Silent C&O Canal Remembers Sam Fisher’s Coal Run Years
Don Whipp profiles Samuel Fisher of Brunswick one of the last men recalling the C&O Canal. From 1902 to 1919 he spent days loading coal and guiding mule teams over 184 miles from Cumberland to Georgetown while the canal faded after floods and railway competition.
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Don Whipp
C&o
Cumberland
Georgetown
Samuel ‘Howell’ Fisher
Brunswick
Cumberland-Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Mr. Fisher
Touace Company
Fisher
Potomac
Sharpsburg
Willamsport
C&o Canal Co
John Quincey Adams
Washington
Pittsburg
B&o
B&o Railroad
Real Estate Board Meets Frederick County Luncheon
The regular July session of the Real Estate Board of Frederick County met at the Elks Club with Adlai St. Magee, president, delivering the keynote speech about his recent trip as a representative to the International Convention Real Estate Agents in Paris.
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Real Estate Board of
Frederick County
Elks Club
Adlai St. Magee
International Convention
Paris
France
Magee
Canal Boat and Real Estate Talks Highlight 1915-Style Convention
The article recalls discussions at an international convention on rent controls and harmonizing real estate commissions worldwide. It notes plans to establish five to six percent commissions and to expand offices following U S patterns. It also mentions a September housing briefing for of Frederick County and a new Mack Trucks supervisor appointment in Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magee
United States
Hagerstown
John O Walker
Lock Haven
Mack Trucks
New Hagerstown
W. T Finan
Mr Walker
New York & Pennsylvania Company, Inc
Plainfield
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Sam Fisher
Liling Wong
San Francisco
Tark
Arerive
Real Estate Board
Reserve District No
Citizens National Bank OF
Frederick
Federal Reserve Bank
T. Benjamin L Shuff
Benjamin L Shuff
Kent C Nicodemus
Daniel T Dutrow
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Threctors
Samuel
Heweil
D.C
George William Norris
Sandusky
Ohio
House of Representatives
Senate
Norris
U. S
League of Nations
Norris Dam
Knoxville
Tenn
McCook
Nebr
Yul Brynner
Sakhalin
Japan
Richard B. Gray
Jefferson, Pa
Leland John Haworth
Flint
Mich
Tab Hunter
New York City
Thomas B. McCabe
The
Scott Paver Co
Whaleyville
John E. Murdock
U.S Tax Court
Greensburg
Know
America
Marine Corps
Congress
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
Lincoln
Henry W. Halleck
Sth
E. A. Carr
Fidile
M. Nixon
Vice
West Geryan
Congo
John Quincy Adams
Straining Order
Braintree
Mass
Adams
Taft-Hartley Law Process Co Ince
Kenlands
Prussia
Econ
Baltimore
Timore Grand Jury
Edward L. Corbi
Lindsay C. Foster
Foster
Florida
Corbi
Towace
China
Viengolia
Cas Labre
Gilbert's
PS Park
Ehachive
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