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| frederick maryland historical society: Frederick County The Historical Society of Frederick County, 2006 The history of Frederick County is not merely a local history. It is a history of men and events of nation importance and interest. So said T.J.C. Williams and Folger McKinsey in their book History of Frederick County, Maryland, first published in 1910. Indeed the county has been stage to some momentous national events, has borne a number of famous sons and daughters, and has an important place in the nation's transportation history. The natural splendor of its fields and woods and the man-made beauty of its villages and towns have welcomed visitors for centuries. The history of Frederick County is not merely a local history. It is a history of men and events of nation importance and interest. So said T.J.C. Williams and Folger McKinsey in their book History of Frederick County, Maryland, first published in 1910. Indeed the county has been stage to some momentous national events, has borne a number of famous sons and daughters, and has an important place in the nation's transportation history. The natural splendor of its fields and woods and the man-made beauty of its villages and towns have welcomed visitors for centuries. |
| frederick maryland historical society: History of Western Maryland John Thomas Scharf, 1882 |
| frederick maryland historical society: 1ST SETTLEMENTS OF GERMANS IN Edward Thomas 1827 Schultz, 2016-08-26 |
| frederick maryland historical society: German Immigrants, American Pioneers Patricia Ogden, Boyce Rensberger, 2019-03-31 A history of the family of German immigrants who came to Frederick County, Maryland and the house they built named from the city from which they came: Schifferstadt. The book details the life and times of the original family who built the home in the mid-1700s and details what remains of the stone house, the oldest residential building in Frederick, Maryland. |
| frederick maryland historical society: From Slave Ship to Harvard James H. Johnston, 2012 A true story of six generations of an African American family in Maryland. Based on paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents, and oral histories, the book traces Yarrow Mamout and his in-laws, the Turners, from the colonial period through the Civil War to Harvard and finally the present day. |
| frederick maryland historical society: History of Frederick County, Maryland Thomas John Chew Williams, 1910 |
| frederick maryland historical society: Early Schools of Calvert County Maryland Mary Rockefeller, 2019-12-06 Early Schools of Calvert County Maryland details the establishment and development of the schools in Calvert County from Colonial times until approximately 1970. These schools progressed from one-room log or frame buildings serving small communities to multi-room brick and block structures covering large geographic areas. A short history of each individual school that could be identified is provided and includes the dates that the school was actually in use. Teacher and student recollections give both historical information and sometimes amusing personal perspectives.These histories are enhanced with locations taken from historic Calvert County, Maryland, maps and shown on current topographic maps. Many period school photos are also included.Detailed information is included on the efforts of the Freedmen's Bureau, Rosenwald Fund, and Jeanes Fund in aiding Calvert's African American schools. The book shows how low attendance was possibly the biggest obstacle to education in rural Calvert County, Maryland, followed by the late establishment of high schools.This book provides a comprehensive survey of the early schools of Calvert County, Maryland. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Souvenir of Historic Frederick , 2016-06-21 Excerpt from Souvenir of Historic Frederick: Facts Concerning the Early History of Frederick, MD In those primitive days the 'monocacy Road' from Wrights ville, Pennsylvania, to the Potomac River was the old Indian trail. The Red Men swarmed about the little settlement and alternately scalped and traded with the pale faces. Black Hawk, the famous chief, was held a prisoner on the spot where the Evangelical Reformed Church now stands. An Indian squaw was the nurse of Mary Schley, the first white child born in Frederick. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Mining the Museum Fred Wilson, Lisa G. Corrin, 1994 |
| frederick maryland historical society: History of the Fire Companies of Frederick County, Maryland Clarence "Chip" Jewell, 2021-07-19 Organized fire protection in Frederick County, Maryland, existed before the adoption of the Constitution. Follow the colorful history of the fire companies from the first fire engine in 1764 to the fire company militia units that were summoned to Harper's Ferry and fire halls used during the Civil War. Learn how the fire companies in Frederick County had statewide influence by organizing the Maryland State Firemen's Association in 1893. Read of the tradition of fire engines throwing water over the town clock--sometimes to test performance, other times just for bragging rights. Local author and volunteer firefighter Chip Jewell provides a snapshot of how each fire company was organized from the early 1800s to the most recent companies in the 1970s. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Historic Frederick County Christopher Butler, 2015 An illustrated history of Frederick County, paired with histories of the local companies. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Frederick Chris Heidenrich, 2003 Frederick has stood as the gateway to western Maryland since the 1740s, when German and English settlers moved into the area seeking fertile farmland. Site of the first official rebellious act of the American colonies, early Frederick Town shared the fortunes of the growing nation as proximity to the new capital in Washington and the port of Baltimore fed industry and culture here along the Monocacy River. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Maryland Records; Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, 1975 |
| frederick maryland historical society: The Material World of Eyre Hall Carl R. Lounsbury, 2021-09-07 This is a microhistory of 400 years of southern history told in the study of one place, Eyre Hall on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Publication , 1994 |
| frederick maryland historical society: Freedom’s Gardener Myra B. Young Armstead, 2013-06-22 Unearths an unexpected bloom of liberty in an ex-slave's journal. |
| frederick maryland historical society: History of Western Maryland John Thomas Scharf, 2003 |
| frederick maryland historical society: History Lover's Guide to Baltimore, A Brennen Jensen, 2021 Neither southern nor northern, Baltimore has charted its own course through the American experience. The spires of the nation's first cathedral rose into its sky, and the first blood of the Civil War fell on its streets. Here, enslaved Frederick Douglass toiled before fleeing to freedom and Billie Holiday learned to sing. Baltimore's clippers plied the seven seas, while its pioneering railroads opened the prairie West. The city that birthed The Star-Spangled Banner also gave us Babe Ruth and the bottle cap. This guide navigates nearly three hundred years of colorful history--from Johns Hopkins's earnest philanthropy to the raucous camp of John Waters and from modest row houses to the marbled mansions of the Gilded Age. Let local authors Brennen Jensen and Tom Chalkley introduce you to Mencken's ancient and solid city--]cBack cover. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Colonels in Blue Roger D. Hunt, 2007 ... profiles ... contain an overview of each colonel's military career, including his previous ranks and commands; his occupation and education; his dates of birth and death; his place of burial; and a list of sources for further reading. Where possible, a photograph accompanies each profile. The author has also provided a list of every infantry, militia, cavalry, and artillery regiment in each state, complete with a succession of its commanding officers.--Dust jacket flap. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Maryland Historical Magazine William Hand Browne, Louis Henry Dielman, 1917 Includes the proceedings of the Society. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Architectural and Historic Treasures of Washington County, Maryland Patricia Schooley, 2002 Architectural & Historic Treasures of Washington County, Maryland features 140 articles, including references to original land patents, early settlers and their families, and the establishment of towns throughout Washington County. In addition, this book includes over 500 photographs, plus 64 pages of color photos, maps showing each location, many historic pictures, an extensive glossary and index.Publication of this book was made possible by the Washington County Historical Trust and the volunteer efforts of its members. All profits will be placed in a revolving fund for the preservation of endangered properties in Washington County, Maryland. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Frederick County Characters John W. Ashbury, 2013-10-08 Since its founding in 1748, Frederick County has been home to some of the nation's most celebrated and dynamic historical figures. The quaint towns and farmlands with their serene mountain vistas of the Catoctin Ridge have played host to the likes of the famed Francis Scott Key and Thomas Stone, one of Maryland's signers of the Declaration of Independence. Later, Dr. John Tyler--Frederick's pioneering oculist--established his practice on the town's West Church Street and performed the first cataract operation in the region. Burkittsville's Outerbridge Horsey gained fame by producing over ten thousand barrels a year of America's finest rye whiskey from his warehouse distillery. In the twentieth century, beloved local educator Emily Johnson helped cultivate generations of young minds. With this collection of the best of his articles from Frederick Magazine, local author John W. Ashbury profiles the most remarkable and fascinating figures in the history of Frederick County. |
| frederick maryland historical society: History of Western Maryland J. Thomas Scharf, 2020-09-08 The preparation of History of Western Maryland, one of the most voluminous works on the history of that party of the United States, imposed a vast responsibility and an immense amount of labor. In the compilation of this history no authority of importance has been overlooked. The author has carefully examined every source of information open to him, and has availed himself of every fact that could throw new light upon, or impart additional interest to, the subject under consideration. Besides consulting the most reliable records and authorities, over fifteen thousand communications were addressed to persons supposed to be in possession of facts or information calculated to add value to the work. Recourse has not only been had to the valuable libraries of Baltimore, Annapolis, Frederick, and Hagerstown, but the author and his agents have visited personally the entire territory embraced in the six counties of Western Maryland, spending much time in each district, examining ancient newspapers, musty manuscripts, family, church, and society records, conversing with the aged inhabitants, and collecting from them orally many interesting facts never before published, and which otherwise, in all probability, would soon have been lost altogether. In addition to the material partly used in the preparation of his Chronicles and History of Baltimore City and County and History of Maryland, the author has consulted an immense number of pamphlets, consisting of county and town documents, reports of societies, associations, corporations, and historical discourses, and, in short, everything of a fugitive character that might in any way illustrate the history of Western Maryland. Sketches of the rise, progress, and present condition of the various religious denominations, professions, political parties, and charitable and benevolent institutions, societies, and orders form a conspicuous feature of the work. Manufacturing, commercial, and agricultural interests have also a prominent place. An account of the county school system is also given, and a history of the various institutions of learning of which Western Maryland has every reason to be proud. Many of the facts recorded, both statistical and historical, may seem trivial or tediously minute to the general reader, and yet such facts have a local interest and sometimes a real importance. Considerable space has also been given to biographies of leading and representative men, living and dead, who have borne an active part in the various enterprises of life, and who have become closely identified with the history of Frederick, Washington, Montgomery, Allegany, Carroll, and Garrett Counties. The achievements of the living must not be forgotten, nor must the memories of those who have passed away be allowed to perish. It is the imperative duty of the historian to chronicle their public and private efforts to advance the great interests of society. Their deeds are to be recorded for the benefit of those who follow them; they, in fact, form part of the history of their communities, and their successful lives add to the glory of the Commonwealth. A distinguishing feature of the work is its statistics of the various districts into which the six counties of Western Maryland are divided. In them the reader is brought into close relation with every part of Western Maryland. This is volume three out of six, covering Frederick County (contd.), D.C., and Montgomery County. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Side-lights on Maryland History Hester Dorsey Richardson, 1913 |
| frederick maryland historical society: Writings on American History , 1913 |
| frederick maryland historical society: Blood on the River Marjoleine Kars, 2020-08-11 Winner of the Cundill History Prize Winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR A breathtakingly original work of history that uncovers a massive enslaved persons' revolt that almost changed the face of the Americas Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, Blood on the River also won two of the highest honors for works of history, capturing both the Frederick Douglass Prize and the Cundill History Prize in 2021. A book with profound relevance for our own time, Blood on the River “fundamentally alters what we know about revolutionary change” according to Cundill Prize juror and NYU history professor Jennifer Morgan. Nearly two hundred sixty years ago, on Sunday, February 27, 1763, thousands of slaves in the Dutch colony of Berbice—in present-day Guyana—launched a rebellion that came amazingly close to succeeding. Blood on the River is the explosive story of this little-known revolution, one that almost changed the face of the Americas. Michael Ignatieff, chair of the Cundill Prize jury, declared that Blood on the River “tells a story so dramatic, so compelling that no reader will be able to put the book down.” Drawing on nine hundred interrogation transcripts collected by the Dutch when the rebellion collapsed, and which were subsequently buried in Dutch archives, historian Marjoleine Kars has constructed what Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Eric Foner calls “a gripping narrative that brings to life a forgotten world.” |
| frederick maryland historical society: Subject Catalog; of the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Library, 1971 |
| frederick maryland historical society: History, Possessions and Prospects of the Maryland Historical Society Brantz Mayer, 1867 |
| frederick maryland historical society: Freedom's Gardener Myra Beth Young Armstead, 2012 Unearths an unexpected bloom of liberty in an ex-slave's journal. |
| frederick maryland historical society: History of Frederick County, Maryland Thomas John Chew Williams, Folger McKinsey, 1910 |
| frederick maryland historical society: Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , 1988 |
| frederick maryland historical society: Jefferson County Historical Society Magazine (2006) Carmen Creamer (ed.), 2006-12-31 |
| frederick maryland historical society: Bibliography of American Historical Societies Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin, 1896 |
| frederick maryland historical society: Catoctin Mountain Park Edmund F. Wehrle, 2000 |
| frederick maryland historical society: Appalachia in the Making Mary Beth Pudup, Dwight B. Billings, Altina Laura Waller, 1995 Appalachia first entered the American consciousness as a distinct region in the decades following the Civil War. The place and its people have long been seen as backwards and 'other' because of their perceived geographical, social, and economic isolation. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Musical Maryland David K. Hildebrand, Elizabeth M. Schaaf, 2017-09-14 The only book to delve deeply into Maryland’s rich musical performance history and the people who created it. In Musical Maryland, the first comprehensive survey of the music emanating from the Old Line State, David K. Hildebrand and Elizabeth M. Schaaf explore the myriad ways in which music has enriched the lives of Marylanders. From the drinking songs of colonial Annapolis, the liturgical music of the Zion Lutheran Church, and the work songs of the tobacco fields to the exuberant marches of late nineteenth-century Baltimore Orioles festivals, Chick Webb’s mastery on drums, and the triumphs of the Baltimore Opera Society, this richly illustrated volume explores more than 300 years of Maryland’s music history. Beginning with early compositions performed in private settings and in public concerts, this book touches on the development of music clubs like the Tuesday Club, the Florestan Society, and H. L. Mencken’s Saturday Night Club, as well as lasting institutions such as the Peabody Institute and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO). Yet the soundscape also includes militia quicksteps, sea chanteys, and other work songs. The book describes the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner—perhaps Maryland's single greatest contribution to the nation's musical history. It chronicles the wide range of music created and performed by Maryland’s African American musicians along Pennsylvania Avenue in racially segregated Baltimore, from jazz to symphonic works. It also tells the true story of a deliberately integrated concert that the BSO staged at the end of World War II. The book is full of musical examples, engravings, paintings, drawings, and historic photographs that not only portray the composers and performers but also the places around the state in which music flourished. Illuminating sidebars by William Biehl focus on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century song of the kind evoked by the USS Baltimore or inspired by the state's history, natural beauty, and romantic steamboats. The book also offers a sampling of the tunes that Maryland’s more remarkable composers and performers, including Billie Holiday, Eubie Blake, and Cab Calloway, contributed to American music before the homogenization that arrived in earnest after World War II. Bringing to life not only portraits of musicians, composers, and conductors whose stories and recollections are woven into the fabric of this book, but also musical scores and concert halls, Musical Maryland is an engaging, authoritative, and bold look at an endlessly compelling subject. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Maryland Historical Magazine William Hand Browne, Louis Henry Dielman, 1920 Includes the proceedings of the Society. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Beer in Maryland Maureen O’Prey, 2018-02-20 This history begins with the earliest brewers in the colony--women--revealing details of the Old Line State's brewing families and their methods. Stories never before told trace the effects of war, competition, the Industrial Revolution, Prohibition and changing political philosophies on the brewing industry. Some brewers persevered through crime, scandal and intrigue to play key roles in building their communities. Today's craft brewers face a number of very different challenges, from monopolistic macro breweries and trademark quandaries to hop shortages, while attempting to establish their own legacies. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Jefferson County Historical Society Magazine (1985) Dr. John E. Stealey, III (ed.), 1985-12-31 The Membership Lists, pages 5 - 13, have been moved to the back of the Magazine. |
| frederick maryland historical society: Catoctin Furnace Elizabeth Yourtee Anderson, 2013-02-19 On the eve of the American Revolution, the Johnson brothers founded Catoctin Furnace near present-day Thurmont. Catoctin iron was turned into bombshells used against the British at the Battle of Yorktown. After the colonies won their independence, business boomed for the ironworks. The labor of African slaves and European immigrants produced household goods, tools and stoves for the young country. A small iron-making village evolved around the industry, and though the furnace closed in 1903, its legacy is still remembered and celebrated today. It was rescued from imminent destruction in the 1960s and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This proud history was chronicled in full by beloved local historian Elizabeth Yourtee Anderson. Discover the story of Catoctin Furnace, which for more than 130 years helped define the industry, history and culture of western Maryland. |
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