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28 July 2019 – Carroll Was Once a Hub for Tobacco Farms, ‘Factories’

2021-07-29T12:13:51-04:00July 28th, 2019|2019, Yesteryears|

Carroll Yesteryears 28 July 2019 Carroll Was Once a Hub for Tobacco Farms, ‘Factories’ By David Buie The September 4, 1896, issue of “Tobacco” carried a front-page story featuring a unique store in Westminster owned by Charles Valentine Wantz. The store, located within the Wantz Building located at 25 East Main, had a unique feature: the [...]

9 June 2019 – Roadwork Requires Relocation of Historic Milestone

2021-07-29T11:08:22-04:00June 9th, 2019|2019, Yesteryears|

Carroll Yesteryears Roadwork Requires Relocation of Historic Milestone 9 June 2019 By Samuel M. Riley You’ve driven by it. If your family is from Carroll County, your parents and maybe grandparents drove by it. Confederate Cavalryman J.E.B. Stuart and a large portion of the Union Army that fought at Gettysburg rode horseback or marched by it. [...]

10 March 2019 – Many Books Can Help in Quest for Carroll County History

2021-07-29T11:11:35-04:00March 10th, 2019|2019, Yesteryears|

Carroll Yesteryears 10 March 2019 Many Books Can Help in Quest for Carroll County History By Mary Ann Ashcraft For many years, the Carroll County Times has supported local history by carrying this column— “Carroll’s Yesteryears.” Since 1990, Joe Getty, Jay Graybeal, and I have written articles covering everything from cigars to the Civil War except [...]

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