Carroll

Birthplace of William Henry Rinehart 1825-1874 Sculptor He began his studies in Baltimore and in 1858 established a studio in Rome.

Taneytown, MD

Bridgeport As part of General Mead's screen for Washington as the Confederates invaded Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Third Corps, Army...

Bruceville, MD

On May 28, 1781, General Anthony Wayne and 800 Continental soldiers camped along the banks of Big Pipe Creek on the Old Monocacy Road on...

Westminster, MD

Corbit's Charge Here, June 29, 1863, Captain Charles Corbit led Companies C and D, First Delaware Cavalry, against General J.E.B....

Westminster, MD

Home & Burial Site of David Shriver, SR. In 1760, David Shriver, SR., son of German immigrants, settled here and built a grist mill and...

Manchester, MD

German Church 1760 Near here was located a place of worship described as the "Evangelical Lutheran and, according to God's word,...

Uniontown, MD

Headquarters Second Corps Army of the Potomac On and about the nearby Babylon Farm Major General Winfield Scott Hancock rested his Corps...

Mariottsville, MD

Henryton Center Opened 1923 as Maryland's first tuberculosis sanatorium for African Americans.

Woodbine (vicinity), MD

Hood's Mill Near here the Confederate Calvary of Major General J.E.B. Stuart entered Carroll County from Cooksville about daybreak June...

Westminster, MD

Established in 1909.

Manchester, MD

Manchester The Second Cavalry Division and the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac, camped about Manchester June 30, 1863.

Taneytown, MD

Meade's Headquarters Major General George G. Meade, Commander of the Army of the Potomac, maintained headquarters on the nearby Shunk...

"Pipe Creek Meeting" About 1735 William Farquhar and Ann his wife held a Friends (Quaker) meeting at his house.

New Windsor, MD

Robert Strawbridge The first preacher of Methodism in America.

Hampstead, MD

Spring Garden Christopher Vaughn laid out the town of Hampstead in 1786 on land called Spring Garden, located along the Indian path from...

Eldersburg, MD

The entrance for the Strawbridge Home for Boys was located near here when it opened on December 16, 1924.

New Windsor, MD

Strawbridge Log Meeting House Site Built in 1764 by Robert Strawbridge.

Westminster, MD

The First Complete County Rural Free Delivery Service In the United States was inaugurated by the Post Office Department on December 20,...

The First Reaping Machine in the world was invented by Jacob R. Thomas and tried near this spot in 1811.

Union Mills, MD

Union Mills Built 1797 on the site of an earlier Mill by Andrew and David Shriver Jr. On June 29, 1863 General J.E.B. Stuart and his...

Westminster, MD

Westminster County seat of Carroll County, founded 1764 first called Winchester for its founder William Winchester (1710-1790), who was...