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Evans Store Robbery and Shootout

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

Imagine an armed gang breaks into a store and takes a shot at the owner. Later a posse discovers the desperados in a vacant house and a shootout ensues.

Quilt Voices Program

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

In observance of Women's History Month, the Historical Society of Carroll County will present a theatrical program "Quilt Voices" which explores the lives of mid-19th-century middle-class women.

The Pageant of Shawls

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

Providing the clothing and other household textiles for the family was traditionally a task of women.

Carroll County Business Women of the 1890s

Publication Year: 1995

A century ago local women had few choices when it came to careers.

Women’s History Month Photo Essay

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

The Historical Society's photograph collection contains numerous images of local women taken from the 1840s to the present.

The Women Who Did

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

This coming Thursday evening the Historical Society will sponsor "Quilt Voices" a dramatic program about the lives of middle-class women in the nineteenth century.

1957 March of Dimes Popularity Contest

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

Two weeks ago I asked for assistance in identifying a group of young women who posed with Mrs. Gladys Wimert in the living room of her Westminster home.

Carroll Mansions Bus Tour

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

The Historical Society frequently receives inquiries from out-of-state residents for information about Charles Carroll of Carrollton, for whom our county was named.

Easter in 1895

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

A century ago Easter services were celebrated in local churches throughout the county.

Lewis Rosenberger’s Civil War Diary

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

This month marks the 130th anniversaries of the Civil War Battle of Appomattox Court House, the surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and the assassination of President Lincoln.

William H. Rinehart Exhibit

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Duane Doxzen

It is rare a Carroll County farm boy ends up famous on an international scale, but William Henry Rinehart did just that.

Westminster 9, the Baltimore Orioles 7

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

One of the great stories from the County's sports history is the June 1885 baseball game between the Westminster Base Ball Club and the Baltimore Orioles.

The 1920 I.O.O.F Convention in Westminster

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

Lodges, fraternal and masonic organizations were important community groups which were both social and civic in nature.

I Don’t: An 1895 Breach of Promise Case

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

A century ago, the Carroll County Court House was the scene of an interesting law suit involving a broken promise of marriage.

Confederate Memorial Day

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

The last time I wrote a column about Memorial Day, a reader asked why I never wrote about the Confederate Memorial Day.

Tidewater Cement Co. Baseball Game 1920

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, baseball became the prodominant local sport.

A Friends Wedding in 1779

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

More than two centuries ago, a young couple appeared before the members of the Pipe Creek (now Union Bridge) and the Bush Creek Quaker Meetings and declared their "Intentions of Marriage."

Swarthmore Chautauqua, 1927

Publication Year: 1995

During the early part of this century, the coming of summer meant that the Swarthmore Chautauqua would soon be coming to town.

A Battle of the Sexes in 1895

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

Throughout the mid to late nineteenth century, local newspapers followed a traditional four-page format.

Carroll County and July 4, 1776

Publication Year: 1995

Author: Jay A. Graybeal

The "Glorious Fourth" was quite dull here, during the day, but the patriotism evinced during the evening made up for the previous lack of its exhibition.