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Railroad Boosted Region’s Reach
Publication Year: 2009
Serious construction of the Western Maryland Rail Road began in July 1857 with two gangs of workmen.
Itinerant Photographers Documented History
Publication Year: 2009
How much easier it would be to understand Carroll’s yesteryears if photography had been invented long before 1839!
Child Apprentices Once Common
Publication Year: 2009
Among the fascinating records at the Carroll County Courthouse is a fragile, handwritten ledger with the title “Book of Indentures.”
John Smith Helped Start College
Publication Year: 2009
John Smith of Wakefield has not received enough credit for his contributions to Carroll County. Perhaps it is his common name which makes it easy to overlook him.
Marriage Applications Insightful
Publication Year: 2009
Members of the society have devoted untold hours to extracting information from various sources to make it readily available to researchers.
Papers Give Look at ‘War Christmas’
Publication Year: 2009
Carroll County – Christmas 1917. Local newspapers offer a wonderful glimpse into this period of history when there were advertisements like John E. Eckenrode’s.
A Note From The Editor by Sam Brainerd
Publication Year: 2008
Welcome, fellow HSCC members! By now you will have noticed a change in the format of our society's newsletter.
Avalon: New Windsor’S Hidden Treasure
Publication Year: 2008
According to Celtic mythology, Avalon was the island paradise in the western sea where King Arthur and other nobles went upon their deaths.
Carroll Land Used for Mining
Publication Year: 2008
Although agriculture played the major role in development of Carroll County, there is evidence of other land use – namely mining - in very early records.
“County’s 50th Birthday Party Delighted
Publication Year: 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008, marked the 171st birthday of Carroll County. Several hundred history enthusiasts gathered at the Westminster Fire Department for an interesting lecture and refreshments including birthday cake.
Union Bridge Memories
Publication Year: 2008
For fifteen weeks during 1910, James L. Switzer wrote a series of “Reminiscences” which were published in the Union Bridge Pilot.
Carroll’s Links to Civil Rights
Publication Year: 2008
The history of civil rights activism in Carroll County is long, rich and complex – a history that cannot be adequately covered in a column such as this, even if continued over several months.
Look for History in Carroll
Publication Year: 2008
When I moved to Oregon in the ‘60s after growing up in northern Delaware, I was dismayed at what the Oregonians called “history.”
“German Influence: Lutheran, Reformed Immigrants Built Several Area Union Churches
Publication Year: 2008
As eighteenth century German immigrants moved south and west from the East Coast ports where they landed, they brought along their religious preferences whether Protestant or Catholic.
Hoover Has Connections to Carroll
Publication Year: 2008
Republican presidential candidate Herbert Hoover and his wife slipped quietly into Carroll County during the autumn of 1928 to explore the area where Hoover’s Quaker ancestors had settled almost two centuries earlier.
“Life Not So Speedy in 19th Century
Publication Year: 2008
It’s delightful when old newspapers reveal the way things used to be in Carroll County, particularly when those “long agos” were as early as the 1840s.
Sykes’ Industry Helped Counties
Publication Year: 2008
A glimpse at historical records reveals that James Sykes (1791-1881), for whom Sykesville is named, had the energy and business acumen typical of so many early Carroll County settlers.
Decoration Day Continued After War
Publication Year: 2008
Westminster’s two newspapers, the American Sentinel and Democratic Advocate, were filled with details about the observance of Decoration Day on May 30, 1887.
Train Accident was Big News in Union Bridge
Publication Year: 2008
Sensational stories certainly help sell newspapers. That fact hasn’t changed since the nineteenth century when The People’s Voice of Union Bridge headlined “EXPLOSION OF AN ENGINE – The Engineer Killed and Two Men Injured – GREAT EXCITEMENT.”
“Carroll Busy During War
Publication Year: 2008
For those readers of the Times who aren’t aware of local experiences during the Civil War, I’d like to suggest picking up a copy of Frederick Shriver Klein’s Just South of Gettysburg this summer.