Carroll’s Yesteryears 13 August 2006 Dieffenbach Left His Mark With Irving College By Mary Ann Ashcraft More than 250 years ago, German-speaking immigrants began settling in present-day Carroll County. As farmers, millers, innkeepers, etc. they were important in establishing the character of the County. Names such as Yingling, Hoff, Bowersox, and Shriver dotted 19th century maps [...]
Carroll’s Yesteryears 30 July 2006 Gravestones Feature Work of Black Craftsman By Mary Ann Ashcraft A walk in old cemeteries near New Windsor, Uniontown and Union Bridge is almost guaranteed to offer a glimpse of 19th century gravestones carved by a black craftsman named Caleb McPeak. His work hasn’t received as much recognition as that of [...]
Carroll’s Yesteryears 16 July 2006 Journal Entries Share History By Mary Ann Ashcraft What a pity Isaac Van Bibber (1810-1847) didn’t leave behind more of his writing for us to enjoy! The diary he kept in 1844 while traveling around central Maryland to raise money for the building of Westminster’s Ascension Episcopal Church is brimming with [...]
Carroll’s Yesteryears 2 July 2006 When the St. John steeple came tumbling down By Mary Ann Ashcraft Late spring, summer and early fall are often marked by sudden violent storms seeming to appear out of nowhere. Ominous black skies send people scurrying to harvest clothes off the line, bring in deck chairs and vacate busy baseball [...]
Carroll’s Yesteryears 18 June 2006 Carroll’s Long History By Mary Ann Ashcraft From time to time Carroll County newspapers have carried a weekly column dedicated to exploring local history. In the 1940s, J. Leland Jordan, editor of The Times and a very knowledgeable historian raised in the County, wrote “Time Flies.” Years later in 1990 while [...]