Boonsboro Reflections: Short Hill Cemetery
Many of Boonsboro’s buildings and landmarks of the Civil War era have vanished with the relentless pressure of time, weather and human action. For example, the community that arose around the Roxbury distillery is gone, but for a few walls of the old hotel that are...Boonsboro Reflections: The Wizard of Zittlestown
The exploration and colonization of the Americas occurred during the early modern period in history, a time when scientific understanding of the natural world was in its infancy. Settlers of the New World naturally brought family traditions and folklore with them as...Boonsboro Reflections: Colonel French’s Narrow Escape (and Lost Dessert)
Imagine the dramas that must have unfolded in buildings that have stood at 2 South Main Street since Boonsboro’s earliest days!!! The southwest corner of the town square was first occupied by Mrs. Short’s log store and was one of only 5 structures in Boonsboro...Boonsboro Reflections: Mayor Nyman Robbed
Certainly most soldiers of the Civil War were respectable men who served honorably. But rogues unavoidably crept into the ranks and preyed on their fellow soldiers and innocent civilians, causing suffering and chaos through their misdeeds. Local officials sometimes...Boonsboro Reflections: Boonsboro’s First Physicians
The early settlers of Boonsboro and the surrounding areas faced the risk of injury and disease without the benefit of modern medicine. Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur first established the germ theory of disease in 1870, 82 years after the founding of Boonsboro. And...Find Us on Facebook
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