniels posted on Facebook the story surrounding the death of Hambletonian. Don gave me his permission to repost his content to the Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center.<br />
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<br />Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-51952572025947726332015-01-24T20:45:00.001-05:002015-01-24T20:45:10.091-05:00Promoting Maine Communities -- Maine Agricultural Fairs --- Maine Harness Racing -- Strout Selected Farm Bargains -- Waterville, Maine -- 1919<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This post highlights a promotional flyer produced by Strout Selected Farm Bargains Around Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Within this promotion, Kennebec County real estate is listed for sale, Kennebec County Agriculture is promoted, the Central Maine Fair is featured, and the image of the harness racing track and grandstand is on the front cover.</span></div>
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Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-25006573268204994302014-12-04T13:19:00.002-05:002014-12-04T13:27:59.784-05:00Annual Appeal to Support the Activities of the Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This post is part of our end of year annual appeal to raise funds to support the activities of the Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center. Lost Trotting Parks is a Maine registered nonprofit and recognized by the IRS for tax deductible donations. This appeal is asking for donations to support the development of the Lost Trotting Parks Web Site and the production of and printing of storyboards for displays that are set up during presentations and displayed through Maine's Tailgate Museum. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We are asking for your support to purchase memorabilia that will be scanned and placed into digital storyboards for the Lost Trotting Parks web site. We also need funds to support the printing, mounting and or lamination of storyboards for public displays and presentations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The Lost Trotting Parks web sites have been visited by Mainers from 193 Maine communities. This represents more than 150,000 page views. The Lost Trotting Parks Online Museum has also been visited by individuals living in Canada, Ireland, England, France, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia. Through Facebook Lost Trotting Parks has posted more than 10,000 images that are freely distributed to Maine's harness racing community. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Your financial support is needed and would be greatly appreciated. The following link takes you to the front page of the Lost Trotting Parks web site. At the bottom of this page is a button for donations. Your charitable donations at any level will be greatly appreciated. If you prefer to make your donation by check, please mail your donation to Lost Trotting Parks, P.O. Box 263, Hallowell, Maine 04347</span></div>
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Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-54991701457671468572014-11-30T09:21:00.001-05:002014-11-30T09:21:48.195-05:00Hooked on Harness Racing -- A Book by Donald P. Evans -- A Story from the Early 1960's -- A Review by S. Dexter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-29604461400158406092014-11-29T10:36:00.000-05:002014-11-29T10:36:44.730-05:00King William is once again resides in the State of Maine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 1873 painting of King William by Maine Harness Horseman, George H. Bailey, is now owned by the Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center. The painting had traveled to an auction house in South Carolina. The painting was also the the front page engraving in J.W. Thompson's book, Noted Maine Horses. The painting will be displayed in secure public building so that the public can learn of the stories of Bailey and Thompson. Please suggest possible locations for a Lost Trotting Parks Display!</span>Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-57966034167955788352014-11-03T11:32:00.001-05:002014-11-03T11:32:01.824-05:00The Celebrated Midnight Ride of Paul Revere -- On a Narragansett Pacer -- A Breed of Horses that No Longer Exists!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">As a child one hears of the celebrated ride of Paul Revere. A newly published biography on Paul Revere present a far more comprehensive view of Paul Revere, the man, the silversmith, and Paul Revere as a patriot.</span></div>
Stephen Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766049165862317689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706612314134967141.post-10406928040478176792014-10-23T16:31:00.003-04:002014-10-23T16:31:47.363-04:00Are there lessons for today from an old postcard? The Maine State Fairgrounds -- Lewiston, Maine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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