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Port Deposit EMS Prepares to Mark 50 Years of Service
This year, the Water Witch Fire Company of Port Deposit marks an important milestone in the department’s history, a half-century of EMS service to the community. It was in the autumn of 1964 that the Company purchased its first ambulance, a 1957 Oldsmobile from the Union Fire Company of Oxford. With that important enhancement, Port Deposit EMS…
To Drink or Not Drink: Program Examines Colorful Days of Prohibition, Speakeasies, Bootleggers and Bathtub Gin
The Historical Society of Cecil County wraps up the winter 2013-14 speakers’ series with a particularly lively event as the group taps into a fascinating period when Americans gave up the legal right to drink intoxicating beverages. Taking on this watershed event in the roaring ‘20s, “Pass the Rum: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition,”…
Severe Thunderstorm Moving In on Rev. Duke’s Log House
While we’ve been occupied with the long winter of 2013-14 and these many snowy days, it was just last summer that we saw a number of severe thunderstorms pass over Elkton. One July day in 2013, as the National Weather Service issued a tornado alert for Cecil County, threatening, dark clouds hovered over Rev. Duke’s Log House while a…
Archeological Society of the Northern Chesapeake to Present the War of 1812 Battle of Caulk’s Field on March 12
Program: “Archaeology of the War of 1812-Battle of Caulk’s Field.” Dr. Julie Schablitsky, Maryland State Highways Administration, Chief Archaeologist. Abstract/Preview: Under a moon lit night on August 31, 1814, British Sir Captain Peter Parker engaged American Lieutenant Colonel Philip Reed in battle on an open field in Kent County, Maryland. After an hour of…
Conveyances, Metes & Bounds, Deeds, Mortgages and Much More Discussed at Old House Research Workshop
Thirty people interested in researching old houses and land records stopped by the Historical Society of Cecil County this afternoon to hear Wendy Webb and Darlene McCall carefully explain how to dig into such things. The two professional title searchers shared their special skills and insights related to combing through deeds, mortgages, tax records, real…
William Singerly Brought Prosperity To Cecil
As you travel around northeastern Cecil County, you notice the name all over the place. On the road heading north from the county seat (Route 213), almost making a straight line for Pennsylvania, signs let you know that you’re rolling along on Singerly Road. When the shriek of an Elkton fire engine or ambulance punctuates…
Singerly Pumper, a New Hale
The Singerly Fire Company was ready to upgrade its motorized firefighting equipment in 1927, and after checking out the options, the company purchased a Hale Type four 500 GPM pumper (shown below). This unit responded to every alarm until it was replaced in the 1950s by Oren Pumpers. This was the fourth piece of automotive equipment…
In New Talk Kilby Examines Additional Aspects of The 19th Century Fair Hill
Emily Kilby will be doing a completely new talk about Fair Hill on March 20, 2014 at the Fair Hill Nature Center. Discussing the sociological/economic world that existed there during the 19th Century, she will use the Nature Center property as the specific example. This new talk focuses on how people lived and made their living out of…
Cecil County Curious?
More than ever, people are curious about the past that is all around them in Cecil County. Whether they are newcomers just getting acquainted with their community or those who have lived here for centuries, these inquiring types are intrigued by the area’s history and the intersection of the past with the present. Surviving traces…