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19 December 2019

• 14:1914:19, 19 December 2019 diff hist +118 N File:Washington Monument on South Mountain View.jpg View of the valley from the Washington Monument on South Mountain. Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 14:1714:17, 19 December 2019 diff hist +207 N File:Washington Monument State Park.jpg Washington Monument State Park located outside of Boonsboro, MD on South Mountain. This photograph was taken in 1992. by Rhonda L. Rooney (copyright 1992) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 14:1614:16, 19 December 2019 diff hist +700 N File:Boonsboro Main Street on the historic National Road.jpg The main street of downtown Boonsboro on the historic National Road, or Alternate Rt. 40, at the foot of South Mountain. Founded in 1792 by George and William Boone, cousins of Daniel Boone, Boonsboro forms a gateway to colonial and Civil War heritage... current
• 14:1414:14, 19 December 2019 diff hist +78 N File:Burnside Bridge, Antietam.jpg (Photo by Bill Shewbridge) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 14:1314:13, 19 December 2019 diff hist +75 N File:Potomac Water Gap View from Bolivar Heights - March, 2014.jpg (Photo by Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 14:1114:11, 19 December 2019 diff hist +721 N File:Bolivar Heights summit cannons.jpg The cannons atop the Bolivar Heights summit. Harpers Ferry was referred to as "the prize of war" as it was the gateway to the Shenandoah Valley. The Federals used the town and its connection to the B&O Railroad as a supply base, launching repeated inva... current
• 12:0212:02, 19 December 2019 diff hist +132 N File:Harpers Ferry Winter Beauty 2019.jpg The winter beauty of Harpers Ferry, WV. February, 2019. (Photo by Jerry Knight) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 11:5811:58, 19 December 2019 diff hist +39 File:Maryland Heights Panoramic view of Harpers Ferry, 2010.jpg No edit summary current
• 11:5811:58, 19 December 2019 diff hist +392 N File:Maryland Heights Panoramic view of Harpers Ferry, 2010.jpg Panoramic view of Harpers Ferry and surrounding area from Maryland Heights. Winter, 2010 (Photo by Bill Shewbridge) Gloria Moore Crowl: My Geat-great grandmother, Catherine Mills, and my great-great-great grandmother, Sarah Overton, were both swept a...
• 11:5611:56, 19 December 2019 diff hist +128 N File:Maryland Heights view of Harpers Ferry, 2010.jpg Harpers Ferry from Maryland Heights Winter, 2010 (Photo by Bill Shewbridge) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 11:5411:54, 19 December 2019 diff hist +383 N File:Harpers Ferry Island Amusement Park Bridge.jpg Destroyed bridge to "Amusement Island" (Island Park) above Harpers Ferry on the Potomac River. (Footbridge was destroyed by Flood of 1924). Island Park was completely destroyed by floods in 1942. Former Armory Canal -- then in use by Harpers Ferry Pape... current
• 11:5211:52, 19 December 2019 diff hist +1,992 N File:Harpers Ferry Island Amusement Park 1879 to 1909.jpg This amusement park was created and operated by the B&O Railroad from 1879 to 1909 on Byrne Island in the Potomac River just below the Hilltop House. Island Park was a well known tourist attraction at that time, with a steam driven merry-go-round and f... current
• 11:4911:49, 19 December 2019 diff hist +204 N File:Harper's Ferry Train Station, Harper's Ferry, WV 1930's.jpg Harper's Ferry Train Station, Harper's Ferry, WV 1930's Steam engine headed East bound, crossing the river into Maryland. Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 11:4011:40, 19 December 2019 diff hist +299 N File:Harpers Ferry tunnel steam engine coming.jpg Steam engine coming out of the Harpers Ferry tunnel. You can just read Harpers Ferry at the top of the tunnel between all the smoke. Looks like they were working on the tunnel since a scaffold was next to the tracks. Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery [[C... current
• 11:3911:39, 19 December 2019 diff hist +194 N File:Harper's Ferry near the tunnel - Bessie Shelton.jpg Bessie Shelton on the right with an unidentified man outside Harper's Ferry near the tunnel. Can you guess the date? (Courtesy of Robert Day) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 11:3711:37, 19 December 2019 diff hist +85 N File:Hilltop House, Harpers Ferry.jpg (Photo courtesy of John Brubaker) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 11:1711:17, 19 December 2019 diff hist +99 N File:Charlestown Racetrack, Charlestown, WV (2).jpg Photographed by Rhonda L. Rooney Copyright 1988 Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 11:1611:16, 19 December 2019 diff hist +99 N File:Charlestown Racetrack, Charlestown, WV.jpg Photographed by Rhonda L. Rooney Copyright 1988 Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 11:1511:15, 19 December 2019 diff hist +588 N File:Himes Country Store, 1324 Weverton Road - they are full of everything.jpg Himes Country Store - 04/02/2010 1324 Weverton Rd, Weverton (Knoxville, Md) The store really hasn't changed very much on the inside at all. You can look around at all the walls and they are full of everything from auto, garden, fishing, hunting and gr... current
• 11:1411:14, 19 December 2019 diff hist +543 N File:Himes Country Store, 1324 Weverton Road - Gary Himes.jpg Himes Country Store - 04/02/2010 1324 Weverton Rd, Weaverton (Knoxville, Md) Gary Himes and his wife Martha (Sam) now operate the family business. Things still run the same with a few modern conveniences, but the same old country atmosphere and servic... current
• 11:1311:13, 19 December 2019 diff hist +366 N File:Himes Country Store, 1324 Weverton Road in 2010.jpg Himes Country Store - 04/02/2010 1324 Weverton Rd, Weaverton (Knoxville, Md) The Store hasn't really changed much since the 1930's other than a few upgrades and new coat of paint every couple years. When you walk inside you feel like you have transpor... current
• 11:1111:11, 19 December 2019 diff hist +1,137 N File:Himes Country Store, 1324 Weverton Road.jpg Himes Country Store 1324 Weverton Rd, Weaverton (Knoxville, Md) This store was built in 1931 by Joseph Himes and has always been in the Himes family. His son Roger and wife Dot took over operation of the business and raised their family (Gene, Gary &... current
• 11:0811:08, 19 December 2019 diff hist +368 N File:Jockey Joseph Mineto on horse.jpg As Barbara Felix wrote when she sent us this photo, "God bless the horse trainers". Jockey Joseph Mineto is hunched over the stallion with his excellent trainers on either side of the horse. This photo was obviously taken somewhere in what we used to... current
• 11:0611:06, 19 December 2019 diff hist +322 N File:Cindy Dee - Junie & Virginia Martin Streight.jpg Junie & Virginia Martin Streight at the Cindy-Dee. Ginny was a waitress at her brother Elwood Martin's restaurant in Knoxville for years and before that, at Darr's Tavern in Brunswick. (Courtesy of Barbara Streight Felix from the collection of Virgini... current
• 11:0511:05, 19 December 2019 diff hist +201 N File:John Diner - Jack and Pat Nuse.jpg Jack and Pat Nuse at John's Diner, one of the social hubs of the greater Brunswick area in the mid-1950s. (Photo courtesy of Barbara Streight-Felix) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 11:0311:03, 19 December 2019 diff hist +270 N File:Cindy Dee - Stella Deneen and Pat Thompson Deener.jpg Cooks in the kitchen at Cindy-Dee's in the late 1950s. Good place to eat on a Saturday night. Stella Deneen and Pat Thompson Deener. (Courtesy of Barbara Streight Felix from the collection of Virginia Martin Streight) [[Category:Smoketown In and Arou... current
• 11:0111:01, 19 December 2019 diff hist +49 N File:Brunswick's favorite Chevy dealer Russell Litten at the Cindy-Dee. Courtesy of Barbara Streight Felix Courtesy of Smoketown History.jpg Jknight moved page File:Brunswick's favorite Chevy dealer Russell Litten at the Cindy-Dee. Courtesy of Barbara Streight Felix Courtesy of Smoketown History.jpg to File:Cindy Dee - Russell Litten.jpg current Tag: New redirect
• 11:0111:01, 19 December 2019 diff hist 0 m File:Cindy Dee - Russell Litten.jpg Jknight moved page File:Brunswick's favorite Chevy dealer Russell Litten at the Cindy-Dee. Courtesy of Barbara Streight Felix Courtesy of Smoketown History.jpg to File:Cindy Dee - Russell Litten.jpg current
• 11:0011:00, 19 December 2019 diff hist +172 File:Cindy Dee - Russell Litten.jpg No edit summary
• 10:5810:58, 19 December 2019 diff hist +215 N File:John's Diner - Pearl Dobson.jpg Pearl Dobson at John's Diner before it became the Cindy-Dee in the mid-1950s. (Courtesy of Barbara Streight Felix from the collection of Virginia Martin Streight) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 10:3910:39, 19 December 2019 diff hist +221 N File:Cindy Dee Restaurant in 2003.jpg The Cindy Dee Restaurant in 2003; formerly John's Diner on Keep Tryst Rd near Sandy Hook. The business is now called the Guide House Grill. Photo courtesy John Spitzer Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 10:3710:37, 19 December 2019 diff hist +155 N File:New Addition Liquor Store in 2007.jpg The old liquor store on New Addition in 2007 before it was renovated. (Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 10:3510:35, 19 December 2019 diff hist +532 N File:Miller's Confectionary originally Willard Hotel 2011.jpg Front View of the former Miller's Confectionary taken 2011. This building was originally the Willard Hotel, a destination stop around the turn of the 20th century. (Photo courtesy and copyright of Rhonda L. Rooney) Linda Kidwiler Henson: The man that... current
• 10:3210:32, 19 December 2019 diff hist +397 N File:Knoxville post office vacant in 2011.jpg The old Knoxville post office sitting vacant in 2011. There's a liquor store there today. Clyde (Red) Hawes was the long time letter carrier to residents of the Route 1, Knoxville postal address. (Photo by Peter Wenner - November 2011) Joan Hardy Mor... current
• 10:2910:29, 19 December 2019 diff hist +96 N File:Tornado hits Brunswick September 17, 2004..jpg Linda Kidwiler Henson It was Sept. 17, 2004. Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 10:2710:27, 19 December 2019 diff hist +548 N File:Yost's Truck Stop & Diner on Rt. 180.jpg Yost's Truck Stop & Diner was on Rt. 180 above Knoxville when it was the main highway between Frederick and Charlestown before Rt. 340 was built in the early 1960's. The business closed shortly after the new highway opened. The building sat vacant and... current
• 10:2510:25, 19 December 2019 diff hist +124 N File:Eagle's Meats.jpg Candy Poole: Located on 180 past the old Hawian going towards Knoxville. Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 10:2310:23, 19 December 2019 diff hist +86 N File:Boyer's Milk Transportation on 180.jpg Boyer's Milk Transportation on 180 Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 10:2210:22, 19 December 2019 diff hist +311 N File:Comphers Restaurant-Crossroads Inn 2011.jpg Comphers Restaurant/ Crossroads Inn 2011. The left side of the building was originally the one-room Petersville schoolhouse. According to Roseann Walley, whose parents' ran the restaurant, it had its own well. Photo Courtesy and Copyright of Rhonda L.... current
• 10:2010:20, 19 December 2019 diff hist +1,139 N File:Comphers-Crossroad Inn Motel Circa 1988.jpg Comphers/Crossroad Inn Motel...photo taken around 1988. Photographed by and copyright by Rhonda Rooney Nancy Baker: I'll never forget getting the phone call. Mr compher had been sick. Mom Compher went up to lay down. I was tending bar. Getting drinks... current
• 10:1610:16, 19 December 2019 diff hist +169 N File:Hawaiian Nite Club Mural still there in 2011.jpg Remember the mural at the Hawaiian? It was still there when it was Lallo's in 2011.. (Photo courtesy of Lila Wenner) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 10:1410:14, 19 December 2019 diff hist +192 N File:Hawaiian Nite Club was taken in 2011 when it was Lallo's Pizza.jpg The photo of the former Hawaiian Nite Club was taken in 2011 when it was Lallo's Pizza. (Photo Courtesy and Copyright of Rhonda L. Rooney) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 10:1210:12, 19 December 2019 diff hist +155 N File:Hawaiian Nite Club and Restaurant - 840 Jefferson Pike.jpg Hawaiian Nite Club and Restaurant - 840 Jefferson Pike Photo courtesy of Rhonda Rooney & 1970 Yearbook Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 10:1110:11, 19 December 2019 diff hist +96 N File:Hawaiian Motel in its heyday - Post Card.jpg Postcard of The Hawaiian Motel in its heyday Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 10:0910:09, 19 December 2019 diff hist +160 N File:Hedges homeplace on Jefferson Pike.jpg Hedges homeplace on Jefferson Pike, formerly known as Rt 1, Knoxville. (Photo by Peter Wenner - April 2011) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 10:0610:06, 19 December 2019 diff hist +288 N File:Oakland now Crown Rose Estate on Rt 180.jpg Crown Rose Estate on Rt. 180 in Petersville in the Fall of 2013. The estate was originally known as Oakland and was owned by at one time by B&O surgeon Dr. Samuel Claggett and later Major General Roland Del Mar. (Photo by Peter Wenner) [[Category:Smo... current
• 10:0410:04, 19 December 2019 diff hist +157 N File:Nicholson's Service Center and J.R. Marker's Former Site - 2010.jpg Former site of Nicholson's Service Center and J.R. Marker's today. (Photo by Peter Wenner November 2010) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 09:3309:33, 19 December 2019 diff hist +814 N File:Nicholson's Service Center.jpg This was my parents' service center in Petersville. This is a very early photograph (see the car). Dad worked on cars, trucks, lawn mowers, and farm equipment. He also sold John Deere Equipment and worked on lots of equipment for the local farmers. The... current
• 09:3009:30, 19 December 2019 diff hist +90 N File:Follin's Esso on Rt 180 in Petersville.jpg Follin's Esso on Rt 180 in Petersville Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 09:2809:28, 19 December 2019 diff hist +401 N File:Infantry Regiment 115th, Company A and Regiment Band.jpg Here's a shot from Mr. Kaplon's car on 180 near what's now Crown Manor. We believe this was the the old 115th Infantry Regiment, Company A and Regiment Band out of the Frederick Armory riding home from a Veterans' Day parade in the 1940s. (From the My... current