August 31, 1886
August 12, 1886
September 7, 1885
7 Sept 1885 Foot Race @ Portland
These days there are few remaining traces of Ligonia, a South Portland village that in the mid-19th century is said to have run from the area known as Cash Corner down to the waterfront on the Fore River. Now the site has been taken over by the expanding Calvary Cemetery (which adds fright points) and, owing to its strategic location close to the harbor, bases for oil companies.
Ligonia was once home to a concentration of Irish families, who worked for the Portland Rolling Mills company and turned it into a kind of campus town, complete with shops, a school, and a railway connection to Portland proper. Car ownership led to the demise of local businesses, and industrial decline caused the population to plummet, but police dispatchers in the area apparently still refer to it as Ligonia today.
Location: Ligonia, South Portland, ME 04106, USA Source of ghost towns Maine
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August 21, 1885
July 4, 1885
April 24, 1885
24 April 1885 @ Bath, Maine 50 Mile go-as-you-please
PDP
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April 23, 1885
July 4, 1884
August 9, 1883
09 Aug 1883 Foot Race
Bangor 1880 Census List James & Michael McGrath (Brothers) maybe one of these men was the runner?
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