Howard (MD) county

Howard County i Maryland i USA

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1690

The plantations of modern Howard County used slave labor as early as 1690. At the time of the Underground Railroad, some Howard County residents assisted slaves who were escaping to freedom. This was particularly risky, as many prominent plantation families were Confederate sympathizers during the Civil War, contributing militiamen to the South to protect local interests. Maryland was exempt from the Emancipation Proclamation, later abolishing slavery in the update of the Maryland Constitution in November 1864.

1838

Dr. William Watkins of Richland Manor proposed the ”Howard District” of Anne Arundel County.

1839

After several adjournments, the area of western Anne Arundel County was designated the Howard District.
The district had the same status as a county except that it was not separately represented in the Maryland General Assembly.

1841

the county built its first courthouse in Ellicott City.

1851-01

in the constitutional convention, Thomas Beale Dorsey submitted a petition led by James Sykes. A committee was formed with Dorsey, Bowie, Smith, Harbine and Ricaud. After several postponements, the district was erected officially as Howard County on March 7, 1851.

1883-05-01

1883 Howard County joined Anne Arundel County and Harford County in liquor prohibition.

1899

Howard County contained 400 miles (640 km) of dirt and 48 miles (77 km) of stone roads, including three paid turnpikes maintained by 118 men. Most traffic consisted of loads delivered to rail crossings.

1918

a deadly flu pandemic swept the county starting with an early outbreak in Camp Meade in adjacent Anne Arundel County.

1930s

saw a shift from one-room schoolhouses to centralized schools with bus service.

1939

wheat harvesting fell to just 18,800 acres (7,600 ha).