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Saturday, January 16, 2016

Historical Society to throw Carroll County a birthday party

Historical Society to throw Carroll County a birthday party http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/historical-society-to-throw-carroll.html

The life and times of Colonel John Klinehoff Longwell (1810-1896,) a newspaper publisher and advocate for the creation of Carroll County in January 1837, will be the topic of a presentation at the county’s annual birthday celebration at Grace Lutheran Church on Sat. Jan 16, 2016 by former Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff

Image courtesy of the city of Westminster and Historical Society of Carroll County.

See also: Talk on Carroll County founding father J. K. Longwell by former mayor of Westminster set for Jan 16, 2016 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/talk-on-carroll-county-founding-father.html


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Historical Society to throw Carroll County a birthday party


Sat. Jan. 16, 2016

By Heather Mongilio

Carroll County is turning 179, and the Historical Society of Carroll County is throwing it a birthday party.

The party is from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster. There will be a talk on one the county's founders, John Longwell, cupcakes and refreshments. The event is free.

The Historical Society throws the county a party every year as a way to raise awareness about Carroll's history, executive director Gainor Davis said.

"I think it's an amazing thing to have a county that's been around 179 years and continues to thrive," Davis said.

The event will start with a talk by former Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff on Longwell, shortly after 2 p.m. The talk should last about 45 minutes, Davis said.

People are welcome to join at any time. Cake and punch will start around 3 p.m.

"It's basically a time for us to introduce people to a little bit of their history," Davis said.

Longwell founded The Carrolltonian, a newspaper that was crucial to the founding of the county. He lived at Emerald Mill mansion, which was recently bought by the historical society, she said.

The Historical Society recently moved into the mansion, holding its annual Winter Wine Warmer there last weekend. The society hopes to open an exhibit about Greek heritage in the county in Emerald Hill mansion in the spring, Davis said.




If you go:

What: Carroll County's 179th birthday party

When: 2-4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16

Where: Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll St., Westminster, Md.

Cupcakes and beverages will follow a talk on Carroll founding father John Longwell.

Dayhoff presentations, Historical Society of Carroll Co, Dayhoff writing essays, #amwriting, Dayhoff writing essays history, History, History Carroll Co Jan 19 1837, History Carroll Co, 

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Talk on Carroll County founding father J. K. Longwell by former mayor of Westminster set for Jan 16, 2016 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/talk-on-carroll-county-founding-father.html

The life and times of Colonel John Klinehoff Longwell (1810-1896,) a newspaper publisher and advocate for the creation of Carroll County in January 1837, will be the topic of a presentation at the county’s annual birthday celebration at Grace Lutheran Church on Sat. Jan 16, 2016 by former Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff

Image courtesy of the city of Westminster and Historical Society of Carroll County.

Colonel John Klinehoff Longwell was a Carroll County founding father who lived from 1810 to 1896.

Colonel Longwell was a newspaper publisher. At the age of 23, Longwell established the Carrolltonian newspaper in 1833 and proceeded to play a leading role in the formation of Carroll County out of parts of Frederick and Baltimore Counties, in January 1837 - and took an active part in all of its affairs. He became widely known as a civic and financial leader in the county.

In 1842 he established a farm just outside of town, north of Westminster and began construction of a huge mansion home on his estate he called “Emerald Hill.” He was elected State Senator in 1850 and 1871; president of Baltimore and Reisterstown Turnpike in 1858; was a director of the Union National Bank and later served as the bank president 39 years from 1857 to 1896. He also served as a Carroll County Commissioner.

Longwell also helped establish the Westminster English and Mathematical Academy, the West End Academy and the Westminster Female Institute; and served as a board trustee for Western Maryland College.

Col. Longwell will be the topic of a presentation at the county’s annual birthday celebration at Grace Lutheran Church on Sat. Jan 16, 2016.

Image courtesy of the city of Westminster and Historical Society of Carroll County.


@CarrCoHistory https://twitter.com/CarrCoHistory Carroll County Md Historical Society

@CarrollCoMD https://twitter.com/CarrollCoMD Carroll County Md government

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Baltimore Sun Carroll Eagle: 
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com

My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Talk on Carroll County founding father J. K. Longwell by former mayor of Westminster set for Jan 16, 2016


Talk on Carroll County founding father J. K. Longwell by former mayor of Westminster set for Jan 16, 2016 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2016/01/talk-on-carroll-county-founding-father.html

The life and times of Colonel John Klinehoff Longwell (1810-1896,) a newspaper publisher and advocate for the creation of Carroll County in January 1837, will be the topic of a presentation at the county’s annual birthday celebration at Grace Lutheran Church on Sat. Jan 16, 2016 by former Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff

Image courtesy of the city of Westminster and Historical Society of Carroll County.

Colonel John Klinehoff Longwell was a Carroll County founding father who lived from 1810 to 1896.

Colonel Longwell was a newspaper publisher. At the age of 23, Longwell established the Carrolltonian newspaper in 1833 and proceeded to play a leading role in the formation of Carroll County out of parts of Frederick and Baltimore Counties, in January 1837 - and took an active part in all of its affairs. He became widely known as a civic and financial leader in the county.

In 1842 he established a farm just outside of town, north of Westminster and began construction of a huge mansion home on his estate he called “Emerald Hill.” He was elected State Senator in 1850 and 1871; president of Baltimore and Reisterstown Turnpike in 1858; was a director of the Union National Bank and later served as the bank president 39 years from 1857 to 1896. He also served as a Carroll County Commissioner.

Longwell also helped establish the Westminster English and Mathematical Academy, the West End Academy and the Westminster Female Institute; and served as a board trustee for Western Maryland College.

Col. Longwell will be the topic of a presentation at the county’s annual birthday celebration at Grace Lutheran Church on Sat. Jan 16, 2016.

Image courtesy of the city of Westminster and Historical Society of Carroll County.


@CarrCoHistory https://twitter.com/CarrCoHistory Carroll County Md Historical Society

@CarrollCoMD https://twitter.com/CarrollCoMD Carroll County Md government

Dayhoff presentations, Historical Society of Carroll Co, Dayhoff writing essays, #amwriting, Dayhoff writing essays history, History, History Carroll Co Jan 19 1837, History Carroll Co, 


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Baltimore Sun Carroll Eagle: 
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com

My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Three recent articles on the Historical Society of Carroll County by Kevin Dayhoff

Photograph from perhaps around 1960, of
Md. Gov. Tawes & President John F. Kennedy
looking at a Mason Dixon Line crownstone.
Photograph by Cook – Baltimore Sun

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Three recent articles on the Historical Society of Carroll County by Kevin Dayhoff


I have three recent pieces on the Historical Society http://www.hsccmd.org/
 One in the Baltimore Sun and two on Westminster Maryland Online http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/

See my article on the Historical Society birthday party – and the impact of the Mason Dixon Line on Carroll County MD history here: “Underlining surveyors' contribution to Carroll County's history.” http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0118-20150114-story.html



All of my articles these days may be located on both the Carroll County Times and The Baltimore Sun:



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Impact of the Mason Dixon Line on the history of Carroll County Maryland




January 14, 2015

By Kevin E. Dayhoff

The Historical Society of Carroll County has a longstanding tradition of throwing an annual themed birthday party for the county every January.

For this year's event, which was scheduled for Jan. 17, the topic was the history of the county's northern border, the storied, celebrated and, at times, vilified Mason Dixon Line.

In 1763, the Treaty of Paris had signaled the end of the North American theater of the world-wide war between France and England, the French and Indian War that began in 1754-63.

The end of the conflict on this continent was one of the last pieces of the puzzle that enabled settlement in Carroll County with relative freedom from violence. The final piece was the American Revolution, 1775-83.

Another piece of the puzzle was the settlement of the longstanding, and often violent, dispute over the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Today, that rivalry is played out every football season between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers. But before the Mason-Dixon Line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767, the dispute was often the source armed conflict and bloodshed.

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Carroll County's connection to Cuba began with sugar in 1800s
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Also see:

Historical Society of Carroll County to host birthday party for Carroll County



On Saturday January 17, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Grace Hall Grace Lutheran Church 21 Carroll St. in Westminster, Maryland the Historical Society of Carroll County will host birthday party for Carroll County. The event is free.

This year’s speaker is Michael Dixon, who will make a presentation on “The Mason-Dixon Line: The Story Behind the Boundary.”

See my article on the Historical Society birthday party – and the impact of the Mason Dixon Line on Carroll County MD history here: “Underlining surveyors' contribution to Carroll County's history.” http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0118-20150114-story.html

According to information from the Historical Society, “Born as the result of a bitter territorial dispute over royal land grants, the Mason-Dixon Line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 to settle the boundaries for Pennsylvania and Maryland.

“After 1820, when the Missouri Compromise created political conditions which made the line important to the history of slavery, it became associated with the division between the free and slave states. Today the line is still seen by many as a symbolic dividing line for regional attitudes and customs. This program explores the story of the line, which runs through our land and our history, along with the perceptions that have developed about the boundary.”



Recently, the Historical Society of Carroll Count announced a new executive director. According to a news release:

Westminster, MD - The Historical Society of Carroll County (HSCC) is pleased to announce Gainor B. Davis, Ph.D., as its new executive director. Davis will fill the vacancy created by Fred Teeter’s retirement in January.  Davis brings more than two decades of nonprofit experience to the HSCC, most recently serving as president of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, OH, where she moved the institution from a deficit position to four years in the position of profit. Davis will begin her new position at the HSCC on Jan. 20, 2015.


Davis’ background includes over 25 years of executive planning, administration, communications, and marketing experience in the nonprofit sector.  Special areas of expertise include strategic planning, finance, operations, fundraising, public affairs, earned income generation, and educational programming development. Davis has served as the president for the York County Heritage Trust, PA, director for the Vermont Historical Society, VE, and the Longue Vue House & Gardens, LA. She also worked as a director for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and as a membership coordinator for The Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum in Delaware.

Davis’ community involvement has included serving on the board for The Vermont Civilian Conservation Corps, Chapter 11; Barre Partnership (National Trust Downtown Program); Executive Committee, University Circle Inc., Cleveland, OH; and 100 Year Club of the Western Reserve. 

2015 Board Chair James Lightner commented:  "We are delighted to welcome Dr. Davis as the new Executive Director of the Historical Society of Carroll County.  Dr. Davis brings a wealth of background in historical society leadership, fundraising, programming, and community development. I know that she will become an active member of our community as she advances and expands the Society's mission throughout the County."

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net

Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Impact of the Mason Dixon Line on the history of Carroll County Maryland

Impact of the Mason Dixon Line on the history of Carroll County Maryland


January 14, 2015

By Kevin E. Dayhoff

The Historical Society of Carroll County has a longstanding tradition of throwing an annual themed birthday party for the county every January.

For this year's event, which was scheduled for Jan. 17, the topic was the history of the county's northern border, the storied, celebrated and, at times, vilified Mason Dixon Line.

In 1763, the Treaty of Paris had signaled the end of the North American theater of the world-wide war between France and England, the French and Indian War that began in 1754-63.

The end of the conflict on this continent was one of the last pieces of the puzzle that enabled settlement in Carroll County with relative freedom from violence. The final piece was the American Revolution, 1775-83.

Another piece of the puzzle was the settlement of the longstanding, and often violent, dispute over the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Today, that rivalry is played out every football season between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers. But before the Mason-Dixon Line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767, the dispute was often the source armed conflict and bloodshed.

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Related


Carroll County's connection to Cuba began with sugar in 1800s
Carroll County's connection to Cuba began with sugar in 1800s
New year begins with familiar faces missing from county leadership

Also see:

Historical Society of Carroll County to host birthday party for Carroll County



On Saturday January 17, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Grace Hall Grace Lutheran Church 21 Carroll St. in Westminster, Maryland the Historical Society of Carroll County will host birthday party for Carroll County. The event is free.

This year’s speaker is Michael Dixon, who will make a presentation on “The Mason-Dixon Line: The Story Behind the Boundary.”

See my article on the Historical Society birthday party – and the impact of the Mason Dixon Line on Carroll County MD history here: “Underlining surveyors' contribution to Carroll County's history.” http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0118-20150114-story.html

According to information from the Historical Society, “Born as the result of a bitter territorial dispute over royal land grants, the Mason-Dixon Line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 to settle the boundaries for Pennsylvania and Maryland.

“After 1820, when the Missouri Compromise created political conditions which made the line important to the history of slavery, it became associated with the division between the free and slave states. Today the line is still seen by many as a symbolic dividing line for regional attitudes and customs. This program explores the story of the line, which runs through our land and our history, along with the perceptions that have developed about the boundary.”



Recently, the Historical Society of Carroll Count announced a new executive director. According to a news release:

Westminster, MD - The Historical Society of Carroll County (HSCC) is pleased to announce Gainor B. Davis, Ph.D., as its new executive director. Davis will fill the vacancy created by Fred Teeter’s retirement in January.  Davis brings more than two decades of nonprofit experience to the HSCC, most recently serving as president of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, OH, where she moved the institution from a deficit position to four years in the position of profit. Davis will begin her new position at the HSCC on Jan. 20, 2015.


Davis’ background includes over 25 years of executive planning, administration, communications, and marketing experience in the nonprofit sector.  Special areas of expertise include strategic planning, finance, operations, fundraising, public affairs, earned income generation, and educational programming development. Davis has served as the president for the York County Heritage Trust, PA, director for the Vermont Historical Society, VE, and the Longue Vue House & Gardens, LA. She also worked as a director for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and as a membership coordinator for The Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum in Delaware.

Davis’ community involvement has included serving on the board for The Vermont Civilian Conservation Corps, Chapter 11; Barre Partnership (National Trust Downtown Program); Executive Committee, University Circle Inc., Cleveland, OH; and 100 Year Club of the Western Reserve. 

2015 Board Chair James Lightner commented:  "We are delighted to welcome Dr. Davis as the new Executive Director of the Historical Society of Carroll County.  Dr. Davis brings a wealth of background in historical society leadership, fundraising, programming, and community development. I know that she will become an active member of our community as she advances and expands the Society's mission throughout the County."

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net

Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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Historical Society of Carroll County to host birthday party for Carroll County

Historical Society of Carroll County to host birthday party for Carroll County



On Saturday January 17, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Grace Hall Grace Lutheran Church 21 Carroll St. in Westminster, Maryland the Historical Society of Carroll County will host birthday party for Carroll County. The event is free.

This year’s speaker is Michael Dixon, who will make a presentation on “The Mason-Dixon Line: The Story Behind the Boundary.”

See my article on the Historical Society birthday party – and the impact of the Mason Dixon Line on Carroll County MD history here: “Underlining surveyors' contribution to Carroll County's history.” 


According to information from the Historical Society, “Born as the result of a bitter territorial dispute over royal land grants, the Mason-Dixon Line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 to settle the boundaries for Pennsylvania and Maryland.

“After 1820, when the Missouri Compromise created political conditions which made the line important to the history of slavery, it became associated with the division between the free and slave states. Today the line is still seen by many as a symbolic dividing line for regional attitudes and customs. This program explores the story of the line, which runs through our land and our history, along with the perceptions that have developed about the boundary.”



Recently, the Historical Society of Carroll Count announced a new executive director. According to a news release:

Westminster, MD - The Historical Society of Carroll County (HSCC) is pleased to announce Gainor B. Davis, Ph.D., as its new executive director. Davis will fill the vacancy created by Fred Teeter’s retirement in January.  Davis brings more than two decades of nonprofit experience to the HSCC, most recently serving as president of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, OH, where she moved the institution from a deficit position to four years in the position of profit. Davis will begin her new position at the HSCC on Jan. 20, 2015.


Davis’ background includes over 25 years of executive planning, administration, communications, and marketing experience in the nonprofit sector.  Special areas of expertise include strategic planning, finance, operations, fundraising, public affairs, earned income generation, and educational programming development. Davis has served as the president for the York County Heritage Trust, PA, director for the Vermont Historical Society, VE, and the Longue Vue House & Gardens, LA. She also worked as a director for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and as a membership coordinator for The Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum in Delaware.

Davis’ community involvement has included serving on the board for The Vermont Civilian Conservation Corps, Chapter 11; Barre Partnership (National Trust Downtown Program); Executive Committee, University Circle Inc., Cleveland, OH; and 100 Year Club of the Western Reserve. 

2015 Board Chair James Lightner commented:  "We are delighted to welcome Dr. Davis as the new Executive Director of the Historical Society of Carroll County.  Dr. Davis brings a wealth of background in historical society leadership, fundraising, programming, and community development. I know that she will become an active member of our community as she advances and expands the Society's mission throughout the County."



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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net

Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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Monday, January 5, 2015

Carroll County Maryland Sheriffs from 1837 to 1934

Carroll County Maryland Sheriffs from 1837 to 1934
Courtesy of research by the Historical Society of Carroll County

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/01/carroll-county-maryland-sheriffs-from.html

1837 Nicholas Kelly
1839  Jacob Grove
1842  J. Henry Hoppe
1845  Lewis Trumbo
1848  Hanson T. Webb
1851  William S. Brown
1853  John M. Yingling
1855  Joseph Schaeffer
1857  William Wilson
1859  William Segafosse
1861  Jeremiah Babylon
1863  Joseph Ebaugh
1865  Joseph D. Hoppe
1867  Thomas B. Gist
1869  Thomas Tracey
1871  George N. Fringer
1873  Edward Devilbiss
1875  James W. White
1877  Peter Woods
1879  George N. Fringer
1881  Edward W. Fuhrman
1883  George A. Shower
1885  John T. Lynch
1887  George N. Fringer
1889  Samuel Carr Wicken
1891  Albert A. Dorsey
1893  Elias Arnold
1895  John Oliver Murray
1897  Ephraim Haines
1899  Goerge W. Motter
1901  Francis A. Crawford
1903  William H. Wilson
1905  Joseph L. Franklin
1907  J. Belt Townshend
1909  Benjamin D. Kemper
1911  Elias N. Davis
1913  Albert L. Davis
1915  James M. Stoner
1917  Edwin M. Mellor, Jr.
1919  William Bloom
1921  Edward Martin
1923  William Phillips
1926  George C. Fowble
1930  Ray Yohn

1934  John C. Shipley
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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net

Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Eagle Archive: History of government in Carroll County is one of change and debate

Eagle Archive By Kevin E. Dayhoff January 28, 2013 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0120-20130116,0,2118722.story





Throughout Carroll County's history, many issues have caused deep divisions among voters. Recently we recalled the stark differences of opinion between the German and English speakers in the October 1833 referendum over whether or not to form Carroll County.

As a matter of fact, it was after that election that Manchester fired the town cannon at Westminster to emphasize how they felt about the disagreement.

But divisions of opinion certainly aren't accentuated only in history. The decision last Nov. 6 by Frederick County voters, to go to a charter form of government, has kept local political junkies preoccupied ever since the election results were announced.

The ballot issue last fall was contentious in Frederick County. In Carroll County, even the preliminary discussions over such a change here have already had a polarizing affect.


There's no word yet as to whether or not any cannon fire will figure into the upcoming discussions, but I suppose we can't rule out the possibility of a few character assassinations.

According to numerous media accounts, including that of Ryan Marshall in the Frederick County Gazette on Nov. 7 … http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0120-20130116,0,2118722.story

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net

Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Eagle Archive: Saluting Carroll County's love of that dangerous 'foreign invention' ... the bicycle




More than 100 years ago, "bicycle riders and racers, were filled with excitement over an event to take place at the Pleasure Park, a newly built horseracing track with grandstand one mile north of Westminster on the road to Littlestown."

That property is now known as Carroll County Regional Airport.

Thanks to research for the Historical Society of Carroll County by historian Mary Ann Ashcraft, we know that on June 25, 1898, the now-defunct American Sentinel wrote that "Thursday, the 30th day of June, will be the greatest day among cyclists in Carroll County that has ever occurred in its history.


One of my passions for July, besides thoroughly enjoying the heat, is the Tour de France. This year, June 30 was one of my greatest days of summer.

That was the day that the 99th Tour de France began with the "prologue" event. What follows, until July 22, is a tour of France's picturesque and agriculturally dominated countryside, in 20 stages that will cover 3,497 kilometers… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0715-20120711,0,1917523.story




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Saturday, July 14, 2012

Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: Bicycling the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: Bicycling the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: By Kevin Dayhoff July 11, 2012 One of my passions for July, besides thoroughly enjoying the heat, is the Tour de France . This ye...


By Kevin Dayhoff


One of my passions for July, besides thoroughly enjoying the heat, is the Tour de France. This year, June 30 was one of my greatest days of summer…

That was the day that the 99th Tour de France began with the “prologue” event. What follows, until July 22, is a tour of France’s picturesque agriculturally dominated countryside, in 20 stages that will cover 3,497 kilometres.

By the time a cyclist finishes the Tour de France, he will have burned a total of 118,000 calories or the “equivalent to 26 Mars Bars per day,” according to the BBC.

The Tour de France has a little something for everyone – history, drama, intrigue, science, a mini geography tutorial of Europe, and all of the fanfare and spectacle of what is arguably, one of the most difficult sporting challenges in the world today...

And besides, so much of the humble – and insane – beginnings of the Tour de France were started by journalists and a newspaper.

The humble beginnings of the bicycle race were as a newspaper publicity event, brainstormed by Henri Desgrange in 1902, to promote the sports newspaper “l'Auto.”

According to the history section of the Le Tour de France website, “The line between insanity and genius is said to be a fine one, and in early 20thcentury France, anyone envisaging a near-2,500-km-long cycle race across the country would have been widely viewed as unhinged.

“But that didn’t stop Géo Lefèvre, a journalist with L’Auto magazine at the time, from proceeding with his inspired plan. His editor, Henri Desgrange, was bold enough to believe in the idea and to throw his backing behind the Tour de France. And so it was that, on 1 July 1903, sixty pioneers set out on their bicycles from Montgeron. After six mammoth stages (Nantes - Paris, 471 km!), only 21 “routiers,” led by Maurice Garin, arrived at the end of this first epic.”

Although the eyes of the world are on the Tour de France every July, did you know that there were several celebrated bicycle races, in the central-Maryland area, a number of years before the first Tour de France in 1903?

According to an American Sentinel newspaper article published on October 20, 1895: “The most remarkable cycling event … was a century run, undertaken by over three hundred riders, from Baltimore, on Sunday last.

“Mishaps reduced the number, by the time the cavalcade started, to two hundred and ninety-nine, among whom were several ladies.  The run was to Frederick and return.

“Two hundred and forty-six of the starters continued in the run to the finish and made the 100 miles… Messrs. George M. Parke and John H. Cunningham, of the Cycling Ramblers of Westminster, were in the run and completed the century.”

At the Corbit’s Charge encampment on Sunday, June 24, I was inspired by several conversations with local historians Tom LeGore and Ron Kuehne, known well for his historic interpretation of Westminster Mayor Michael Baughman; to revisit our local history at Harpers Ferry, Antietam, Washington DC, and Gettysburg.

All are comfortable family-friendly day trips for those of us who live in Carroll County. Well, by car that is…

So, in honor of the Tour de France, on Saturday, July my wife and I spent bicycling through history from Brunswick to Harpers Ferry and back on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath.

We had dinner at “Beans in the Belfry” on West Potomac Street, in Brunswick, near the offices of my good friends, Mayor Carroll Jones and City Administrator Richard Weldon at the Brunswick City Hall.

Located in a 100 year-old restored historic church, Beans in the Belfry is an excellent of an artistic approach to adaptive re-use, and arts and culture as an economic driver and jobs creator.

We loved the ambiance and atmosphere of Beans in the Belfry. Our food was wonderful and the service friendly and welcoming.

Next week - Saturday, July 14, 2012, we’ll try the Northern Central Railroad Trail, in Gunpowder Falls State Park in Baltimore County.

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More than 100 years ago, "bicycle riders and racers, were filled with excitement over an event to take place at the Pleasure Park, a newly built horseracing track with grandstand one mile north of Westminster on the road to Littlestown."

That property is now known as Carroll County Regional Airport.

Thanks to research for the Historical Society of Carroll County by historian Mary Ann Ashcraft, we know that on June 25, 1898, the now-defunct American Sentinel wrote that "Thursday, the 30th day of June, will be the greatest day among cyclists in Carroll County that has ever occurred in its history.


One of my passions for July, besides thoroughly enjoying the heat, is the Tour de France. This year, June 30 was one of my greatest days of summer.

That was the day that the 99th Tour de France began with the "prologue" event. What follows, until July 22, is a tour of France's picturesque and agriculturally dominated countryside, in 20 stages that will cover 3,497 kilometers… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0715-20120711,0,1917523.story



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