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Fairfield has betting history
by Outspoken on Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:17 pm
Fairfield has betting history
Local mills closed so workers could attend noon races during the 1870s
By DOUG HARLOW, Staff Writer
Copyright © 2002 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc.
FAIRFIELD — If casino gambling ever comes to town, it won't be the first bet ever wagered in this Somerset County community.
Historians say there were busy gaming tables at the old Gerald Hotel, which opened on Main Street in 1900 when Fairfield was at the confluence of three major trolley car lines.
But before that, dating back to the 1870s, there was harness racing in Fairfield, featuring large cash purses and attracting participants and gamblers from all over the Northeast.
The race track was called Fairfield Trotting Park and it was located on West Street, just south of the football field — Keyes Field —where Lawrence High School now lies.
http://www.centralmaine.com/news/stories/021118fairfiel.shtml
Local mills closed so workers could attend noon races during the 1870s
By DOUG HARLOW, Staff Writer
Copyright © 2002 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc.
FAIRFIELD — If casino gambling ever comes to town, it won't be the first bet ever wagered in this Somerset County community.
Historians say there were busy gaming tables at the old Gerald Hotel, which opened on Main Street in 1900 when Fairfield was at the confluence of three major trolley car lines.
But before that, dating back to the 1870s, there was harness racing in Fairfield, featuring large cash purses and attracting participants and gamblers from all over the Northeast.
The race track was called Fairfield Trotting Park and it was located on West Street, just south of the football field — Keyes Field —where Lawrence High School now lies.
http://www.centralmaine.com/news/stories/021118fairfiel.shtml
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