As Elkton shook off the effects of the Great Depression and World War II a tremendous amount of growth occurred in the community. To keep up with the demands of the expanding place, new housing developments sprouting up in farm fields at the edge of town, the Singerly Fire Company launched a series of advances. …
Sixty Year Old Fire Truck Returns to Singerly
From the Cecil Whig YouTube Channel A 60 year old firetruck has returned home at last to Singerly Fire Company. Officials at the Elkton fire company welcomed the 1951 Oren fire truck during a ceremony last weekend. Charles Richard Fox, a former Oren firetruck salesman who purchased the truck from Singerly for $500 20 years ago, fully restored it….
Exploring the Past That’s All Around Us in Cecil County – Looking for Relics Along the Octoraro Line
The Octoraro Branch Railroad once connected Rising Sun, Colora, Rowlandsville, Liberty Grove, and other northwestern Cecil County communities with the outside world. But in the automobile-age, passenger service declined rapidly and after World War II freight service slowly disappeared. Although it’s been a long time since the lonesome locomotive whistle echoed through these valleys and hills, plenty of relics from the…
Defenders Day Returns to Elk Landing on April 28 as Judge Sample Reminisces About British Attack on Elkton
Press Release – Historic Elk Landing Foundation “They were a wretched, cowardly set of marauders, going only to those points which were unprotected.” That’s how Judge Thomas Jefferson Sample described the British sailors and Marines who attempted to invade and burn Elkton 199 years ago this coming weekend. On Saturday, April 28th you’ll have a…
Police Kept Busy Fielding Calls About Unidentified Flying Objects
Some forty years ago, sightings of unidentified flying objects zooming through the night air or hovering over rural roads kept Cecil County’s police agencies busy fielding many calls about strange, glowing aircraft. The series of reports started in the late 1960s and continued into the early 1970s as people reported large silent objects with bright…
Port Deposit Steam Engine Rushed to Havre de Grace To Help Save City From Conflagration
When a terrible fire struck the DuBois Planning and Sash Mill, the largest industry in Havre de Grace, one June day in 1883, men rushed the town’s small Holloway Chemical Engine to the factory. Once on the scene, they worked frantically trying to check the destructive advance. But the “ruthless flames” turned the factory and…
Elkton Eclipse Base Ball Team Opens 2012 Season at Terrapin Station Winery on April 22
Press Release – Eclipse Base Ball Club The Eclipse Base Ball Club of Elkton invites you to its home game on April 22nd at the Terrapin Station Winery. The club has great things planned this year and there is at least one home game a month. If you can’t make it Sunday when the Eclipse take on…
Talk Explores the Era When the Honeymoon Express Rolled Into Elkton, Bringing Cupid’s Wedding Business To Town
Just in time for June, a busy month for weddings in Elkton, the colorful story of that era is being presented in a captivating talk by Mike Dixon. Hear about how the quick marriage business got started in Cecil County in 1913 and, for several decades, made the place hum as the marrying parsons worked overtime, cranking out some…
Underground Railroad Conference to Feature Talk by Local Historian About Elkton Slave Catcher
One of the speakers at this year at this year’s Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Conference is a local historian, Milt Diggins. The conference, which takes place in Cambridge on June 1st and 2nd, will feature a talk by the author and retired educator. Milt will present original research into the story of Thomas McCreary, a kidnapper and slave-catcher operating…
Elk Landing Opens 62-Acres of Park Land to Public
For those who enjoy the natural beauty of publicly owned lands and the cultural resources found on some of the properties in Cecil County, there’s some great new out of the Historic Elk Landing Foundation (HELF) this morning. HELF announced that the 62 acres of land purchased by the Town of Elkton through grants from…