Forgotten history of Ellicott City & Howard County MD
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Monday, November 27, 2017
Ellicott City to Clarksville turnpike milestone 9 M TO EC
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The turnpike company was approved by the Maryland General Assembly in 1868 and lasted about 50 years. For some reason the 9 is backwards. ...
Monday, July 17, 2017
Colonel Gassaway Watkins and "Walnut Grove" family cemetery
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Gassaway Watkins (1752-1840) fought in the Revolutionary War, and later as a Colonel in the War of 1812. He lived at "Richland" ...
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Monday, February 20, 2017
Oliver Cromwell Gilbert : a run-a-way slave's success story and 2 Walnut Groves
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Oliver Cromwell Kelly was born in 1832 on "Walnut Grove" (owned by Gassaway Watkins), to Cynthia Snowden, the enslaved cook and ...
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