Originally from: Letters from Linden
Date: February 2011
RUNAWAY BUGGIES, 1913
“Rev. W. F. Carey’s horse, after being harnessed to the buggy Sunday morning last, became excited in the stable yard and before the minister could get to the horse to quiet him the animal had jumped the wire fence to the field carrying only the shafts and harness with him. The buggy, with the seat and top torn off, was too badly wrecked for use and Rev. Mr. Carey could not make his morning appointment. In the afternoon he drove the horse to Waters Memorial Church, his 3 o’clock appointment. The cool weather had put the horse in too playful a mood.”
“Sheriff Julius G. Hall had his buggy wrecked Saturday last by his double team running away from in front of the residence of H. E. Buckmaster. He had left the buggy only a few minutes when the horses went at a rapid gait to the barn on the premises, a hundred yards distant. In the short distance covered by the running team, the top of the buggy was knocked off, the seat broken and the front axle bent by contact with a stump.”
SOURCE: Calvert Gazette, 15 Feb 1913, Vol 29, no 26, p 1.
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The Calvert County Historical Society, Inc. was founded in 1953 by a small group of concerned Calvert County residents. On May 5, 1954, articles of incorporation were made part of the public record which stated that the main purpose of the Society was to further the collection of historical data and records concerned with Calvert County and other materials bearing on the history of the State and Nation, including private letters, documents, manuscripts, early events and acts as recorded in structures and works of public and private nature.
From a newly established Headquarters Room on site at Linden, visitors can find a wealth of valuable early county history. Gifts to the Society over the years have been varied and interesting, and have made important contributions to the understanding of the uniqueness and richness of the County's history. The research library continues to grow in volume and diversity. Family papers describing first person accounts of historical events, wills, family Bibles, original manuscripts, photographs, published histories and a growing video library are but a small part of the collection. Portraits, pieces of furniture and artifacts have also been entrusted to the Society's care.
Beyond the collections, the Society's broad mission included establishing a roadside marker program as early as 1956. The first committee found only three historical markers placed by the State Roads Commission. Today, there are twenty nine and the effort continues. A primary goal of the Society was the publishing of a History of Calvert County. In April of 1959, Charles F. Stein presented his manuscript for review and acceptance. A second edition was published as a bicentennial project. (1977)
