Hoof and Mouth Disease Hits Local Farm In the fall of 1908, the State of Maryland started killing cattle in Frederick and Carroll counties in an effort to protect residents from falling ill. Hoof and mouth disease first appeared on H. M. Kneller’s farm in Lineboro, where it was reported that his entire herd was…

Ira H. Buhrman “Lost at Sea” by Richard D. L. Fulton Ira Harrison Buhrman was born on November 10, 1887, in Foxville (Frederick County), to parents Harvey Meade Buhrman, a farmer, and Theresa Need Buhrman. Buhrman had eight brothers and sisters (two apparently having died at birth). Buhrman resided in Foxville until his death and…

by James Rada, Jr. Early in the morning of June 2, 1914, a fire started in the engine room of the Monocacy Valley Creamery in Creagerstown. No reason was given as to just what happened, but the fire was soon out of control. “The flames quickly communicated from one building to the other and made…

Frederick County’s Golden Immigrants by James Rada, Jr. Note: This is part three of a series about goldfish farming in Frederick County. In the early 1900s, goldfish farming produced a major cash crop in Frederick County. “By 1920, Frederick County was producing 80 percent of the goldfish in the United States, and they were being…

by James Rada, Jr. The Pandemic to End All Pandemics — Part 2 Few people saw Spanish Flu as a threat at first. Although more people than usual got sick in the spring of 1918, they recovered for the most part. That was the first wave. The second wave hit in the fall of 1918.…