Janice Gantz – 95 years Growing Up in Boonsboro

Scroll Down to Listen to the Interview Excerpts We interviewed Janice Gantz in 2018 at age 95 in her kitchen at 202 Potomac Street. Her neice, Karen (Snyder) Cunningham who calls her by her nickname “Peck”, sat with us during the interview, helping to...

Pass It On – Edgar Green – Boonsboro Farm Life

Edgar Green, born in 1912, grew up on a farm just outside of Boonsboro. His daughter, Luana, reads an account of his memories of farm life in the early -1900s.   Hog butchering, neighbors helping neighbors, and more. Listen by clicking the track below. On an iPad? If...

Pass It On – Edgar Green – Hotel in Boonsboro

Recollections from Edgar Green, born in 1912, about the hotel in Boonsboro during the Depression. The hotel was also known as the Eagle Hotel (1877), Commercial Hotel (1897), and Mountain Glen Hotel (1922). Today, it is known as Inn BoonsBoro and is owned by author...

Pass It On – Edgar Green – Growing up

Reflections from Edgar Green (born in 1912, recollections gathered in 1992) Early Days of Edgar Green, born 1912 Well, it all started some years ago, August, 1912. I don’t remember much of that day, unlike my cousin (Mary Stone) who remembers it very well. She says...

Pass It On – Edgar Green – Shooting

Reflections from Edgar Green (born in 1912, recollections gathered in 1992) Shooting 1918, age 6. Pop would buy me toy guns that shot corks. The only trouble was the chicken would grab the cork and run, if I didn’t get there first. 1920, age 8. Dad taught me to shoot...