Showing posts with label 4H Carroll Co 4H FFA Fair. Show all posts
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Kevin Dayhoff - Eagle Archive: Celebrating Carroll County at the 4-H and FFA Fair
Eagle Archive: Celebrating Carroll County at the 4-H and FFA
Fair
By Kevin Dayhoff July 30, 2012 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/opinion-talk/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0729-20120725,0,418259.story
Carroll County Agriculture Center
has been a beehive of activity in preparation of the annual Carroll County 4-H
and FFA Fair, which officially opened on July 27.
Historically, the summer and end of harvest events have
always played an important role in Carroll County because of the region's
agricultural roots.
Prior to 1865, the business of farming was, for the most
part, our subsistence existence. Farmers were essentially self-sufficient.
However, after the Civil War, farmers became increasingly
"dependent on creditors, merchants and railroads for their
livelihoods," according to James Stewart of Reed College, who has
concentrated his studies on this period of agriculture and economics.
"These relationships created opportunities for economic gain, but also
obligations, hardships and risks that many farmers did not welcome."
In Carroll, this period evoked celebrations of the farming
way of life. A "program of events" found in an 1871 publication of
the oldAmerican Sentinel refers to a "Grand Exhibition of Farm
machinery under the auspices of the Carroll County Agriculture Society on the Fair Grounds, Westminster, MD."
Actually, the first authoritative mention of an organized
agricultural fair event in Carroll County occurs in 1869. Nancy Warner writes
in her book, "Carroll County Maryland, A History," that on Jan. 11,
1869, the Carroll County Agricultural Society was organized "at a meeting
at the Court House."
"Capital of $25,000 was raised through the sale of 500
shares of stock at $50.00 per share. Thirty acres of land was bought between
the present Fair Street and Malcolm Drive," Warner wrote.
It is believed that the first agricultural fair in Carroll
County may have taken place on July 4, 1869, on East Main Street in Westminster
— though the current Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair celebrates its roots going
back to a picnic held Aug. 14, 1897, at the Otterdale Schoolhouse, in
Taneytown.
The fair moved to Westminster in 1954. The Carroll County
Agriculture Center was established as a private organization on March 20, 1954,
by a group of visionary leaders who purchased the land at the end of an old
dirt lane off Gist Road, way outside of town — or at least it was back then —
with their own money.
This year's fair runs through Saturday, Aug. 4, with racing
pigs, the annual Combine Demolition Derby, Wild West Night, Car Demolition
Derby, Lawn Mower Racing, Tractor Pull and more. Many are looking forward to
seeing country music singer and songwriter Kip Moore on Aug. 4, at 8 p.m.
For a calendar of events and more information, go to
carrollcountyfair.com.
See you at the fair.
When he is not eating his way from one end of the fair to
the other, Kevin Dayhoff …
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Generations have been touched by Frock's 4-H and church leadership By Kevin Dayhoff, May 3, 2012
Eagle Archive: Generations have been touched by Frock's 4-H
and church leadership http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0506-20120502,0,7820360.story
By Kevin Dayhoff, May 3, 2012 Labels: 4H, 4H
Carroll Co 4H FFA Fair, Ag
Carroll Co MD Ag Center, Dayhoff
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Frock Kathryn, People
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Fourteen years ago — on April 12, 1998 — the Baltimore Sun carried
an article about my neighbor and good friend, Kathryn Myers Frock, in which it
was noted:
"The Westminster woman, who is believed to be the
longest-serving 4-H volunteer in the country, was surprised recently to be
honored for 58 years of volunteer service.
"Fifty-eight years? thought Frock. Why 58?
"'Maybe they don't think I'm going to be here for 60
years,' she said with a smile."
Well, Frock made it to 60 years. As a matter of fact, make
that 74 years that she was a 4-H leader and volunteer fair judge.
That said, with Frock, it was not as much about the quantity
of years, but the quality.
Frock passed away on April 26 at age 94. http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0506-20120502,0,7820360.story
4-H, agriculture, volunteers, church, community,
Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland,
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Related and Updated for Kathryn Frock:
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Kathryn
A. Myers Frock, 94, of Westminster, died April 26, 2012 at Emeritus at
Westminster. http://www.prittsfuneralhome.com/vcalendar/event_view.php?event_id=245
Labels: 4H, 4H
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Westminster Eagle - Katie V. Jones: Kathryn Frock touts
merits of 4-H life
Fair 'queen' touts merits of 4-H life 07/26/06 By Katie V.
Jones
Labels: 4H, 4H
Carroll Co 4H FFA Fair, Ag
Carroll Co MD Ag Center, People
Frock Kathryn, People
obituaries
When Kathryn Frock joined 4-H in 1934, there were girl 4-H
clubs and boy 4-H clubs. If you lived on a farm and worked with animals,
however, you were allowed to belong to a "co-ed club."
In those days the fair was held in Taneytown, before moving
to its current location behind the Agricultural Center in Westminster.
To build the buildings at the new site, the 4-H clubs raised
money through various methods such as making moccasins and selling household
"guidebooks."
At 89, Frock has more than 60 years of memories of being in
4-H, first as a member, then as a leader and currently as a judge… http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2006/08/westminster-eagle-katie-v-jones-kathryn.html
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Accolades mark a life of volunteering Westminster woman
lauded for 4-H service April 12, 1998 By Sheridan Lyons
Accolades mark a life of volunteering Westminster woman
lauded for 4-H service
By Sheridan Lyons SUN STAFF http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-04-12/news/1998102100_1_4-h-volunteer-carroll-county-frock
The Westminster woman who is believed to be the
longest-serving 4-H volunteer in the country was surprised recently to be
honored for 58 years of volunteer service.
Fifty-eight years? thought Kathryn Frock. Why 58?
"Maybe they don't think I'm going to be here for 60
years," she said with a smile last week.
If there were a grandmaster of homemaking, Frock, 80, would
qualify: Her skills range from the "seven-day pickles" she puts up to
the carefully centered daisy buttons on a dress she made in 1936 that swept 4-H
Club local, state and national needlework honors.
…
[…]
"This woman is phenomenal," said Bob Shirley,
Carroll County's recently retired extension agent for 4-H. "The amount of
volunteer work she's still doing and the number of organizations she's giving
support to. And she still is a very strong, active leader," he said.
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Monday, May 7, 2012
Generations have been touched by Frock's 4-H and church leadership
Generations have been touched by Frock's 4-H and church leadership
Eagle Archive: Generations have been touched by Frock's 4-H and church leadership http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0506-20120502,0,7820360.story
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By Kevin Dayhoff, May 3, 2012
Carroll Co 4H FFA Fair, Ag
Carroll Co MD Ag Center, Dayhoff
Media Explore Carroll, People
Frock Kathryn, People
Obituaries, People
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Carroll Co 4H FFA Fair, Ag
Carroll Co MD Ag Center, Dayhoff
Media Explore Carroll, People
Frock Kathryn, People
Obituaries, People
Tributes
Fourteen years ago — on April 12, 1998 — the Baltimore Sun carried an article about my neighbor and good friend, Kathryn Myers Frock, in which it was noted:
"The Westminster woman, who is believed to be the longest-serving 4-H volunteer in the country, was surprised recently to be honored for 58 years of volunteer service.
"Fifty-eight years? thought Frock. Why 58?
"'Maybe they don't think I'm going to be here for 60 years,' she said with a smile."
Well, Frock made it to 60 years. As a matter of fact, make that 74 years that she was a 4-H leader and volunteer fair judge.
That said, with Frock, it was not as much about the quantity of years, but the quality.
Frock passed away on April 26 at age 94. http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0506-20120502,0,7820360.story
Related and Updated for Kathryn Frock:
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Kathryn A. Myers Frock, 94, of Westminster, died April 26, 2012 at Emeritus at Westminster. http://www.prittsfuneralhome.com/vcalendar/event_view.php?event_id=245
Labels: 4H, 4H Carroll Co 4H FFA Fair, Ag Carroll Co MD Ag Center, People Frock Kathryn, People obituaries
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Westminster Eagle - Katie V. Jones: Kathryn Frock touts merits of 4-H life
Fair 'queen' touts merits of 4-H life 07/26/06 By Katie V. Jones
Labels: 4H, 4H Carroll Co 4H FFA Fair, Ag Carroll Co MD Ag Center, People Frock Kathryn, People obituaries
When Kathryn Frock joined 4-H in 1934, there were girl 4-H clubs and boy 4-H clubs. If you lived on a farm and worked with animals, however, you were allowed to belong to a "co-ed club."
In those days the fair was held in Taneytown, before moving to its current location behind the Agricultural Center in Westminster.
To build the buildings at the new site, the 4-H clubs raised money through various methods such as making moccasins and selling household "guidebooks."
At 89, Frock has more than 60 years of memories of being in 4-H, first as a member, then as a leader and currently as a judge… http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2006/08/westminster-eagle-katie-v-jones-kathryn.html
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Accolades mark a life of volunteering Westminster woman lauded for 4-H service April 12, 1998 By Sheridan Lyons
Accolades mark a life of volunteering Westminster woman lauded for 4-H service
By Sheridan Lyons SUN STAFF http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-04-12/news/1998102100_1_4-h-volunteer-carroll-county-frock
The Westminster woman who is believed to be the longest-serving 4-H volunteer in the country was surprised recently to be honored for 58 years of volunteer service.
Fifty-eight years? thought Kathryn Frock. Why 58?
"Maybe they don't think I'm going to be here for 60 years," she said with a smile last week.
If there were a grandmaster of homemaking, Frock, 80, would qualify: Her skills range from the "seven-day pickles" she puts up to the carefully centered daisy buttons on a dress she made in 1936 that swept 4-H Club local, state and national needlework honors.
…
[…]
"This woman is phenomenal," said Bob Shirley, Carroll County's recently retired extension agent for 4-H. "The amount of volunteer work she's still doing and the number of organizations she's giving support to. And she still is a very strong, active leader," he said.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Kathryn A. Myers Frock, 94, of #Westminster, died April 26, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Kathryn
A. Myers Frock, 94, of Westminster, died April 26, 2012 at Emeritus at
Westminster. http://www.prittsfuneralhome.com/vcalendar/event_view.php?event_id=245
Born June 17, 1917 in Mayberry, she was the daughter of the
late John H. Myers and Maude Maus Myers Zimmerman. She was the wife of the late
Russel W. Frock who died in 1977.
She attended Taneytown High School, Class of 1934.
She was a seamstress for L. Greif Brothers Clothing Company,
and a homemaker.
She was a 4-H leader and volunteer fair judge for 70 years
receiving a Governor's Citation at 55 years, a member of the Carroll County 4-H
Fair Board, a member of Family and Consumer Education (formerly known as
Homemaker's Clubs) for 65 years, and was a member of Church Women United for
over 50 years.
She held many leadership positions on the local, state and
national levels. She was also a Chief Election Judge at one of the Westminster
polling locations for 20 years. She received many awards and recognitions
including being named to the Carroll County 4-H Hall of Fame and received the
Pioneer Award for the Carroll County Agriculture Board.
She was a volunteer at the Farm Museum as a tour guide and
demonstrator of quilting and chair caning, was an Adult Education teacher for 8
years at the Frederick Community College in the 1970's teaching needle arts
classes, and for several years was an assessor for the External Adult Learning
Program for the Carroll County Public Schools.
She was a lifelong member of Emmanuel Baust United Church of
Christ where she was an Adult Sunday School teacher for over 75 years, belonged
to the “Women's Guild”, played in the church orchestra as a young woman and was
a founding member of the Mature Christians group.
She received the Outstanding Senior Citizen award in 1983 in
Carroll County and the State of Maryland by the Jaycees.
Surviving her are a son Neil E. Frock and partner Bob
Harrison of Rehoboth Beach, DE, a daughter and husband Lori and John Bucacink
of Westminster, sisters Betty Harman of Silver Run and Aileen Long of
Westminster, grandchildren Ian and Sara Bucacink of Westminster, and many
nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by siblings Wilson Myers, George “Herby”
Myers, Marie Hyle and Truth Haines.
The family will receive friends on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 pm, and 1 hour prior to the service on Tuesday at the Pritts Funeral Home
& Chapel, 412 Washington Rd., Westminster.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday 11 a.m. at the
funeral home with Rev. Gerald Hanberry officiating, assisted by Rev. Gerald
Fuss. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to
the Emmanuel Baust United Church of Christ, 2950 Old Taneytown Road,
Westminster, MD 21158 or to the Carroll County 4-H, CCEAC, 700 Agriculture
Center, Westminster, MD 21157.
On line condolences may be offered to the family at www.prittsfuneralhome.com.
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Kevin Dayhoff: A Tribute to Calvin Brothers, long serving firefighter, 4-H volunteer and Chief Building Inspector for Carroll County
Calvin Brothers, long serving firefighter, 4-H volunteer and
Chief Building Inspector for Carroll County, has died at age 79
Kevin Dayhoff,
Monday, January 2, 2012
Labels: Fire
CC Depts 13 Gamber, People
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Updated: 3:25 p.m. Firefighters and friends from across Carroll County gathered at the Haight Funeral Home in Sykesville on Jan. 1 to celebrate the life of...
Firefighters from all across Carroll County gathered at the Haight Funeral Home in Sykesville on Sunday to celebrate the life of Calvin Warren Brothers, 79, of Finksburg, who died Wednesday, December 28, 2011, at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster.
The service was conducted by the Carroll County Volunteer
Emergency Services Association Chaplain, Deacon Charles Barnhart, of whom many
emergency services personnel turn to in times of trouble or grief in Carroll
County.
Barnhart began the service by saying, “My friends, we have
gathered here to praise God and to witness our faith as we celebrate the life
of Calvin Brothers. We come together in grief, acknowledging our human loss.
May God grant us grace, that in pain we may find comfort, in sorrow hope, in
death resurrection.”
Brothers wore many different hats in the greater Carroll
County community and many folks knew him well by his steadfast community
leadership in the many responsibilities he took upon himself. The one common
thread is that he did everything well and no matter how difficult the task, he
was always a good friend to everyone.
He was born February 2, 1932 in Finksburg, and was the son
of the late Ernest Claude and Amelia I. Ward Brothers. He was the husband of
the late Carol Ann Baumes Brothers, who died in 2010.
He was a U.S. Army veteran, who served in Korea. He was a
member of the Westminster VFW, Westminster Moose, and the Westminster American
Legion.
He worked for many years for Luther L. Brothers Builders and
later as the Chief Building Inspector for Carroll County.
Others knew him well as a volunteer with Carroll County 4H
and FFA programs where he once served as the Chair of the Board for the Carroll
County 4H and FFA Fair.
Folks gathered Sunday evening to celebrate Brothers’ service
to our community as a volunteer firefighter. In May 1964, after several
devastating fires in the Gamber area of Carroll County, the Gamber and
Community Fire Company was organized. According to an old newspaper article, “Two
months after the company established itself, Calvin Brothers joined up. His
uncle, a member, recruited him. ‘Between 1965 and 1975, this was a very small
company,’ he said. ‘It didn't seem like we were going to go too far.’”
But through the hard work of Brothers and countless other
community leaders, the upstart fire company has gone far over the years.
“By 1965, the company purchased land and a building at the
intersection of Md. 32 and Md. 91, and ordered the first piece of fire
equipment…”
Here, Barnhart picked-up the story of Brothers’ work for our
community at his memorial service. Brothers “gave his volunteer spirit for 46
years.” He was the company president for a total of eleven-years in five
different decades.
Over the years, in addition to serving as a delegate to the
Carroll County Volunteer Firemen’s Association, and member of numerous
committees, he also served as Gamber fire chief, first vice-president for four
years, second vice-president for three years, and a member of the board of
directors for an additional four years.
He also served as president of the county firefighters’
association from 1992-1993 and was elected to the Carroll County Volunteer
Firemen’s Association Hall of Fame in 1990.
Barnhart spoke for many when he said, “There is so much to
share about Calvin’s dedication to” the Gamber volunteer fire company. “His
personality and devotion will never be forgotten. In every role, Calvin touched
your lives with charm and wit, with courage and hope, with kindness and love.
And I’m sure that it was a great reunion at the heavenly gate when Calvin
arrived this past Wednesday…
“Calvin became for all, the model of what it means to be an
honest hard working sensitive adult. And now, as long as you live in the memory
of his witness and faith, he will always live through you…
“We have been blessed with various gifts of service. We give
thanks for the life of Calvin W. Brothers and say thank you for his 46 years of
service to the Gamber and Community Volunteer Fire Company and the Gamber
community. We are grateful for his time and commitment for the betterment of
others.”
According
to attribute ob the fire company website by Gamber
fire company treasurer Clay Myers, Brothers was the husband of Carol Ann
Brothers who died in 2010. Surviving are daughter and son-in-law Jen and Chad
Dean of Odenton, sons and daughter-in-law Rick Bartels of Glen Burnie, and John
and Alisha Bartels of Gamber.
Also surviving are brothers and sisters-in-law Robert
Brothers of Gamber, Luther L. and Eva M. Brothers of Gamber, and Carl Melvin
and Bonnie Brothers of Traverse City, MI, sister Joan Gist of Gamber, and
grandchildren Kera Jefcoat, Kaitlyn Crabtree, Tyler Bartels and Olivia Hope
Bartels, and great grandson Layton Jefcoat.
He was predeceased by his sisters Grace Shipley, Jeanette
Robertson, Marietta Clark, and Amelia Sue Green, his brother-in-law Richard
Gist, and his grandson John Eric Bartels.
Funeral services were held Monday, January 2, 2012, at 10:00
am at Haight Funeral Home & Chapel with Deacon Charles Barnhart
officiating. Interment was at the Providence Cemetery, Gamber.
Donations in the honor of the memory of Brothers may be made
to the Gamber and Community Fire Department,
3939 Niner Rd., Finksburg, MD 21048.
Online condolences may be offered at www.haightfuneralhome.com
Photo of Calvin W. Brothers in uniform courtesy of the Gamber
and Community Fire Department
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Mr. Calvin Warren Brothers February 2, 1932 - December 28,
Obituary for Mr. Calvin Warren Brothers http://bit.ly/tRKG7J
February 2, 1932 - December 28, 2011
Calvin W. Brothers
Age 79 of Finksburg
Calvin Warren Brothers, 79 of Finksburg, died Wednesday,
December 28, 2011, at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster.
Born February 2, 1932 in Finksburg, he was the son of the
late Ernest Claude and Amelia I. Ward Brothers. He was the husband of the late
Carol Ann Baumes Brothers, who died in 2010.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in Korea.
He had been Chief Building Inspector for Carroll County for
many years and had also worked many years for Luther L. Brothers Builders.
He was a lifetime member of Gamber and Community Fire
Department where he served twice as Chief and twice as President.
He was a member and Past President of Carroll County
Fireman’s Association.
He volunteered with Carroll County 4H and FFA and served as
Past Chairman of the Board for the Carroll County 4H and FFA Fair.
He was also a member of the Westminster VFW, Westminster
Moose and Westminster American Legion.
Surviving are daughter and son-in-law Jen and Chad Dean of
Odenton, sons and daughter-in-law Rick Bartels of Glen Burnie, and John and
Alisha Bartels of Gamber, brothers and sisters-in-law Robert Brothers of
Gamber, Luther L. and Eva M. Brothers of Gamber, and Carl Melvin and Bonnie
Brothers of Traverse City, MI, sister Joan Gist of Gamber, and grandchildren
Kera Jefcoat, Kaitlyn Crabtree, Tyler Bartels and Olivia Hope Bartels, and
great grandson Layton Jefcoat.
He was predeceased by his sisters Grace Shipley, Jeanette
Robertson, Marietta Clark, and Amelia Sue Green, his brother-in-law Richard
Gist, and his grandson John Eric Bartels.
Funeral services will be held on Monday at 10:00 am at
Haight Funeral Home & Chapel, 6416 Sykesville Rd., Sykesville with Deacon
Charles Barnhart officiating. Interment will be in Providence Cemetery, Gamber.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 2-5pm
and 6-8pm where the Gamber and Community Fire Department will hold a memorial
service at 7:45pm.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Gamber and
Community Fire Department, 3939 Niner Rd., Finksburg, MD 21048.
Online condolences may be offered at www.haightfuneralhome.com
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The Carroll Record August 16, 1973: Tractor Pull Claims Fair's Biggest Draw
Tractor Pull Claims Fair's Biggest Draw
The Carroll Record, August 16, 1973.
Tractor Pull Claims Fair's Biggest Draw—Of all the events at the 4-H and FFA Fair, the biggest crowd drawer was the tractor pulling contest.
Some of the most powerful tractors and best drivers in the county competed in the event that lasted for several hours on Saturday and drew an estimated 1500 spectators.
All size tractors from lawn and garden tractors weighing 750 pounds to 15,000 pound stock farm tractors were on hand to complete in the various weight divisions. Along with the standard or stock tractors, there was a division of "hot-rod" tractors, usually built with a V-8 automobile engine and restricted in physical appearance only by the builder's imagination.
A 300-yard long track with yardage indicators spaced every 25 years was used as a proving ground for the machines and drivers and the Westminster Fire Company and an ambulance were on hand for safety measures and to wet down the track to keep dust at a minimum.
The Carroll Record, August 16, 1973.
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Annual 4-H and FFA Fair: 140 Years of Carroll County Tradition
Annual 4-H and FFA Fair: 140 Years of Carroll County Tradition
A historical perspective on the celebration of agriculture in Carroll County and the birth of the 4-H Fair.
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Historically the summer and end of harvest events have played an important role in Carroll County because of our agricultural roots.
The history of this week’s Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair at the Carroll County Agricultural Center lends an extra insight into the traditional family values that are celebrated in Carroll County summers...
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In 1877, the year before the first Maryland State Fair event that we now know as occurring in Timonium, we would have only had to walk to Fair Avenue on the east side of Westminster to attend the Maryland State Fair.
That was the year that the Maryland State Fair was in Westminster on East Main Street according to Warner’s history of Carroll County.
“The Western Maryland Railroad provided a round trip ticket from Baltimore for $1.35, including admission to the fair. Omnibuses carried passengers from the Westminster depot to the fair grounds for a fee of 10 cents one way.”
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