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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."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… 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."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… Big Tree Boating, The Dark Harbor Shop Ice Cream Race, July 4th Parade and Chicken Barbeque, Sunset Services at the Ferry Landing, Dances, The…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"Some people made their own skis. There were many races held for skiing. Other people just skied for fun."

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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