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The Montgomery County Story Vol. 50, No. 1 Winter 2007 Montgomery County Story In our 50th Year of Publication Topical Sununaries and Index The first Montgomery County Story was published in November 1957, and for the next fifteen years Martha Sprigg Poole served as Editor of the Montgomery County Historical Society'S quarterly. Miss Poole, a Washington, D.C. native, was active in the Historical Society's early days. She held Bachelor's and Master's degrees in history from George Washington University, and retired from McKinley Technical High School in 1951 after 24 years ofteaching in the District of Columbia public schools. After Miss Poole's death at age 82, in 1972, Mayvis Fitzsimons served as Editor until 1975. She made the switch from Roman to Arabic numbers for Story volumes, and placed a greater focus on historical research. Her tenure was cut short by a tragic automobile accident, at the age of 52. The third Editor, Mary Charlotte Crook (1975-1989), and fourth Editor, Eleanor M. V. Cook (1989-2003), both had long tenures before their respective retirements. Each had previously contributed to the Story, as well as volunteering in the Society Library. Through the years, many Library volunteers have been contributing writers. Another volunteer, Diane Broadhurst, took Martha Sprigg Poole, over as Editor in 2003. The current Story, a summary of past issues, Editor 1957-1972 was compiled by Library volunteers. The role of Story Editor often exceeds that of simply preparing authors' manuscripts. Editors also have to locate and recruit interested authors, and keep them on schedule. They act as liaisons between MCHS staff and the printer, and help with distribution. As the frequency of the Editors' names in the author index attests, they often write the Stories themselves. This project, celebrating the so" year of the Montgomery County Story, provides a brief summary of the main topics of each issue, followed by author, name and topical indices for those doing research on Montgomery County history and the county's residents. 146 Issues of the Montgomery County Story, 1957-2006, with topical summaries 1-1 November 1957: "The Battle of the Monocacy," by AI bert A. Conradis. Descri bes GeneralJ ubal Early's raid, and includes letter from a Rockville woman, Dora Higgins, describing the Confederate Raid on Rockville, June 1863. 1-2 February 1958: "Early Montgomery County Taverns. n Includes 1777 tavern rates and brief articles:"Suter's Tavern," by Cornelius W. Heine and "Dowden's Ordinary," by Ralph Fraley Martz. 1-3 May 1958: "Early Rockville Taverns," by Martha Sprigg Poole. Owens Ordinary; Hungerford Tavern; Leonard Davis's house; Joseph Wilson; Russell House; Exchange and New Exchange Enlarged. 1-4 August 1958: "From Dawsonville to Sugar Loaf Mountain," compiled by Alexander Casanges. Friends Advice; Aix La Chapelle; Greenwood; Monocacy Cemetery; Woodstock Manor; Inverness; Linden Hall; White family; Jones family; Eleven Brothers; Oak Ridge; Mt. Ephraim; Ephraim Harris; Sugar Loaf Mountain; Monocacy River mouth; Rock Hall; Roger Johnson; Belt family. II-I November 1958: "The Diary of Roger Brooke Farquhar of Montgomery County, Maryland," edited by his son Roger Brooke Farquhar, Jr. Diary 1856-1860. Brimstone Castle School; Alexandria, VA; Benjamin Hallowell; Brooke family; Sandy Spring;; agricultural practice and prices; Friends Meeting House; Rock Spring; Olney. 11-2 February 1959: "The Diary of Roger Brooke Farquhar of Montgomery County, Maryland," Part II. Diary 1861- 1865. Civil War; Lonesome Hollow; Olney; Lydia Townsend & Benjamin Hallowell wedding at Mahlon Kirk's; lectures on: universal suffrage, emancipation, conscientious objector status. 11-3 May 1959: "Sandy Spring and the Friends Meeting from its Early History to 1853," by Esther B. Stabler. Brooke Grove; Snowden; Thomas Brooke; Stabler families; Quaker Ministers: Ann Herbert Moore; Benjamin Farris; Sarah Harrison; Cherry Grove; Mt. Radnor; Walnut Hill; Betsy Lea, author of "Domestic Cookery;" Thomas Moore, inventor of refrigerator. 11-4 August 1959: "The Diary of Roger Brooke Farquhar of Montgomery County, Maryland, Part III," edited by his son Roger Brooke Farquhar, Jr. Diary 1866-1869. Weather; horticultural society; courtship and marriage to Carrie Miller. 111-1 November 1959: "The First Fifteen Years of the Montgomery County Historical Society," by Henry DeCoursey Adams. Early meetings and founding members and officers, purchase of Glenview in 1954, early collections, C&O Canal Museum opening. 111-2 February 1960: "History in Your Attic." 1856 letter from Francis Preston Blair to Sandy Spring Quakers; James and Mary Anderson's Civil War letters; Annie Getty's 1868 letter about travel from Silver Spring, to Military Governor's post in New Mexico. III-3 May 1960: "The Background of Rockville," by Martha Sprigg Poole. Rock Creek Chapel builtin 1739 now site of the Rockville Cemetery, used until Christ Church was built in 1821; Arthur Nelson; Exchange and New Exchange Enlarged, Valentine s Garden, Young Man s Delight; land patents; Crabb,Carroll, Herbeartand Adarnsfarnilies; courthouse on 1783 tax list; Williamsburg; Russell House; Hungerford Tavern site debate. 111-4 August 1960: "The Diary of Roger Brooke Farquhar of Montgomery County, Maryland, Part IV," edited by his son Roger Brooke Farquhar, Jr. Diary 1870-1877. Agricultural practices; Grange organization; trip to New York; Christmas; family life; Philadelphia Exposition. IV-l November 1960: "The Home Interest Club," by Mildred Newbold Getty. Women's organization begun in 1897 in Woodside and Forest Glen. National Park Seminary; Mrs. John I. Cassidy; Grace Episcopal Church; Dr. and Mrs. George. H. McGrew, rector; Silver Spring; WWI; Red Cross; Social Service League; civic events; cook books; Helen Thompson; Carroll Springs Sanitarium; Dr. and Mrs. George H. Wright; poetry in "The Moon." IV-2 February 1961: "The Civil War in Montgomery County: Part I' The Defenses of Washington Located in Montgomery County During the Civil War," by Roger S.Cohen, Jr. and "Part II, Reminiscences of the Civil War," by Mollie Hays Jones. Fort Ripley; Fort Alexander; Fort Franklin; map of 1862 defense construction; Barnesville; Hays family. IV-3 May 1961: "The Diary of Roger Brooke Farquhar of Montgomery County, Maryland, Part V," edited by his son Roger Brooke Farquhar, Jr. Diary 1878-1882. Rockville Agricultural Society; trip to Cape May and the ocean; Barnum's Circus; archery club; Richard J. Bowie's death and funeral; trip to Luray Caverns. 147 IV-4 August 1961: "The Early History of Poolesville," by Martha Sprigg Poole. Dawsonville; Medley District; Beallsville; White's Ferry; Joseph ~ Choice.Forest; Pooles Hazard. Difficulty;Two Brothers; Pooles Right; Poole Family; spinning; weaving; 1843County Fair; Civil War; Elijah White; Col. Edward D. Baker. V-1 November 1961: "The Civil War in the Poolesville Area," by Roger S. Cohen, Jr. Confederate and Union Generals and regimental units passing through Poolesville; Civil War Marker; telegraph; Edward's Ferry; Camp Observation;Conrad's Ferry; White's Ford; Ball's Bluff; Jerusalem community; map of Civil War sites. V-2 March 1962: "Maryland's Military Participation in the American Revolution," by Burton K. Kummerow. Maj. Mordecai Gist; Col. Wm Smallwood; militia recruitment; New York campaign; Flying Camp; Col. Moses Rawlings; Maj. Otho H. Williams; Battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Camden; winter at Valley Forge. V-3 May 1962: "The Diary of Roger Brooke Farquhar of Montgomery County, Maryland Part VI," edited by his son Roger Brooke Farquhar, Jr. Diary 1883-1889; Farquhar family; Miller family; Agricultural Society; Rockville Fair; Nellie (Miller) Glasgow; Dr. Stonestreet; typhoid fever; Women's Rights Convention, Washington DC; Gen. Bradley T. Johnson; Savings Institution of Sandy Spring; Philip H. Haviland search party; Lyceum; Sandy Spring Annals; Dr. Burnett; eyeglasses; Rebecca Russell's 100thbirthday;Hay Market abuses; Uriah Griffith; BuffaloBill Show. V-4 August 1962: "The Laytonsville Area," by James C. Christopher, and "Henry Griffith of Montgomery County, Maryland," by Catherine Spurrier Willcox. Waterways; Old Baltimore Road;Cracklin Tavern; Griffith land tracts; Riggs, Brooke, Griffith, Gaither and Williams families; Dr. Richard Waters; St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church; Fred Bowman's store; Chapel of Ease at Crowtown [Brighton]; Edgehill; Hungerford Tavern; Revolutionary War activities; Confederate sympathizers; Ridgely Brown; First Maryland Cavalry; Layton House; Rolling Ridge Farm; Clover Hill; Sundown Farm; map of Laytonsville. VI-l November 1962: 'Two Historic Churches: Old Goshen Methodist Church," by Ella Plummer, and "St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Laytonsville," by Mrs. Ulysses Griffith IV. Ignatius Pigman; Dr. Richard Waters; Father James Paynter; Methodist Church; Prince George's Parish; Bowman's store; St John's Olney; Christ Church Rockville; Griffith family; Riggs family; ministers. VI-2 February 1963: "Let's Keep The Woodlands'!" by Helen Caulfield Madine, and others.Seneca Grist mill; Zachariah Maccubbin; Francis Clopper; Metropolitan Railroad Company; Clopper family;Caulfield family;Benson family; Hutton family; woolen blanket factory; Civil War; General Banks; Cabin John Bridge; C&O Canal; Western Maryland Railroad; Good Port; Locust Thickett; Seneca Hills;Robert 5 Delight; Resurvey on Pleasant Valley and Pleasant Fields; Belts Hunting Quarter; St. Rose's Roman Catholic Church. VI-3 May 1963: "Sugar Land Hundred," by Sumner Wood, Sr.,