Carroll Yesteryears 14 March 2010 Tanning Popular in Carroll by Mary Ann Ashcraft It was a dirty, smelly business, but someone had to do it and there were lots of people in Carroll County who practiced tanning in the nineteenth century. We even had a small town named Tannery where a very large factory operated until [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 28 February 2010 Map Provides Peek at 1862 by Mary Ann Ashcraft If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a map worth? There is a 1507 map of the known world currently on exhibit at the Library of Congress which cost $10 million, but that was the first to ever show [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 14 February 2010 Civil War Soldiers Were Diverse by Mary Ann Ashcraft It was the 1989 film “Glory” which introduced many of us to the role played by the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War. Based on actual events, “Glory” depicted the experiences of a black regiment formed in Massachusetts early in [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 31 January 2010 Laborers Flocked to Town in Early 20th Century by Mary Ann Ashcraft Almost overnight, during the second decade of the twentieth century, Union Bridge changed from a typical Carroll County agricultural community to a miniature Baltimore. At least that is my impression. Years earlier, the Western Maryland Railway opened repair shops [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 17 January 2010 County Marks 173rd Anniversary by Mary Ann Ashcraft Happy Birthday, Carroll County! You will be 173 years old on Tuesday, January 19th and we will honor you with a celebration at the Church of the Ascension’s Holy Cross Hall in Westminster at 7:00 p.m. In addition to a party, there will [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 3 January 2010 Carroll Full of Historic ‘Leftovers’ by Mary Ann Ashcraft Are you still consuming Christmas leftovers – cookies, candy, turkey soup, ham sandwiches? Well, Carroll County has lots of historic “leftovers” – relics of its past worth noting. When you have time on your hands, you might want to look at these. [...]