Burkittsville a once bustling center of rye whiskey
Burkittsville once hosted major regional industry including a tannery a flour mill and the Needwood and Horsey distilleries. German settlers arrived in 1740 official beginnings in 1820 and later growth faded after World War I leaving a quiet town famed for its unchanged character since the Gay Nineties.
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LEE SHORT
Burkittsville
United States
Harley's
Weiner
Baltimore
John Lee
Knoxville
Baltimore & Ohio
Antietam
G. B. McClellan
Robert E. Lee
Needwood
Horsey
J. D. Ahalt
Ahalt
Washington County
Frederick County
Rio De Janeiro
Burkittsville Female Seminary
W. C. Wire
Jefferson town grew from rough New Town to settled Jefferson
The article traces New Town evolving from a rough 1770s hub on the turnpike into Jefferson, Maryland, merging with New Freedom in 1832. It covers land grants, early buyers, the 1801 post office, prominent residents like James Torrence, the pattern duel of 1837, early industries, schools, mail delivery shifts, trolley line history, and postwar growth transforming a once perilous spot into a tranquil community.
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New Town
Md. 180
Jefferson
Frederick County
Daniel Johnson Low
Children’s Chance
Leonard Smith
Elias DeLashmutt
New Freedom
Main Street
tarry
Traptown
Newtown Trap
James Torrence
Ridge Road
Torrence
William Lynch
Levy Williss
John W. Pratt
William Cost Johnson
Catoctin
United States
Henry Culler
John Tilder
Alexandria
William Schley
Johnson
Schley
J.G. Etchison
Julia Ann
Abraham Hemp
Etchisons
Louis C
Eugene
Lander Road
Frederick
Smith, Fadeley, Keeney and Basford Funeral Home
P.A. Abraham Hemp
Feaster Hoffman & Co
R Douglass Hemp
Baltimore
R.D. Hemp & Sons
Union School
Jefferson School
Jefferson High School
Holland's Chapel
Middletown Road
Lander
Russ Holme
New York
Braddock Heights
H.C. Summers Co
Walkersville’s historic firms and doctors of the town
The Walkersville piece chronicles its early commerce and physicians led by Dr John D Nicodemus who practiced over 50 years delivering babies for 3 dollars and pulling teeth for a quarter. It notes firms like Farmer's Supply 1919, T K Saylor Tin Shop now Saylor's Hardware, N R Garment Company and local creameries and shops shaping the town's heritage.
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Walkersville
Nicodemus
John D. Nicodemus
Maryland
Raymond
John” Strine
Robert Nelson
Charles Goldsborough
Maynard McCormick
T .K. Saylor
Saylor
Luther Horine
T.R Saylor
N.R. Garment Company
E.J. Fennel Company
L’Aiglon
Middletown’s Gladhill firms and Valley Register tale
The Gladhill Funeral Home links to the Gladhill family businesses in Middletown. The Valley Register began in 1839 by Jacob T.C. Miller, becoming the town’s enterprising newspaper. Nearby growth includes barber shops, beauty salons, doctors, dentists, insurers, realty agencies, Gates Variety Store, Valley Coffee Shop, two car dealers Middletown Ford and Model Garage, The Grangers Mutual Insurance, and garden and farm suppliers Southern States and Agway.
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Gladhill Funeral Home
Gladhill
Valley Register
Jacob T.C. Miller
Gates Variety Store
Valley Coffee Shop
Middletown Ford
Reed’s
Model Garage
Grangers Mutual Insurance Company
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Middletown
E.H. Sleifer
E. BERGER
N. Court St
PHIYE
PENNSYLVANIA
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URNITURE COO., INC
MIDDLETOWN, MD
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W. Patrick St
Open Man & Fr
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