Carroll Yesteryears 26 April 2015 Buffalo Road in Carroll Likely Has Roots in Military by Jeff Duvall In the southwestern part of the county lies the Buffalo Road. Where did this name come from? Some say it came from the buffalo that roamed the area in the early days, and others say it was a military [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 12 April 2015 1800s Iron Stove From Manchester Foundry on Display at Shellman House By Mary Ann Ashcraft Among the treasures in the Historical Society’s collection is a 9-plate stove made about 1870 by Adam Shower’s foundry and machine shop in Manchester. It is on display in the kitchen of the Sherman-Fisher-Shellman House at [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 8 March 2015 Barnitz Was First Brewer of Beer in Westminster by Bill Palm Westminster's first brewer, Michael Barnitz, was born of a prosperous Pennsylvania-German family in 1797. The Barnitz family seems to have been brewers prior to their arrival in the British American colonies. It is worth noting that John and Elias Daniel [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 22 February 2015 Remembering Civil Rights Activist from Union Bridge, Murton “Jazz” Hammond By Mary Ann Ashcraft Many black and white citizens of Carroll County still remember Murton Pearre “Jazz” Hammond who died in 1989. He grew up poor, raised by relatives because both parents were dead before he was 10. What set him [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 8 February 2015 Taking a Moment to Remember, Honor Black History in Westminster By Mary Ann Ashcraft Tucked away in the thick “Black History” file at the Historical Society is an interview with Mary P. E. Dorm conducted sometime in the 1970s. Mrs. Dorm, wife of Charles L. “Pete” Dorm, lived her entire life [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 25 January 2015 Carroll’s Close Encounter With Cold War Plans By Mary Ann Ashcraft A brief article in The Washington Post on December 28, 2014, brought to light an incident during the hottest part of the Cold War which potentially involved Carroll County. Stephen Sachs, Maryland’s attorney general from 1979 to 1987, described his [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 11 January 2015 How Middleburg Made its Way Onto the Map By Mary Ann Ashcraft Today, the village of Middleburg, located near the western edge of Carroll County, is a quiet spot without a lot of traffic. There have always been roads connecting it to Uniontown, Taneytown, Union Bridge, and parts of Frederick [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 28 December 2014 Dielman Noted for Massive Biographical Index By Mary Ann Ashcraft Sitting down with Louis Henry Dielman (1864-1959), a native of New Windsor, must have been a treat for anyone interested in Maryland history. He was a walking encyclopedia, but as one newspaper article explained, “mere facts will be too compressed and [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 14 December 2014 The Watch on Christmas Eve By Mary Ann Ashcraft From The Democratic Advocate, December 23, 1882 The Watch on Christmas Eve By Mary Vernon Close by the chimney, on Christmas Eve Are huddled two tiny forms. The rafters creak, and the windows shriek And the night is wild with [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 23 November 2014 Grave Marker Installed in Remembrance of Carroll Resident By Mary Ann Ashcraft We always like a story with a happy ending. This story may not have a “happy” ending, but at least is a satisfying one. The life of Edward Trite, born in 1881 on the outskirts of New Windsor, was [...]
