In a popular 1952 column in Cecil County’s paper of record, the Cecil Whig published a picture from the pa, and asked subscribers if they remembered when. In one 60 year old issue from October of that year, they featured the Rising Sun champion baseball team from 1904.
McKinley Scott; Cecil County Civil Rights Leader: A program at the Library on Feb. 12th
Stealing Freedom on the Line to be examined in Talk at Society on March 2nd.
As the Historical Society of Cecil County’s Winter Speakers Series continues, Historian Milt Diggins will present “Stealing Freedom Along the Mason Dixon Line” on March 2, 2013. The talk examines the story of Thomas McCreary, a kidnapper and slave catcher, making whatever profit he could from the institution of slavery. Working out of Elkton, he was active…
Elkton’s Early Police Chiefs
Here is a list of the early police chiefs of Elkton. The data is drawn from municipal records and newspapers. George M. Potts . . . . . . 1908 – 1935 Jacob Biddle . . . . . . . . . 1935 W. Coudon Reynolds . . 1936 – 1938 W. Coudon Reynolds ….
Singerly Replaces Horse-Drawn Units With Motorized Fire Trucks
Elkton was well protected from fire in the years before World War I as the Singerly Fire Company had all the latest equipment for controlling a blaze. The horse-drawn Steam Engine and Hook and Ladder were supported by two hand-pulled hose carts, and whenever the old alarm bell rang out with an urgent appeal those…
Snow Blankets Scotchman Creek & Hacks Point
On this Friday afternoon in late January snow started falling on the frozen Scotchman Creek around 3:00 p.m. It quickly started covering surfaces as the area has been shivering under frigid conditions for a few days. But all around Hacks Point, all was quiet as big fluffy white flakes came down for a period as the clipper zipped…
Dr. Langley to Discuss War of 1812 Maritime Archaeology at Society on April 13.
Elkton, Jan. 16, 2012 — Star-Spangled Archaeology: Commemorating the War of 1812 Through Maritime Archaeology, a recently added lecture, will wrap up the inaugural year of the Society’s Winter Speakers Series. Taking place on Saturday, April 13th at 2:00, the speaker, State Underwater Archaeologist Susan Langley, is sponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council and the Maryland…
Vietnam Mailbag, a Program at the Historical Society on Feb 2nd.
Journalist Nancy E. Lynch, author of the award-winning social history, Vietnam Mailbag, Voices From the War: 1968-1972, and Vietnam Veteran Rick Lovekin join forces for a multi-media program at 2 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Historical Society of Cecil County. The program, which takes place on Saturday, Feb 2, 2013, at 2 p.m., takes lace at…
Historical Society Lecture on Mason Dixon Line Draws Overflow Crowd
Elkton, Jan. 5., 2012 – Curiosity about a 250-year-old line that once settled a colonial-era property dispute and later took on popular symbolism as a boundary between the north and the south was strong Saturday. On this winter afternoon a standing-room-only crowd of 100 people packed the large gallery at the Historical Society of Cecil…
Bob Hazel Shares Local History & Creative Works on the Blog Whimsical Tales & Honorable Tributes
Blogs are a great way to share local history and today another fascinating local one, Whimsical Tales and Honorable Tributes, just came to our attention. Robert Hazel, the author of a number of local histories and creative works focusing on Chesapeake City and Cecil County, has been producing the weblog since December 2011. On it…