Dixon’s Revenge Trail Race

By 1854 the Prohibition movement was in full swing in Maine. As South Berwick was considering a ban on alcohol, numerous legal and religious establishments were torched in protest. After passing a ban on alcohol, Mainers had to cross the bridge to Rollinsford to drink and revel. A grog shop in Rollinsford owned by Samuel Dixon “reigned as the factory district’s chief watering hole”. Dixon, however, had become “somewhat notorious for crime in this vicinity, near Salmon Falls.”

In 1851, Dixon was framed by a disgruntled South Berwick saloon owner for the string of arsons. In 1854, a pair of young factory workers drank heavily one summer afternoon at Dixon’s and wandered into the woods – 2 men went in, only 1 came out. Thanks to Samuel Dixon, Rollinsford earned “a relatively short-lived but racy reputation for free-flowing liquor.”

This May, Samuel Dixon gets his revenge – SIX03 Endurance is bringing the party to Rollinsford once again! Come join on the banks of the Salmon Falls River for a trail running festival. The 5 Miler is an Loop course which has some fast rail trail, open fields, and some single track. The Canicross 5k and 5k is a loop and will feature some fast rail trail and some great single track along the Salmon Falls River. You run straight along the rail trail until you hit the aid station at 1.4 miles and then hit some single track. Follow the flags and signs back to the finish.