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WOYM: Early 19th century horse track likely located near downtown Salem


Saddle up. Time for another horseback ride into the mists of the past.
Q: Loved the column about President Andrew Jackson and his visits to the Roanoke Valley. Regarding the reference to a thoroughbred racetrack in west Salem, where exactly was it?
Carolyn Pillis
Salem
A: Locating the precise spot for the quarter-mile track founded by Mermaid Tavern proprietor Griffin Lamkin is educated guesswork.
The Mermaid was identified by Norwood C. Middleton in his history of Salem as probably one of the two original inn/taverns there. The Mermaid was likely the first of the two, opening by at least 1807 at the west edge of town along the Great Road (roughly today’s Main Street), Middleton wrote. ....

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