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…
Cecil and Harford County Newspapers Available Online at Maryland State Archives
At a rapid pace these days, old newspapers are being digitized and made openly available to researchers, and as I work on Cecil and Harford county projects I often find additional collections of these valuable publications. Some are completely digitized and fully text searchable, while on demand PDFs make up other groups. Either way, as…
Reed’s A.U.M.P. Church in North East on a February Day
Snowman Greets Hospital Visitors As Major Winter Storm Clears Out
Early this morning, as Elkton started recovering from yet another blast of wintry weather, it appeared that the Union Hospital greeter had been outside in the freezing conditions too long. A powerful storm dumped 14-inches of white stuff on the county seat, but before dawn it had moved on up the coast. And across the county things had remained relatively…
Milt Diggins Talks About the Underground Railroad at Cecilton LIbrary on Feb. 18h
Some freedom seekers fled from slavery by crossing the Delmarva Peninsula and others by fleeing from the Peninsula. Some risked running on their own and others connected with the Underground Railroad. What we know about these freedom seekers, their routes, and the help they received will be presented. The upper region of the Delmarva Peninsula…
Researching the History of an Old House in Cecil County presented on March 1st.
The speaker’s series for the winter of 2013-14 continues at the Historical Society on March 1 when two professional title searchers explore how to dig through records to determine the history of a piece of property or an old house. In the informative, how-to program, Wendy Webb and Darlene McCall share special skills and insights that…
Society Genealogist Curates the Flight 214 Remembrance Archives
After families departed from Elkton following the December 8, 2013, “Remembrance Program,” Historical Society genealogist Billie Todd started curating the “Fight 214 Archives,” which is becoming a permanent collection at Cecil County’s History and Genealogy Library. It will hold materials created over that long, snowy weekend as nearly 150 friends and relatives traveled to Elkton to…
Catching a Few Rays of Sun on a Short Winter Day in Elkton
Our neighborhood cat took advantage of the brief break in the wintry weather Thursday to catch a few rays of sun in downtown Elkton. Rev. Duke’s Log House at the Historical Society of Cecil County provided the perfect angle for catching the warmth of the short February day. Billie Todd, our resident genealogist at the Society, noticed our friend…