Carroll Yesteryears 28 April 2019 New Exhibit Shows Toll World War II Took on Taneytown By David Buie On April 7th of this year the Taneytown Historical Museum opened its season with the exhibit “WW II Impacts Hometown: The Far-reaching Effects WW II Had on Taneytown.” The large collection of memorabilia does a fantastic job of [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 14 April 2019 Rewriting History Appropriate to Convey Corrected Facts By Jeff Duvall Here is an issue which has been showing up more and more over the last few years. What if material presented as fact on the internet, in local history books, and in newspapers is actually wrong? The question becomes, do we [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 24 March 2019 Old newspapers a Treasure Trove of Local Information By Mary Ann Ashcraft Do you enjoy finding copies of old newspapers, perhaps ones unearthed in the attic, lining an old trunk, or stuffed in a crevice to keep out the cold? No matter how long ago that paper was printed, there usually [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 10 March 2019 Many Books Can Help in Quest for Carroll County History By Mary Ann Ashcraft For many years, the Carroll County Times has supported local history by carrying this column— “Carroll’s Yesteryears.” Since 1990, Joe Getty, Jay Graybeal, and I have written articles covering everything from cigars to the Civil War except [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 24 February 2019 Historical Society of Carroll County Celebrating 80th Anniversary By Mary Ann Ashcraft Please save this date–Sunday, March 10th from 2 until 5 p.m.–for the Historical Society of Carroll County’s Open House. All three historic buildings at 206, 210, and 216 East Main Street in Westminster will be open to visitors of [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 10 February 2019 Church and Education Were Important to Those Who Built Western Chapel Community By Mary Ann Ashcraft Time has not been very kind to most of Carroll’s small African American communities that sprang up after the Civil War. Who knows the whereabouts of Priestland, White Rock, Newport, Dorseytown, Muttontown, Johnsville, and Western [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 27 January 2019 Jacob Good’s Contribution to the Revolution, Taneytown are Deserving of Recognition By David Buie The “Carroll’s Yesteryears” column of January 13 introduced Taneytown resident Jacob Good, a young man who gained financial success as a land broker and owner of a tavern in the town’s early years. In January 1775 he [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 13 January 2019 Lesser-known Good brother, Jacob, key early figure in Taneytown By David Buie Adam Good is the most famous member of the Taneytown Good clan for his "George Washington slept here” story, but it is his brother, Jacob, who deserves better name recognition. It is not clear where Jacob lived in Taneytown, [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 23 December 2018 Mantel Provides a Glimpse into the Early History of Westminster By Mary Ann Ashcraft If jolly old St. Nick had seen the handsome mantel in the accompanying photo when he slid down the chimney of Jacob Yingling’s house in the early 1800s, he might have paused for a second glance before [...]
Carroll Yesteryears 9 December 2018 Taneytown Native Sterling Galt Served with Distinction By Mary Ann Ashcraft and David Buie While much has been written over the years about World War I, especially in 2018 as we commemorated the 100th anniversary of its end, we scarcely mention an earlier conflict that resulted in the United States acquiring [...]