Before U.S. Route 40 as we know it existed, the road came through downtown Elkton. Old photos of the Main Street and North Street area show street signs for U.S. 40. Since the traffic flowed through town, travelers had to find places to stay overnight. Several hotels existed downtown. One of the best known was [...]
The town of Port Deposit decided to build a community pool in the late 1940s. Their first step was to demolish the Jacob Tome mansion in August 1948.Once that lot was cleared, the Port Deposit Lions Club excavated the lot and cleared all the rocks from the space. Citizens of the town eagerly awaited the [...]
Car shows were held in the armory in Elkton until the 1960s. In this 1967 Cecil Whig photo, show organizers and car dealership owners Warren W. Boulden, Jr. and Frank Williams pose in front of the armory. These shows began in 1925 and were originally sponsored by the American Legion Post 15. The legion was [...]
This snowy photo of East Main Street in Elkton, Maryland was taken in February of 1899. Snow removal was mostly done by hand, which meant Mother Nature was in charge! The area pictured was the vicinity of today’s courthouse. The wood sided house was the location of Miss Tabby Jones’s Nursery School. None of the [...]
The Historical Society of Cecil County was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly in 1931. The building which now houses the Society was constructed about 1830 as a bank with commercial space for a vault and cashier’s office on the first floor and residential quarters for the head cashier above. In the 1890s, [...]
ELKTON -- Mason Dixon Line -- As we ramble about along the Mason Dixon Line in Cecil County, we often stop to examine surviving artifacts or other attractions associated with this old boundary. This marker is located on the Old Baltimore Pike, a few miles east of Elkton at the state line. This is where [...]
