Keywords: Bangor Trotting Park
Item 102100
Harness racing at the Bass Park, Bangor, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1915 Location: Bangor Media: Photoprint
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Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment
Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.
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Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine
Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden
"Raymond C. Rodgers wrote a poem printed in The Trot and Pacer, Christmas 1922 which describes the rivalry between the three pacers."
