Advances in health care in the late 19th and early 20th century, things such as antiseptic and aseptic surgery, x-rays, and laboratories, made hospitals indispensable for treating the sick and injured. Physicians needed the services of these institutions with their technical equipment, specialized personnel, and capability for around-the-clock care so treatment started moving from the…
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Times Passes at the Cecil County Courthouse Corner in Elkton
Elkton, Back to the Future — Oct. 21, 2015, was Back to the Future Day, and lots of towns celebrated in tribute to the 30th anniversary of the legendary Back to the Future film starring Michael J. Fox. In it Fox travels 30 years into the future, October 21, 2015. All that talk about time…
A Troubled Civil War Soldier — His Story
The Civil War cast a long, troubling shadow over the nation, the healing going on for generations. In addition to the damage done to the nation, it also altered the lives of many young soldiers. In the horrifying aftermath of this great conflict, those who returned home, having experienced carnage, bloodshed, and death, were changed…
A Fallen Mason Dixon Monument
A Mason Dixon Stone on the road from Elkton to Glasgow, after standing nearly a hundred and nineteen years, “yielded to the action of the elements and fell over” on the ground in William Fowler’s wheat field on the farm of the late Andrew McIntire, the Cecil Democrat reported in 1885. The ground is slightly…
Remembering Chief McIntire
CHIEF THOMAS N. MCINTIRE, JR. (1925 – 2019) – Saturday morning) we were saddened to hear of the passing of Chief Thomas N. McIntire, Jr. Born in Elkton on January 16, 1925, the 94-year-old died peacefully at home on Dec. 14. 2019. Coming of age at a time that demanded an enormous sacrifice from the…
The Pilot Town School
PILOT TOWN SCHOOL — Youngsters in the vicinity of the eight-district village of Pilot Town attended this school, which was located on the southwest corner of Pilot Town and Bell Manor Road. On May 31, 1859, a school for this vicinity came into the county system, when George W. Gillespie sold a three-quarter acre lot…
Cecil County Canning Companies
NOTES ON CECIL COUNTY CANNING COMPANIES — A number of towns once had canneries, processing corn, peaches, tomatoes, and other products. Some of the largest were located in the northwestern part of Cecil County. By the late 19th century, there were canneries in the Colora and Liberty Grove area. For example, the Cecil Whig reported…
Red Point Beach
“An unpretentious resort where people could enjoy the country, the great shade trees, and the safe, sandy beaches” is how one magazine once described Red Point Beach. The vacation spot about 4 miles below North East was established in 1926 after Alphonse Pericat and C. F. Park of Wilmington purchased the 112-acre property in Elk…
Women in the Fire Service
Women began joining the fire service in Elkton in the 1970s, entering the all-male Singerly Fire Company ranks as first responders. These trailblazers started with emergency medical services but soon expanded into firefighting. Over forty years later, they are found driving the apparatus, entering blazing buildings, providing pre-hospital acute care, and commanding incidents. It certainly…
Martha Finley Joined the Singerly Fire Company in 1892
Recently, while researching the Singerly Fire Company’s 125th anniversary, we searched the archives for information on members when we discovered another marker to add to the company’s annals. In 1892, as the Singerly Fire Company started serving the community, a man was issued a share of stock to show that he was a member. The…