Page Farm & Home Museum Schedules Sleigh Rides, Trotting Horse Trail Field Trip Planned Feb. 10
Contact: Patty Henner, 581-4100
ORONO — The Page Farm and Home Museum is sponsoring a motor coach tour along the Maine Trotting Horse Heritage Trail and field trip to the Windsor Sleigh Rally on Sunday, Feb. 10.
The coach leaves from the Page Farm and Home Museum on the Orono campus at 8:30 a.m. and returns at 4 p.m. Maine trotting horse historian Clark P. Thompson of Bangor will narrate the ride along the trotting horse trail.
The Maine Trotting Horse Heritage Trail stretches from Bangor to Old Orchard Beach.
“Our trip will be from Orono to Waterville, stopping at points in between along the trail,” says Patricia Henner, farm and home museum director. “We will visit six different towns of historical importance to our trotting horse heritage. That includes farms and breeding sites, and racetrack sites.”
The Windsor Sleigh Rally is an annual event hosted by the Windsor Historical Society at the Windsor Fairgrounds. The itinerary includes lunch at the Windsor Diner.
The cost for the day is $35 per person, which excludes lunch but includes transportation from Orono and admission to the Windsor Sleigh Rally, where unlimited sleigh rides will be offered.
Reservations must be made by Feb. 6 by calling the farm and home museum at 581-4100. Patricia Henner advises participants to dress for the weather and bring a warm blanket for sleigh rides at the Windsor rally.
The Page Farm & Home Museum collects, preserves and interprets Maine historical artifacts and traditions relating to farms and farming communities between 1865 and 1940, providing an educational and cultural experience for the public and a resource for researchers of this period.