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Remembering the Hard Work Done by Farm Women
Publication Year: 2010
In this era of dishwashers, washing machines, rototillers, and gas or electric stoves, it is hard to envision the daily lives of farm women a century or more ago.
Spanish Flu Swept Through
Publication Year: 2010
In 1918 at the age of ten, my mother contracted Spanish flu, collapsed at the home of neighbors, and was nursed back to health by her parents who practiced the Christian Science faith.
Sharing Stories Helps Bring the Past to Life
Publication Year: 2010
Interesting people with fascinating stories to share have played an important part in creating this column.
Western Maryland Railroad Played Role in Gettysburg Victory
Publication Year: 2010
Each year as the end of June rolls around, we are reminded of the many ways in which the Civil War impacted our area.
Spectacular Festivities Marked 99th Birthday
Publication Year: 2010
We should be grateful that not everyone in the nineteenth century threw out their copies of local newspapers and that recycling was many years in the future.
Cape May Attracted Vacationers
Publication Year: 2010
It was not Ocean City, Maryland, but Cape May, New Jersey, which attracted affluent Carroll County vacationers during the 1870s.
Newspaper, Resident Recall Rationing During World War II
Publication Year: 2010
Scrapple must have been one of the unrationed meats during World War II because my family certainly ate a lot of it
Cemetery Holds Generations of Carroll History
Publication Year: 2010
If you haven’t taken one of the history walks sponsored by the Gate House Museum in Sykesville, you have missed a great opportunity to learn history the fun way.
Artist Made Carroll His Home
Publication Year: 2010
In the 1960s and 1970s, few Carroll residents were aware that a world-class artist was living among us
Peddling Potatoes: Garvick Family Continues Patriarch’s Tradition
Publication Year: 2010
Peddlers have followed the tradition of selling goods from packs on their backs, horse-drawn carts or other vehicles since time immemorial.
County Has Long History of Productive Canneries
Publication Year: 2010
If you were growing up in Carroll County fifty or sixty years ago, the chances are very good that you found summer employment in a canning factory or on a farm which grew fruit or vegetables.
Carroll Harvests Often Turned into Social Events
Publication Year: 2010
You have probably noticed that most of Carroll’s lush green fields of corn and soybeans have recently turned to drab shades of brown.
Resident Lives on in Ghost Stories
Publication Year: 2010
One name comes to mind at Halloween when local people begin telling ghost stories.
19th Century Doctors Trained in Maryland
Publication Year: 2010
Contrasting today’s world with that of the nineteenth century is always lots of fun, especially when the differences are very pronounced.
House Connected to Famous, Infamous
Publication Year: 2010
As an intern at the Historical Society of Carroll County, I’ve spent countless hours reading through microfilm, newspapers and old books.
Ecker Family Boasts Legacy of Teaching
Publication Year: 2010
The Ecker family of Carroll County can boast of many years spent in the field of education.
Newspapers Chronicled Christmases Past
Publication Year: 2010
This holiday season is steeped in secular and religious traditions for both Christians and Jews.
The Hoff Barn: Yost Greenwood’S Legacy
Publication Year: 2009
The wizened old woman looked with clear eyes upon historian Thomas Scharf and declared
Vignettes Of Cockey’S Tavern
Publication Year: 2009
With the opening this Spring of the renovated Cockey’s Tavern as part of the Historical Society campus
3 Miles 94 Perches: The Mechanicsville & Finksburg Turnpike
Publication Year: 2009
"I do not think there can be a road in the State that is . . . in as bad condition and that is as badly worked."