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Mason, Dixon Made Mark in Carroll
Publication Year: 2008
Couldn’t you just kick yourself sometimes! What did I have to do on October 19, 2002, that was more important than watching a re-enactment of the placing of a Mason-Dixon crownstone near Harney on the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary?
GAR Helped to Foster Camaraderie
Publication Year: 2008
Before our patriotic feelings kindled by Memorial Day and the Fourth of July fade, it is worth looking at one organization which fed deeply on love of country during the late nineteenth century.
Camps were Big During Summer
Publication Year: 2008
Remember the song entitled “Give Me That Old Time Religion?” It immediately comes to mind when reading accounts of camp meetings in newspapers of the late nineteenth century.
Patent Medicines Once Abounded
Publication Year: 2008
Anyone watching TV this summer has probably chuckled over the country and western group extolling the virtues of Viagra with its song, “Viva Viagra.”
Inn was Town’s Hot Spot
Publication Year: 2008
Meandering slowly past the former Dielman Inn at the south end of Main Street in New Windsor is like a trip back in time.
Ponds Once Source of Food, Fun
Publication Year: 2008
Since the 1700s, streams have powered roughly one hundred grist mills, saw mills, and fulling mills in what is now Carroll County.
Sauble’s Once Popular for Dining
Publication Year: 2008
A drive from Taneytown to Emmitsburg takes you past a large complex of buildings at the corner of Harney Road and Rte. 140 – a place you can’t miss because of its size and distinct yellow color.
Governor from Carroll had Connections
Publication Year: 2008
Frank Brown was Maryland’s only governor to come from Carroll County – and he was truly a native son, not a transplant who settled here as an adult.
Lincoln Gained Carroll’s Support
Publication Year: 2008
This seems an appropriate time to look at another election or two, ones which took place nearly 150 years ago, the crucial presidential elections of 1860 and 1864.
Church Preserves Tradition
Publication Year: 2008
Thanks to vital assistance from contractor Alex Dorsey, Fairview United Methodist Church, Carroll’s oldest surviving black church, was rebuilt in 2008.
Missourian Reconnects to Roots in Carroll
Publication Year: 2008
Why does a fifth generation Missourian who has always lived in Missouri have a great interest in the history of Carroll County, Maryland?
1902 Tragedy Leaves a Mystery
Publication Year: 2008
Living in the twenty-first century, we are so lucky to have access to powerful medicines, to hospitals with well-trained doctors, to ambulances and medevac helicopters carrying medical technicians and to other sources of help when emergencies arise at home, at work or on the highways.
Missourian Reconnects to Roots in Carroll
Publication Year: 2008
Why does a fifth generation Missourian who has always lived in Missouri have a great interest in the history of Carroll County, Maryland?
Fate of Trite Brother Uncovered
Publication Year: 2008
Thanks to many readers who replied to my November 23rd column about the Trite twins who died in a 1902 well accident near McKinstry’s Mills, I can finish the story of their older brother, Edward.
Teetering Between Two States
Publication Year: 2007
Margaret Anna Roop and John S. Teeter became sweethearts at the Maryland Collegiate Institute in Union Bridge (later Blue Ridge College in New Windsor) in the early 1900s.
Carroll Skated Through 1880s
Publication Year: 2007
Carroll Countians were not discussing “global warming” during the 1880s when local newspapers covered stories about winter activities.
Letter Details Carroll’s Founding
Publication Year: 2007
Carroll County celebrated its 170th birthday on January 19th with a reception and illustrated lecture at the Westminster Fire Hall.
Schoolhouses Reigned in Carroll
Publication Year: 2007
In 1881 Carroll County could boast more than 100 public schools for black and white children located in homes, churches and honest-to-goodness schoolhouses dispersed throughout the County.
Examiner Chronicles Schools
Publication Year: 2007
Under the headlines “Public School Visiting” in issues of the American Sentinel, there is much fascinating information about Carroll’s schools, teachers and students in the early 1880s.
House Boasted Proud Owners
Publication Year: 2007
In the coming months, the Historical Society of Carroll County will re-open the Sherman-Fisher-Shellman House at 206 East Main Street, Westminster, for tours. Students will be the first visitors, but later in the year tours will be available for everyone.