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BROOKLYN RISING
How Did Curtis Bay Get Its Name?
How Did Curtis Bay Get Its Name?
Well known for its steep sloping hills, Curtis Bay was an agricultural wonderland before industry found it in the late 19th Century. The…
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Sep 13, 2023
Masonville: The Town that Disappeared Beneath the Railroad Tracks
Masonville: The Town that Disappeared Beneath the Railroad Tracks
When industry came to Brooklyn it brought needed jobs and tax revenue to Baltimore, but the community lost an important landmark in the…
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Sep 8, 2022
‘Seven Little Sisters’ Became Brooklyn’s Christmas Heart Warmer
‘Seven Little Sisters’ Became Brooklyn’s Christmas Heart Warmer
Letter to Santa in 1913 from 12-Year-Old Turns Siblings Into Celebrities
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Nov 27, 2020
Brooklyn’s First Settlers: The Pumphreys
Brooklyn’s First Settlers: The Pumphreys
Gloucestershire Carpenter was the Patriarch of a Sawmill and Farming Machine
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Sep 12, 2020
Brooklyn’s First Settlers: The Cromwells
Brooklyn’s First Settlers: The Cromwells
Sibling Politicians, Merchants, Socialites and Farmers Made an Indelible Mark in Baltimore’s ‘South Patapsco’
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Sep 1, 2020
Alum Chine: 350 Tons of Dynamite Explode in Curtis Bay
Alum Chine: 350 Tons of Dynamite Explode in Curtis Bay
Epic Disaster Shook Curtis Bay with the Impact of a Tactical Nuclear Weapon
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Aug 10, 2020
Curtis Creek’s Wilderness Church
Curtis Creek’s Wilderness Church
Presbyterian Meeting House was the First Church in Brooklyn-Curtis Bay
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Aug 1, 2020
Buried Pirate Treasure in Curtis Bay?
Buried Pirate Treasure in Curtis Bay?
Long-Lost Story Describes Fortune Seekers Digging Deep Near Fort Armistead
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Jul 15, 2020
Early Prohibition: Army Order Dries Up Curtis Bay
Early Prohibition: Army Order Dries Up Curtis Bay
Prohibition became law in 1920, but Brooklyn and Curtis Bay had their taps turned off two years earlier
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Jun 28, 2020
Wagners Point: The Great Oil Fire of 1920
Wagners Point: The Great Oil Fire of 1920
Burning Lava-like Flood from Oil Refinery Decimated East Brooklyn
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Jun 4, 2020
Griber’s Grocery Was More Than Just a Corner Store
Griber’s Grocery Was More Than Just a Corner Store
Lithuanian family persevered to achieve the American dream
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May 16, 2020
Brooklyn Rising: Baltimore’s Quarantine Zone
Brooklyn Rising: Baltimore’s Quarantine Zone
Baltimore established a facility at Hawkins Point to isolate the diseased and to screen ships from abroad
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Mar 10, 2020
Brooklyn Rising: The Park That Almost Wasn’t
Brooklyn Rising: The Park That Almost Wasn’t
A Baltimore Olympian donated the land for Brooklyn’s Garrett Park
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Feb 20, 2020
Brooklyn Rising: Potee’s Army
Brooklyn Rising: Potee’s Army
From Lamplighter to Magistrate to Sheriff of Baltimore, John E. Potee was a Populist Leader Unlike Any Other
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Feb 18, 2020
Brooklyn Rising, Part 4: The Great Walnut Tree
Brooklyn Rising, Part 4: The Great Walnut Tree
The First Brooklyn Community Blossomed Under the Branches of an Iconic Tree
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Jul 27, 2019
Bill Hohman Earned a Trip to the Show in Philly in 1927
Bill Hohman Earned a Trip to the Show in Philly in 1927
Brooklyn, Maryland’s Only Documented Major Leaguer Became a Welder with Maryland Drydock
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Jul 6, 2019
Brooklyn Rising, Part 3: The Lost City of Pennington
Brooklyn Rising, Part 3: The Lost City of Pennington
Brooklyn’s developer eyed a residential city built for industry workers
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Jul 2, 2019
Brooklyn Rising, Part 2: The Long Bridge
Brooklyn Rising, Part 2: The Long Bridge
Crisp, Cromwell helped solve one of Baltimore’s biggest intrastate commerce problems in 1856
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Jun 30, 2019
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