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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Olson, Sherry H. Baltimore: The Building of an American City. Revised edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Notes: The product of a geographer, this excellent history of Baltimore focuses on its physical growth as an urban center. Special emphasis is placed on how the city, and its inhabitants, handled the changes brought about by city growth.

"Once, There Really was a Davis, MD." Glades Star 6 (June 1991): 548-50.

Peden, Henry C., Jr. Historical Register of the Sparrows Point Police Department, 1901-1986. Bel Air, MD: Published by the author, 1986.

"Prose from a Farm Ledger." History Trails 11 (Autumn 1976): 1-6.
Notes: Charles Jessop (1759-1828).

Reflections: Sparrows Point, MD, 1887-1975. Dundalk, MD: Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society, 1976.

Rexrode, Cheryl, and Ellen Michael. "The Garrett County Animal Shelter." Glades Star 5 (March 1984): 562-63.

Roberts, Keith. A History of the Back River Neck Peninsula. Published by the author, [1993].

Sagle, Lawrence. "Beautiful Hills of Garrett." Glades Star 5 (September 1977): 37, 40-41.

Sargeant, Jeanne B. "The Enduring Rows of Rodgers Forge." Baltimore 68 (July 1975): 28-32.

Scharf, John Thomas. History of Baltimore City and County from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1881; reprint, Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1971.
Notes: One of Maryland's earliest local histories. A multi-faceted approach, with much useful genealogical material, special emphasis is given to the traditional leaders of the community.

Schlosnagle, Stephen, and the Garrett County Bicentennial Committee. Garrett County: A History of Maryland's Tableland. Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co., 1978.

Shaffer, Robert C. History of Crellin, Maryland: Story of a Double Boom Town. [Crellin, MD]: Published by the author, 1976.

Slattery, Bradleigh V. Lord Baltimore's Gunpowder Manor-Baltimore County, now the Long Green Valley. Baldwin, MD: Published by the author, 1976.

Steffen, Charles G. From Gentlemen to Townsmen: The Gentry of Baltimore County, Maryland, 1660-1776. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1993.

Strauss, Mary. "Engle's Mill ... A Necessity of the Past." Glades Star 5 (June 1979): 159-63.

Strauss, Mary. Flowery Vale: A History of Accident, Maryland. Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co., 1986.

Strauss, Mary. "Rabbit Hollow." Glades Star 5 (June 1979): 156-58, 164.

Tack, George E. "The Romantic Gwynn's Falls Valley." History Trails 26 (Autumn 1991-Winter 1991-92): 1-5.
Notes: A reprint of poet Tack's 1907 <em>Maryland Monthly Magazine</em> article describing the Valley, its businesses, its mills, its homes, etc., including the natural world. It ends with a poem by Folger McKinsey and one by Tack on the Valley.

Thomas, Dawn F., and Robert Barnes. The Green Spring Valley-Its History and Heritage. 2 vols. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1978.
Notes: One of the largest histories dedicated to a Maryland locale. The first half of the first volume includes intensive information on the area's land grants, biographical sketches of early settlers, a discussion of the economic development of the area, histories of the area's religious congregations, the areas educational institutions, and horse culture. The second portion deals with the history of the area's houses and the people who lived in them. The second volume, by Robert Barnes, is a genealogy of 32 major families.

Toomey, Daniel Carroll. A History of Relay, Maryland, and the Thomas Viaduct. Published by The Author, 1975.

Toomey, Daniel Carroll. A History of Relay, Maryland, and the Thomas Viaduct. Baltimore: Toomey Press, 1984; revised edition. Linthicum, MD: Toomey Press, 1995.

Treacy, William O. "Heyday of the Saloons in Oakland and Garrett County." Glades Star 7 (September 1994): 442-49.

Tyson, John S. The Founders of Ellicott's Mills. Privately printed, sold for the benefit of the Maryland Historical Society, 1994.
Notes: A series of articles originally published in 1847 in the <em>Howard District Press</em>.

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