Barbara Ingram Students Visit Bowman House
Students from Barbara Ingram School for the Arts toured the Bowman House recently to get inspiration for a play they will be writing and performing depicting the reunion of Boonsboro brothers Jacob and John Heck. The brothers met in town between the Battles of South...Boonsboro Reflections: The Bowman House
The Bowman House, at 323 North Main Street, was built in 1826 and is typical of log dwellings built in Western Maryland during the first half of the 19th century. It has two stories built in an “L” shaped plan. A hewn V-notch construction detail was used at the...Boonsboro Reflections: John Bowman, Potter
Potters were familiar tradesmen in the 19th century, playing a necessary role fashioning utilitarian and decorative containers for local households. John Bowman enlisted in the Union Army in 1862 and after his discharge in 1865 he apprenticed with his father, a...225th Anniversary receives First Energy Foundation grant!
First Energy Foundation awarded an $8500 grant toward Boonsboro’s 225th Anniversary Celebrations! Members of the Boonsboro Historical Society, Boonsboro Mayor Howard Long and Assistant Mayor Cindy Kauffman are shown here at the check presentation.Boonsboro Reflections: Trade in Boonsboro
While the economy of western Maryland was largely founded on agriculture, the growing population in and around Boonsboro attracted an impressive range of tradesmen and craftsmen. Coverlet makers, shoemakers, carpet weavers, cabinetmakers, tinners, tailors, potters and...Boonsboro Reflections: Slow, Steady Growth
The first of Boonsboro’s 44 half-acre lots was sold in 1792. By 1801 the Eagle Hotel (now Inn Boonsboro) was built and a post office established. Peter Conn, the proprietor of the new hotel was also the Town’s first postmaster. At first, the town grew slowly; in...Boonsboro 225th Event – History, Music & Wine at Big Cork
Evening of History, Music and Wine at Big Cork Sunday, April 30th, 5:30pm – 7:30pm Location: Big Cork Vineyards, 4236 Main St., Rohrersville, MD Come out and celebrate Boonsboro’s 225th Anniversary with a kick-off event at Big Cork Vineyards. If you love wine...Boonsboro Reflections: John McAdam Introduces the Macadam Road Surface to America
The first macadam surface in the United States was laid on the “Boonsborough Turnpike Road” between Hagerstown and Boonsboro, Maryland. By 1822, this section was the last unimproved gap in the great National Road leading from Baltimore, on the Chesapeake...Boonsboro Reflections: The National Road Joins Baltimore & the Western Settlements
Boonsboro’s growth and prosperity certainly benefited from the construction of the Bank Road, later known as the National Road (now Alternate 40). George Washington and Thomas Jefferson believed that a trans-Appalachian road was necessary for unifying the young...Find Us on Facebook
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