The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Durrenberger, Joseph A. Turnpikes: A Study of the Toll Road Movement in the Middle Atlantic States and Maryland. Valdosta, GA: Southern Stationery and Printing Co., 1931; reprint, 1968.
Notes: A fine treatment of the subject with an excellent bibliography.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication
Footner, Hulbert. Rivers of the Eastern Shore: Seventeen Maryland Rivers. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1944 (1979).
Notes: Another of the famed "Rivers of America" series and a Maryland classic, illustrated by Baltimore artist Aaron Sopher.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Maritime, Transportation and Communication
Ghega, Carl von. The Baltimore--Ohio Railroad over the Alleghany Mountain Range, etc. Wien, Kaulfuss, Witwe, Pranke and Comp.:1844.
Notes: In German, but portions have been translated. The superb illustrations, of early locomotives, bridges, etc., have appeared in many railroad histories.
Grimsley, George P. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. N. p. 1933.
Notes: The author, a geologist, takes the reader through the country--coastal plain, Blue Ridge, Appalachian valley and plateau, and interior plains--traversed by the railroad.
High, Mike. The C&O Canal Companion. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Notes: A practical guide with good maps and interesting historical commentary.
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
Jacobs, David, and Anthony E. Neville. Bridges, Canals, and Tunnels; the Engineering Conquest of North America. New York: American Heritage, 1968.
Notes: This readable general discussion of the subject with fine illustrations includes material on Maryland. Robert M. Vogel, former curator of mechanical and civil engineering at the Smithsonian Institution was the consultant.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication
LeViness, Charles T. History of Road Building in Maryland. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission, 1958.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Transportation and Communication
McGrain, John. "Roads to Philadelphia." Nuts and Bolts 14 (Spring 1996): [7-9].
McGrain, John. Roads to Philadelphia: Historic Background, Philadelphia Roads Study. Towson, MD: Baltimore County Office of Planning and Zoning, 1990.
Seldon, W. Lynn. Country Roads of Maryland and Delaware. Castine, ME: Country Roads Press, 1994.
Categories: County and Local History, Geography and Cartography, Transportation and Communication, Chesapeake Region
Tanner, H. S. A Description of the Canals and Rail Roads of the United States, Comprehending Notices of All The Works of Internal Improvement Throughout the Several States. New York: T. R. Tanner and J.D. Disturnell, 1840.
Notes: Maryland is included in this state-by-state compilation of early American internal improvements.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Science and Technology, Transportation and Communication, Nineteenth Century
Burton, Arthur G., and Richard W. Stephenson. "John Ballendine's Eighteenth-century Map of Virginia." Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 21 (1964): 172-178.
Categories: Agriculture, Geography and Cartography, Eighteenth Century, Other
Ecenbarger, William. Walkin' the Line: A Journey from Past to Present. New York: M. Evans, 2000.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Other
Glassie, Henry. "The Pennsylvania Barn in the South. Part I." Pennsylvania Folklife 15 (1965/66): 8-19.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, Geography and Cartography, Twentieth Century, Other
Grant, John A. "Searching for Six Monuments." Glades Star 9 (June 2000): 232-40.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Garrett County, Other
Guyther, Roy. "What's in a Name: How the Towns, Villages and Crossroads of St. Mary's County Got Their Names." Chronicles of St. Mary's 48 (Spring 2000): 11-15.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, St. Mary's County, Other
Harvey, Miles. The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime. New York: Random House, 2000.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Other
Kansky, Karel J. "Augustine Herman: the Leading Cartographer of the Seventeenth Century." Maryland Historical Magazine 73 (1978): 352-359.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Geography and Cartography, Seventeenth Century, Cecil County, Other
Lehan, Daniel P. "The History of the 1824 Anne Arundel-Calvert County Boundary Marker and the Samuel Owings Family." Calvert Historian 25 (Spring 2000): 32-39.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Nineteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, Calvert County, Other
McConnel, Clarence H. "Forgotten Schools of Yesterday." Now and Then 14 (1964): 151-160.
Categories: Education, Geography and Cartography, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Other
"The Micheler Lane: Maryland-West Virginia Boundary." Glades Star 9 (March 2000): 196-97.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Garrett County, Other
Naul, G. Marshall. "The Mason-Dixon Line and Kent County." Old Kent 17 (Spring 2000): 1-2.
Categories: Geography and Cartography, Kent County, Other, Eastern Shore
Nelson, J. G. "Some Effects of Glaciation on the Susquehanna River Valley." Annals of the Association of American Geographers 55 (1965): 404-448.
Categories: Environment, Geography and Cartography, Twentieth Century, Other
Smirniagin, L. V. "Iuzhno-atlanticheskie Shtaty [The US South Atlantic states]." SShA: Ekonomika, Politika, Ideologiia [USSR] 3 (1989): 115-118.
Categories: Economic, Business, and Labor History, Geography and Cartography, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century, Other