"Letter from Cape May" Carroll County Times article for 8 August 1993 By Joe Getty During the late 19th century, a few families in Carroll county began to explore the possibilities of travel for a summer vacation. Extended trips to the beach, mountains, other states and foreign countries were novel affairs and frequently the local newspapers [...]
"1993 Military History Class" Carroll County Times article for 1 August 1993 By Jay A. Graybeal This past week I had the pleasure of teaching a course about local military history to a group of middle school students. The course explored local military history and artifacts from 1750 to the present. Students learned about Carroll Countians' [...]
"Artifacts" Carroll County Times article for 25 July 1993 By Joe Getty Mason Thomas Durbin constructed a jailyard wall around the Carroll County jail in October 1838. Using local stone bonded with a lime and sand mortar, Durbin built the wall 17 feet high. The wall encircled the rear portion of the stone jailhouse and formed [...]
"Archaeology" Carroll County Times article for 18 July 1993 By Joe Getty In February 1874, carpenter George W. Leese erected a gallows in the northwest corner of the jailyard at the old Carroll County jail. He constructed a scaffold 21 feet high so that the platform would rise 2 feet about the 17-foot high stone wall [...]
Carroll’s Yesteryears 11 July 1993 Firemen’s parade was smoking By Jay Graybeal Two earlier columns described the June 1914 Westminster Home-Coming and Firemen’s Convention. The final event was a firemen’s parade which was described by a Times reporter: “Thursday, which was acknowledged as the biggest day of Home-Coming Week, opened with beautiful blue skies and drew [...]
Carroll’s Yesteryears 04 July 1993 Alms House ceremony made for patriotic Fourth By Joe Getty Fourth of July traditions in Carroll County have included patriotic celebrations and community activities with bands, parades, flags and fire crackers. A good example of a patriotic tribute occurred at a 1918 ceremony when George W. Albaugh donated a flag and [...]
Carroll’s Yesteryears 27 June 1993 Starting at the End: Historical Society looks forward to Armistice Day anniversary By Jay Graybeal Nov. 11 will be the 75th anniversary of the Armistice which ended the Great War, an event described by diplomat and historian George Kennan as “the seminal catastrophe of the 20th century.” The era of World [...]
Carroll’s Yesteryears 20 June 1993 Of cars and carnations By Jay Graybeal Last week this column described the beginning of the weeklong Home-Coming in 1914. The second major event in Westminster was an Automobile Parade which was described by a Times correspondent: “The chief amusement feature on Wednesday was the Automobile Parade, which proved to be [...]
Carroll’s Yesteryears 13 June 1993 The ‘Greatest Event’ came to city By Jay Graybeal “Home-Coming and Fireman’s Convention Greatest Event in History of Our City” proclaimed the Times newspaper of June 12, 1914, a lengthy article described the “Red Letter” week of activities in Westminster: “The Home Coming Week and Fireman’s convention opened on Monday with [...]
Carroll’s Yesteryears 06 June 1993 In 1881, The Big One shook Carroll By Joe Getty “Who Can Explain It? This city and vicinity was the scene of some sort of an explosion on Sunday night last, and the matter has not been solved. About 9 o’clock a loud rumbling noise, like the explosion of a steam [...]