Recent Stories Added to
Our History Archives

• Photos of the Liberation of Emmitsburg Saturday, September 15th 2007
• Army Military history for Ralph Vernon Portner Sr. (9/1)
• Renny Greenstone Goes to War (8/27)
• The ‘Doughboy’ of the Doughboy Statue (7/15)
• John Miller's: Professor to Civil War Hero, Lt. Colonel Daniel Beltzhoover (5/22)
• Gateway to the Mountains - Chapter 40: Outstanding Citizens (5/16)
• A Short History of the Frailey Foundry (5/14)
• James Helman's: The Smith Family Record (4/28)
• High resolution maps suitable for printing & framing (4/14)
• Short biography of Mrs. Edith Nunemaker (4/7)
• 12 new historical photos of the Emmitsburg area (4/2)
• Memories and Pleasant Associations of the Town Pump (3/28)
• Mary Smith's memories of the Emmitsburg Railroad (3/17)
• Historical photos of the Emmitsburg area (3/16)
• John Miller's: Military Operations of Woodsboro (3/11)
• John Miller's: Military Operations of Lewistown (3/1)
• Daniel J. Kaas: The story of my prisoner of war life (1/29)
• George Wireman's: Moonshining in the Catoctin (1/19)

2006

• History of the Emmitsburg Library (12/17)
• The Benchoff Family (11/21)
• The Dern Family of Frederick County Maryland (11/19)
• The Founding of the Emmitsburg Public Library (11/17)
• Private Abraham Dern of Cole's Cavalry (11/15)
• The Recluse of Huckle’s Field (10/17)
• General Albert Jenkins Cavalry Brigade During Gettysburg (9/6)
• Short History of Harbaugh Valley (8/23)
• Historical overview of Fountaindale, Pa. (8/22)
• Allen R. Knott: World War 2 Veteran's Eyewitness Accounts (8/8)
• Emmitsburg's WWII Airplane Spotters (7/29)
• Roster of Cole's Cavalry Company L (1864 Registry) (7/7)
• Toms Creek Bridge stopped 'Ike,' but not school children (6/15)
• Toms Creek Bridge stopped 'Ike,' but not school children (6/15)
• Spanish American War Honor Roll (5/6)
• Photo of American Troops during the Spanish American War (5/6)
• Photo of the Reserve Hospital in Manila, Philippine Islands (5/6)
• Guy Nunemaker An Expert on Public Utilities (5/5)
• Corporal Elmore Nelson - Spanish American War Veteran (4/22)
• Former Emmitsburg Mayor, Gene Myers, Leaves Legacy (4/5)
• Gone but not forgotten - The fires of winter 1950-51 (3/25)
• Henry T. Huff's: The Real Doughboys (3/9)
• John Miller's: Holding Fairfield and the Emmitsburg & Waynesboro Pike (3/8)
• John Miller's: Zora: The Pivotal Crossroads to Gettysburg Updated! (3/7)
• John Miller's: Growing up in Northern Frederick County (3/5)
• John Miller's: The Aftermath of the Battle of Monterey (2/26)
• The Lucas Flack Family and Descendants (2/19)
• Roster and background of Emmitsburg area World War 2 veterans (2/12)
• Reflections of a October 1879 drive along Poplar Ridge (2/10)
• 1797 resurvey map of Carrollsburg et. al to resolve boundaries (2/4)
• Ruth Richards': Emmitsburg High School May Day Queens (1/29)
• John Miller's: The Battle of Fountain Dale; The Uncovered Truth (1/24)
• John Miller's: The Battle of Monterey Pass (1/24)
• Donna Sterner's: Remembering Friends & the Old Firemen's Carnival (1/22)
• Donna Sterner's: The first snowflake was cause for celebration (1/12)

• Donna Sterner's: I proudly tell people that I am from Emmitsburg (12/26)
• Cole's Cavalry; or Three Years in the Saddle (11/22)
• Battle in the Snow: The Battle of Loudon Heights (11/21)
• Post Civil War letters of Charles Currens Co. C Coles Cavalry (11/17)
• Charles Currens a short overview of his life (11/17)
• 1863 Civil War Sketch of Emmitsburg, Maryland (11/11)
• John B. Horner's: A Soldier's Return to Adams County (11/11)
• Calendar of Historical Emmitsburg Events and Items of Interest (11/9)
• W. Storrick's: They Cover Themselves with Glory, Cole’s Cavalry (10/13)
• Remembering Some of Emmitsburg's Honored Veterans (10/7)
• Map of town in 1858 (10/6)
• Map of greater Emmitsburg area - 1865 (10/4)
• Remembering the St. Joseph's Fire of 1885 (10/2)
• The Polio Outbreak of 1952 (9/16)
• The Story of the Mountain
• Earnest Shriver's: A Look at the Architecture of Emmitsburg (8/18)
• Mary B. Nakhleh's: Clock Makers of Emmitsburg (8/16)
• Cole's Cavalry Soldier's Index: Private William Crouse (8/15)
• Farm Life on "The Redlands" in the 20's and 30's (8/6)
• Maryland's Part in Saving the Union (7/25)
• The letters of Major Bell (7/18)
• John Miller's: The Civil War Raids of 1864 (7/15)
• General John Imboden Memoirs of The Retreat from Gettysburg (7/13)
• Albert Hunter's Account of Emmitsburg's Cole's Calvary Part 4 (7/7)
• John Horner's: The History of the Horner Farm (6/21)
• Soldiers Index of the 6th Maryland Infantry Co. "D" (6/4)
• Memorial of Doctor William Patterson
• Remembering Polly Baumgardner Shank (5/20)
• John Geiselman's: Everyday Life in the 1920 & 30 (5/15)
• John Geiselman's: Remembering the Smith Homestead (3/18)
• The Solders of Company C, Cole’s Cavalry 1861-1865 (3/9)
• Albert Hunter's Account of Emmitsburg's Cole's Calvary Part 3 (3/8)
• John Geiselman's: Horner's School Or "Hickory Hill Academy" (3/2)
• Assessment of 1910 business conditions by Emmitsubrg businesses (2/25)
• Death of Captain Samuel Newton McNair (2/18)
• John Eyster account of school in Emmitsburg in the mid 1850s (2/16)
• John Miller's: My Old Mountain Home & Memories of West Virginia (2/9)
• Remembering the introduction of Electricity into Emmitsburg (2/4)
• Edward R. Flanagan: Nathaniel Rowe: Gunsmith (1/30)
• John Miller's: A Brief History of the Emmitsburg Little League (1/27)
• Remembering the great blizzards of Feb. 5, 1885 & Feb. 12, 1899 (1/22)
• John Geiselman's: Life on the farm in the late 1920's(1/14)
• Ed Houck's 1961 announcement of his bid for Burgess of Emmitsburg (1/13)
• Map of Emmitsburg in 1873 (1/10)
• Deed list for lot holders of Emmitsburg (1/4)

• Map of Emmitsburg showing original lot owners (12/24)
• The obituary of Ezra Zimmerman, 1903 Emmitsburg Postmaster (11/28)
• J. W. Beck's: The History of Harney - Part 2 (11/15)
• William Horner's: W. G. Horner & Co. Emmitsburg's Other Bank (10/29)
• Ruth Richard's:  Remembering 'Doc' Cadle (9/29)
• J. W. Beck's: The History of Harney (9/27)
• The Autobiography of Daniel Francis Roddy (9/20)
• 1881: The year Mt. St. Marys almost went out of business (9/8)
• Vincent Sebold - The man who saved the Emmitsburg Railroad (8/20)
• Autobiography of Charles Walter - The Man who built St. Anthonys (8/11)
• William's Frederick County Background's: William Black (7/26)
• B. F. M. MacPherson's: The Oyster & McNair Family Genealogy (7/23)
• John Miller's: The Struggle for Fountaindale (7/10)
• William's Frederick County Background's: James Elder & the Elder Family (7/1)
• William Otter's - Emmitsburg Mayor in 1835: History of my own time (6/15)
• Mike Hillman's: The origin & fate of the town fountain of Emmitsburg (6/6)
• The Gildea Family History in Emmitsburg (6/1) 
• B. F. M. MacPherson's: Witherow Family Genealogy (5/13)
• The History of 216 West Main Street (4/30)
• Interesting items from the 1916 to 1924 Town meeting minutes (4/28)
• Luther Kugler's daily notations on life in Emmitsubrg - 1917 (4/16)
• Mike Hillman's: "My phone number is Hillcrest 7 ..." (4/3)
• The 1922 Emmitsubrg area telephone book (4/3)
• John Miller's: Signal Operations of Emmitsburg During the Civil War
• Sister Stella Keepers: The Keeper Family History (3/20)
• Remembering the change over to dial-up telephone service (3/16)
• Luther Kugler's daily notations on life in Emmitsubrg - 1913 (3/6)
• Emmitsburg in the Civil War: The Raids of 1864 (2/29)
• The History of Emmitsburg's Trinity United Methodist Church (2/16)
• Luther Kugler's daily notations on life in Emmitsubrg - 1912 (2/10)
• Albert Sullivan's: John Armstrong of Emmitsburg and his Rifles (1/26)
• The Unit History of the Tom's Creek Hundred's Game Cock Company (1/24)
• The Short History of the Rowe House (1/19)
• Old rural mail routes - How many names do you recognize on the list? (1/12)
• John Miller's: Civil War battles along the Emmitsburg & Waynesboro Pike (1/3)