The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Hahn, Thomas F. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Old Picture Album. Shepherdstown, WV: American Canal & Transportation Center, 1976.
Categories: County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Hahn, Thomas F. Towpath Guide to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal: Georgetown Tidelock to Cumberland. Shepherdstown, WV: American Canal and Transportation Center, 1983.
Notes: One of the best guides to the 184-mile National Park stretching from Georgetown to Cumberland, with fine illustrations, by a retired Navy captain, industrial archaeologist, and president of the American Canal Society.
Categories: County and Local History, Transportation and Communication
Haile, Elmer R., Jr. "Post Office in the Long Green Area." History Trails 10 (Autumn 1975): 1-2.
Haney, Lewis H. A Congressional History of Railways in the United States. New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1968 (1908, 1910).
Notes: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad-Chesapeake and Ohio Canal controversy is covered in this very thorough treatment of the subject, originally published in two volumes.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Politics and Law, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century
Hanley, William. "The Western Maryland Abandonment." B & 0 Railroader 4 (June 1975): 2-4.
Categories: Transportation and Communication
Hanna, Hugh Sisson. A Financial History of Maryland, 1789-1848. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1907.
Notes: Chapter 4 deals with state financing of internal improvements--roads, canals, and railroads--without which many of these facilities would not have been constructed.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Harwood, Herbert H., Jr. Baltimore and Its Streetcars: a Pictorial Review of the Postwar Years. New York: Quadrant Press, 1984.
Categories: Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Harwood, Herbert H., Jr. Baltimore's Light Rail: Then and Now. New York: Quadrant Press, 1995.
Categories: Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Harwood, Herbert H., Jr. Blue Ridge Trolley: The Hagerstown and Frederick Railway. San Marino, CA: Golden Books West, 1970 (reprinted, 1994).
Categories: County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Frederick County, Washington County
Harwood, Herbert H., Jr. Impossible Challenge: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Maryland. Baltimore: Barnard, Roberts, 1979; revised edition, 1994).
Notes: Excellent complete history of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the state where it began, with fine photographs and illustrations, by an author who knows more about Maryland's railroads and writes about them better than just about anyone.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Harwood, Herbert H., Jr. "Light Rail, Heavy Heritage." Maryland Humanities Spring/Summer 1995, 8-10.
Harwood, Herbert H., Jr. "Preservation Topics: Two Ancient Rail Beds Reappear in Baltimore." Railroad History 179 (Autumn 1998): 135-48.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Transportation and Communication, Baltimore City
Harwood, Herbert H., Jr. Royal Blue Line. Sykesville, MD: Greenberg Publishing Co., 1990.
Harwood, William B. Raise Heaven and Earth: the Story of Martin Marietta People and their Pioneering Achievements. New York: Simon & Schuster, ca. 1993.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century
Hayman, John C. Rails Along the Chesapeake: A History of Railroading on the Delmarva Peninsula 1827-1978. N.p.: Published by the author, 1979.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Chesapeake Region
Henderson, Richards. Chesapeake Sails: A History of Yachting on the Bay. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1999.
Hicks, W. Raymond. The Fifty Best of Western Maryland, Book II. Baltimore: Barnard, Roberts, 1978.
Notes: More photographs.
Categories: County and Local History, Transportation and Communication
High, Mike. The C&O Canal Companion. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Notes: A practical guide with good maps and interesting historical commentary.
Hill, Forest G. Roads, Rails & Waterways; The Army Engineers and Early Transportation. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1957.
Notes: The roles of the United States Military Academy at West Point, the nation's first school of engineering, and of the early military engineers trained there in the creation of our national transportation system; Maryland's railroads and canals figure heavily in the account.
Categories: Education, Military, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century
Hilton, George W. The Ma & Pa: A History of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad. 2nd revised edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
Categories: County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Transportation and Communication
Hinebaugh, John. "History in a Post Office Ledger." Glades Star 6 (March 1988): 180-86.
"History of National Road Mile Posts." Glades Star 7 (December 1992): 110-12.
Categories: Transportation and Communication, Garrett County
A History of Road Building in Maryland. Baltimore: State Roads Commission of Maryland, 1958.
Notes: A good summary with many interesting references.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication
Hollis, Jeffrey R., and Charles S. Roberts. East End: Harpers Ferry to Cumberland, 1842-1992. Baltimore: Barnard Roberts, 1992. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Categories: County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Allegany County, Washington County
Holly, David C. Chesapeake Steamboats: Vanished Fleet. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1994.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Maritime, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century