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Mills in the Myers District
Publication Year: 2001
Carroll’s fertile farmland has produced an abundance of agricultural products for generations of farm families.
H. P. Gorsuch, Editor and Prominent Citizen
Publication Year: 2001
A number of Carroll County newspaper editors have played prominent roles in the history of the county.
Dick Harlow Remembered in Congressional Record
Publication Year: 2001
The approach of the college football season offers an opportunity to look back at one of Western Maryland College’s great coaches.
Shaffer and Company Variety Store
Publication Year: 2001
In 1961 the Times newspaper celebrated its 50th anniversary and the event provided an opportunity to look back over the half century.
Carroll County in 1892, Part I
Publication Year: 2001
A little over a century ago, a Baltimore American newspaper writer wrote a highly complementary description of Carroll County.
“Carroll County in 1892, Part II
Publication Year: 2001
Last week’s column presented the first part of a Baltimore American newspaper article describing Carroll County in 1892.
Mehring’s Pneumatic Foot Power Milker
Publication Year: 2001
Nineteenth Century American agriculturalists, inventers and industrialists developed a seemingly endless number of inventions to improve farming activities.
William Buehler Seabrook
Publication Year: 2001
Carroll County was the birthplace of a number of notable Americans including the enigmatic travel writer William Buehler Seabrook.
Forest Home
Publication Year: 2001
The Carroll County landscape is dotted with historic properties dating back to the eighteenth century.
The First Armistice Day
Publication Year: 2001
Americans have observed Veterans Day since President Eisenhower declared the holiday in 1954. The observance, however, dates to the end of the First World War in 1918.
Devries Paper Mill
Publication Year: 2001
Carroll County’s abundant water supply and fertile ground proved ideal for the establishment of numerous water-powered mills.
The Death of Colonel Joshua Gist
Publication Year: 2001
During the early nineteenth century, newspapers usually printed only a brief notice of someone’s death.
History of Snydersburg
Publication Year: 2001
The many unincorporated communities in Carroll County occupy a unique place in local history.
Tales of Lorenzo Dow
Publication Year: 2001
Shortly after the Historical Society of Carroll County was founded in 1939, the organization co-sponsored a play entitled “Tales of Lorenzo Dow” written by Dorothy Elderdice and Charles Sellers.
Don’t Spit in the Meeting House
Publication Year: 2001
In recent years tobacco users have been ostracized and even forbidden to indulge their habit in many public and work places.
What To Do In An Air Raid
Publication Year: 2001
Many people have publicly and personally compared the events of September 11th with the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
H. P. Gorsuch’s Christmas, 1941
Publication Year: 2001
An early editor of this newspaper, H. Peyton Gorsuch, expressed his opinions in his First Page Editorial, a lengthy column that frequently concluded on an inside page.
Carroll’s Observance of 1900
Publication Year: 2000
The last time local calendars rolled over to a new century was in 1900. There was no Y2K type scare only the novelty at the arrival of a new century.
Rural Free Delivery Was Not Universally Accepted
Publication Year: 2000
Carroll Countians have been justly proud of having the first county wide rural free delivery system in the nation.
County Birthday 1925
Publication Year: 2000
Each year the Historical Society of Carroll County sponsors a special observance of the founding of Carroll County in 1837.