Forgotten history of Ellicott City & Howard County MD
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Howard family
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Sunday, September 21, 2025
Col. John Eager Howard and sons during the War of 1812
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The namesake for Howard County and owner of land there ("Waverly") was too old to fight, but his sons helped protect Fort McHenr...
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Sunday, July 17, 2022
"Wyoming" - Dorsey, Howard, and Wyoming Rolls
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Wyoming... not the state, but the Howard County country home ("farm") of Ben and Jane Howard who inherited his father Col John Ea...
Monday, February 25, 2019
Civil War female spies and their connection to the Patapsco Female Institute
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Patapsco Female Institute had at least two connections to famous Civil War Confederate female spies. Two daughters of Rose O'Neal Gre...
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Monday, March 28, 2016
Jane Gilmor Howard, cookbook author, raised millions for starving Southerners
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150 years ago, Jane (Gilmor) Howard led more than 350 Maryland women to collect the equivalent of $2.3 million dollars for the starving wo...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
5 Maryland Governors and Howard County
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Four governors lived in the county, and it was named for a fifth governor with extensive land holdings there - Col. John Eager Howard. Wh...
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