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The Civil War and Southern Maryland
Originally from: Letters from Linden by Fred Dellinger, CCHS Member Date: May 2011 THE CIVIL WAR AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND – 150 YEARS LATER contributed by CCHS Member Fred Dellinger Last month in this Civil War feature we presented excerpts from … Continue reading
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Tobacco Fly A Menace
Originally from: Letters from Linden Date: May 2011 TOBACCO FLY A MENACE, 1819 The following appeared in Charlestown, West Virginia’s Farmer’s Repository on May 12th, urging farmers to test methods to rid the vexatious fly from ruining tobacco beds. “Calvert … Continue reading
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150 Years After the Civil War
Originally from: Letters from Linden by Fred Dellinger, CCHS Member Date: April 2011 THE CIVIL WAR AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND – 150 YEARS LATER contributed by CCHS Member Fred Dellinger Last month in this Civil War feature we stated that the … Continue reading
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Civil War 150th Anniversary
Originally from: Letters from Linden by Fred Dellinger, CCHS Member Date: March 2011 CIVIL WAR: 150TH ANNIVERSARY The following article, contributed by one of our CCHS members, is offered as the first in what we hope will be a series … Continue reading
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Fox Hunting
Originally from: Letters from Linden Date: March 2011 FOX HUNT DRAWS CROWD, 1887 “CHANEYVILLE, Md., March 5. – The big fox hunt of the season occurred from this place, in the upper section of Calvert county, a few days ago. … Continue reading
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Equality at Sea
Originally from: Letters from Linden Date: February 2011 EQUALITY AT SEA Contributed by CCHS member Michael Kent Part of the oral history of my family is that a Black merchant seaman brought a Japanese wife from the Philippine Islands to … Continue reading
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Runaway Buggies, 1913
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 … Continue reading
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Ice House Memory
Originally from: Letters from Linden Date: February 2011 MORE ICE HOUSE MEMORIES Last summer, Jane Maddox Khaiyer shared some memories that her mother, Elsie Bowen Hatfield Maddox, wrote of her grandparents’ ice house. These thoughts prompted John A Prouty to … Continue reading
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Descendant of a King
Originally from: Letters from Linden Date: November – December 2010 & January 2011 DESCENDANT OF A KING: JOSEPH BOWMAN The following appeared in the Calvert Gazette January 17, 1903 “Joseph Bowman, colored, who was at one time a prosperous … Continue reading
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Southern Maryland Farming
Originally from: Letters from Linden Date: November – December 2010 & January 2011 Southern Maryland Farming Low prices prompt call for change, January 1887 “Dunkirk, Calvert County, Md., Jan 21. The low price of farm products, while it has had … Continue reading
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