Carroll Yesteryears 24 February 2013 1924 Article Pokes Fun at Era of Prohibition By Mary Ann Ashcraft Who can resist reading a newspaper article entitled “Corn Hooch Found Near Eldersburg.” From time to time, I’ve commented on the fun of reading old papers, not just for their news, but for how it is written. The following [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 10 February 2013 Shellman’s Poem Memorializes Life of Paroway By Mary Ann Ashcraft The following poem, written by Mary B. Shellman in 1876, commemorates the long life of Nicholas Paroway, born into slavery in Baltimore in 1766. For much of his life, however, he was a respected resident of Union Street in Westminster, and [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 27 January 2013 Carroll Countians Set Up Mill, Dig Roots By Richard Cunningham Ephraim Engel and John Landers arrived in San Francisco in September of 1849, more than 20 weeks and 6000 miles after they’d left Carroll County with the Baltimore and Frederick Mining and Trading Company. Within days of their arrival, Company members [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 13 January 2013 Journey to Gold Rush Started in Carroll By Richard Cunningham In spring of 1849 two young Carroll County men joined a “company” of 35 adventurers that left Baltimore for California aboard the new brig Creole. Their group included men from Hagerstown, Emmitsburg, Frederick, Leesburg, Ellicott’s Mills and Baltimore County and City. [...]