Just a few years ago, Pat Weddle, 90, of Thurmont was pained by the belief that her grandfather’s historic general store in Catoctin Furnace was too dilapidated to be saved. “I thought there is no ...
Millie and I spent this past week camped on Catoctin Mountain near Thurmont. On one of our many adventures, we explored the Catoctin Furnace and discovered an Annapolis connection there. I had read a ...
Nov. 7—The haunting, wavering note of a cello reverberated over the pews of Harriet Chapel on Sunday evening. It was soon joined by the gentle tinkle of piano keys. As the sound of the instruments ...
The bones of the 35 people exhumed from the Catoctin Furnace slave cemetery during the construction of U.S. 15 will be the center of the Archeological Society of Maryland’s Oct. 22 meeting and open to ...
Machele Jones grew up knowing she’d been adopted, and like many adopted children, she longed for years to know more about her origins. She took her first steps toward getting answers three years ago.
OK folks, time for a short driving field trip before snow flies. You can even save this trip for a nice autumn day and include looking at the colorful array of the leaves. Take a ride to one of the ...
For the first time, thousands of Black Americans may be able to trace their roots to enslaved ancestors in the 1800s as part of a groundbreaking DNA study in Frederick County, Maryland. Hundreds of ...
The Catoctin Furnace Historical Society is offering the opportunity to connect with Frederick County history at its Spring in the Village, Art at the Furnace event this weekend. Traditional Spring in ...
DNA analysis of African Americans buried at an early U.S. iron forge reveals locations of their African and European ancestors and finds more than 40,000 living U.S. relatives. The study is the first ...
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