Keywords: foot race
Item 9451
Childrens' Race, Squirrel Island, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Southport Media: Photographic print
Item 9350
Married Men's Race, Squirrel Island, 1910
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: 1910-08-27 Location: Southport Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The novelty of organized auto racing came to Maine in 1911 with a hill-climbing event in Poland and speed racing at Old Orchard Beach. Drivers and cars came from all over New England for these events.
Exhibit
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun
"Harness racing has been held since Bass Park was created. Even today horses race on the original track as they did well over a hundred years ago."
Site Page
"… their little tents being set up, and the hunters racing in the Bay for porpoises, we were sure that the ‘season’ had really begun. -Albert L."
Story
Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan
Stories of growing up Downeast
