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Boonsboro Free Library history
The Boonsboro Free Library has deep roots in the community, with the organization in the early 1900s of the reading room of the Boonsboro Republican Club and the Washington County Free Library providing books to the residents.
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Commercial Hotel, Boonsboro, 1887
The first hotel in Boonsboro, built in 1796 as the Eagle, later became the Commercial Hotel and then the Boone. It burned in 2008. This is the register of guests in 1887.
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Hagerstown Braves 1952
The 1952 Hagerstown Braves baseball team program. Includes a tribute to J. V. Jamison, Hagerstown resident and long time supporter of baseball in the region.
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Allegany County Women's History
A list of the historically important women of Allegany County, created by Al Feldstein, Western Maryland historian and author.
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Coal Talk
Interviews conducted in 1992 with those living in the coal region of Garrett and Allegany and neighboring counties. The Coal Talk Oral History project is housed at Garrett College.
Additional interviews will be added to the collection as they are digitized.
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Allegany County African American History
A list of the historically important African American individuals, groups and organizations of Allegany and surrounding counties, created by Al Feldstein, Western Maryland historian and author.
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Silk Mill, Lonaconing, 1907-1957
The silk mill in Lonaconing, Allegany County, was in operation from 1907-1957. This history, including interviews with former employees, was produced by Allegany High School, Oral History program students.
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Military Lots, Garrett County, 1787
Soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War were rewarded with land "west of Fort Cumberland". The map of "military lots" assigned in 1787 shows the land grants in Garrett County, Maryland.
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75th anniversary, Battle of Antietam, 1937
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt attended the re-enactment at the Antietam battlefield on September 17, 1937 and Hagerstown held pageants, parades, an exhibition of county industry and agriculture…
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Battle of Antietam - Herald of Freedom and Torch Light, September 1862
This Hagerstown newspaper describes the Battle of Antietam and South Mountain, and the devastation in the county as a result of the fighting. There are legal notices and ads…
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