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Clawson, Frank D. "Hagerstown and Frederick Described: What it Was Like Here in the 1700s." Cracker Barrel 18 (August 1988): 29-30.
Colbert, Judy. Country Towns of Maryland and Delaware. Oaks, PA: Country Roads Press, 1996.
Categories:
County and Local History,
Economic, Business, and Labor History,
Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works,
Twentieth Century,
Baltimore County,
Cecil County,
Carroll County,
Calvert County,
Frederick County,
Harford County,
Queen Anne's County,
Somerset County,
Talbot County,
Washington County,
Worcester County,
Chesapeake Region,
Eastern Shore
Hattery, Thomas H., ed. Western Maryland : A Profile. Foreword by Charles McC. Mathias Jr. Mt. Airy, MD: Lomond Books, 1980.
Annotation / Notes: This work describes the Counties which make up Maryland's Sixth Congressional District. The chapters are written by individuals involved in current affairs. The focus is on politics, government, and the economic nature of the counties. There is a great deal of statistical information. Chapter VIII includes brief essays on the future of Western Maryland by notable Maryland Officials, such as Governor Hughes, the heads of various state agencies, and people of note in the counties.
Larsen, Hal. "35 Years Ago!" Maryland Cracker Barrel 18 (April 1989): 18-19.
Annotation / Notes: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas on C&O Canal hike.
Long, Helen R. Index to Scharf's History of Western Maryland, Volumes I and II. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1995.
McWilliams, Rita. "Great Elevations." Mid-Atlantic Country 13 (January 1992): 54-58, 63.
Annotation / Notes: A tourism piece, but one which offers good basic information on a number of western Maryland's geological landmarks -- Crystal Grottoes Caverns, Sideling Hill Road Cut, and The Devil's Racecourse.
Strain, Paula M. The Blue Hills of Maryland: History Along the Appalachian Trail on South Mountain and the Catoctins. Vienna, VA: Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, 1993.
Annotation / Notes: Strain states that the Maryland portion of the Appalachian Trail has more history than any other part of the path. She presents this history as one would encounter it along the trail, heading north from Harpers Ferry to Pennsylvania. A great deal of this history relates to the Civil War. She also tells the history of the Trail itself.
Van Newkirk, Betty. "Theatres and Opera Houses in Western Maryland." Journal of the Alleghenies 27 (1991): 73-86.
Adams, Cheryl, and Art Emerson. Religion Collections in Libraries and Archives: A Guide to Resources in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Washington: Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Library of Congress, 1998.
Annotation / Notes: Institutional level descriptions for nineteen Maryland libraries and archives holding significant religious collections. A tremendous level of detail is given. Subject headings are assigned to each institution. This guide is also available online at https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/religion/.
Adams, Cheryl, and Art Emerson. "Revolutionary War Museums and Sites of Maryland." Maryland Humanities (Summer 2001): 25.
Weiser, Frederick S., ed. "Eighteenth Century German Church Records from Maryland: A Checklist." The Report: A Journal of German-American History 38 (1982): 5-14.
Harwood, Herbert H., Jr. Blue Ridge Trolley: The Hagerstown and Frederick Railway. San Marino, CA: Golden Books West, 1970 (reprinted, 1994).
Boyd, Charles A. "George Alfred Townsend and the War Correspondents Memorial." Civil War Times Illustrated 16 (1977): 10-13.
Hartwig, D. Scott. "'My God! Be Careful!' Morning Battle at Fox's Gap, September 14, 1862." Civil War Regiments 5 (1996): 27-58.
Jones, Wilbur D., Jr. "Ego, Carelessness and Three Cigars: How Lee's Special Orders No. 191 Was Lost." Journal of America's Military Past 24 (1997): 24-38.
Phelps, Walter, Jr., and Tom Clemens, ed. "A Brigade Commander's First Fight: the Letters of Colonel Walter Phelps, Jr. During the Maryland Campaign." Civil War Regiments 5 (1996): 59-72.
Von Deck, Joseph F. "Let Us Burn No More Daylight." Lincoln Herald, 88 (Spring 1986): 19-25; 88 (Summer 1986): 43-46.
Annotation / Notes: Battle of Crampton's Gap.
Older, Curtis Lynn. News from Fox's Gap. Berwyn Heights, MD: Heritage Books, 2018.
Fair, Susan. "The Snarly Yow: A South Mountain Monster." Journal of the Alleghenies, 54 (2018): 74-78.