Maritime Cecil County
Maritime Cecil County

Author: Christopher Knauss

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738544465

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Virgin forests dominated the landscape when white settlers first explored the land now known as Cecil County. The only trails within the thick vegetation were thin Native American paths known only to the native people. The best way for settlers to travel the new land was by water. Soon after the pioneers arrived, trading posts and crude lodges were built near the shore. Ferries were then constructed to transport travelers across streams, and inns and taverns were built to service the weary wayfarers. Civilization and commerce evolved at ferry and shipping centers throughout the county. Beginning with Capt. John Smith's original exploration of the Chesapeake Bay in 1608, Cecil County has developed and maintained a cultural connection with its five main rivers and a large canal. Where mills, factories, waterfowl, and fisheries once provided sustenance for the county's residents, today recreational boating, fishing, and nature tourism bring jobs and entertainment.

History of Cecil County, Maryland
History of Cecil County, Maryland

Author: George Johnston

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 080637988X

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This is an exhaustive study of the county from its infancy to the middle of the 19th century, with chapters on the early settlements and towns, churches, schools, businesses and industries, and sketches of the county's participation in the Indian Wars, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. Genealogists will be delighted with the coverage given to such early families as: Alexander, Carroll, Van Bibber, Leslie, Hall, Churchman, Evans, Mitchell, Mauldin, Gilpin, Rudulph, Rumsey, Hyland, Defoe, Ramsay, and Hartshorne.

Cecil County
Cecil County

Author: Milt Diggins

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738553665

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Location, location, location: this catchphrase speaks to a dominant theme in the shaping of Cecil County's history. Cecil County is at the head of the Chesapeake Bay, with rivers defining two boundaries and the famous Mason-Dixon Line delineating the northern and eastern boundaries. Close to major cities and known as the most rural county along the northeast corridor of I-95, Cecil has held on to its agricultural heritage while at the same time accommodating the flow of trade, tourists, recreational visitors, dignitaries, military supplies, armies, the navy, and romantic couples ready to be married. The county has added its own agricultural products, natural resources, industrial goods, and citizens to the flow of traffic on the county's historic waterways and highways. Separated from Baltimore County in 1674, Cecil was a few decades from celebrating its bicentennial when the first itinerant photographer unpacked his equipment at the courthouse and began the process of preserving the county's history through images.

The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland
The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland

Author: Various

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13:

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The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland is a collection of wonderful and classic Maryland poets exhibiting much of the charm of the east coast state. Contents: "David Scott, Emma Alice Browne, Nathan Covington Brooks, John Marchborn Cooley, George Washington Cruikshank, Mrs. Annie McCarer Darlington, Rev. William Duke, Edwin Evans Ewing, and more."

A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789
A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789

Author: Edward C. Papenfuse

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published: 2008-11-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780801890970

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This unique historical and genealogical resource draws on the extraordinarily intact legislative, judicial, religious, and personal records of members of the first Maryland legislature. The two-volume set contains profiles of nearly fifteen hundred men who served in the state's legislature in the first 150 years after Maryland's founding.The major public and private aspects of each legislator's career are quickly discernible: family background, marriage, children, social status, religious affiliation, occupation, other offices held, and military service. Many entries include a brief summary of a legislator's stance on public and private issues. A final category, wealth at death, inventories the legislator's estate and notes any significant changes in wealth between first election and death.