Time Passages | Local Histories

Well known for its steep sloping hills, Curtis Bay was an agricultural wonderland before industry found it in the late 19th Century. The…

When industry came to Brooklyn it brought needed jobs and tax revenue to Baltimore, but the community lost an important landmark in the…

Letter to Santa in 1913 from 12-Year-Old Turns Siblings Into Celebrities

Gloucestershire Carpenter was the Patriarch of a Sawmill and Farming Machine

Sibling Politicians, Merchants, Socialites and Farmers Made an Indelible Mark in Baltimore’s ‘South Patapsco’

Epic Disaster Shook Curtis Bay with the Impact of a Tactical Nuclear Weapon

Presbyterian Meeting House was the First Church in Brooklyn-Curtis Bay

Long-Lost Story Describes Fortune Seekers Digging Deep Near Fort Armistead

Prohibition became law in 1920, but Brooklyn and Curtis Bay had their taps turned off two years earlier

Burning Lava-like Flood from Oil Refinery Decimated East Brooklyn

Lithuanian family persevered to achieve the American dream

Baltimore established a facility at Hawkins Point to isolate the diseased and to screen ships from abroad

A Baltimore Olympian donated the land for Brooklyn’s Garrett Park

From Lamplighter to Magistrate to Sheriff of Baltimore, John E. Potee was a Populist Leader Unlike Any Other

The First Brooklyn Community Blossomed Under the Branches of an Iconic Tree

Brooklyn, Maryland’s Only Documented Major Leaguer Became a Welder with Maryland Drydock

Brooklyn’s developer eyed a residential city built for industry workers

Crisp, Cromwell helped solve one of Baltimore’s biggest intrastate commerce problems in 1856