Most recent list of obits for Person and Granville Counties.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Serial Set Volumes from the 69th Congress Recently Published on Law.gov
The Law Library of Congress and the Government Publishing Office continue to collaborate on the digitization of the United States Congressional Serial Set. The Digital Resources Division is excited to share an update on the project.
This fall, the volumes of the Serial Set from the 69th Congress will be publicly accessible through both the Law Library’s digital collections and GovInfo. Out of the 15,580 volumes and approximately 12 million pages in the Serial Set, 287 volumes will be available this fall.
Saturday, October 2, 2021
Update on Frederick Estate Docket Indexes
I found Jim Davis who is going to help me with formatting the books for publication.
Currently, I'm working on final proofing before submitting the ideas to Heritage Books.
All 3 volumes will be about 700 pages.
Saturday, July 10, 2021
Index of People not named Boger in the Boger Descendants genealogy created by Homer Poorbaugh Boger. The original indexed only the Boger names.
Below are the indexed couples from the manuscript that do not have the Boger name.
In most cases, a man's name is given and most often the woman's maiden name. In some cases, only the page from the manuscript is given. I created the list in the 1990s from a copy I had of Homer Poorbaugh Boger's descendants list.
Male female page
Adams, Teddy Herrel, Minnie 42
Allender, Joseph Reay, Elizabeth 44
Allender, Joseph S Reay, Rosealie 45
Ancona, Daniel Mintenbaugh, Rose 12
Anderson, Earl Watson, Margaret 78
Ankeny, Josiah Stufft, Mary 14
Ankeny, Josiah ? 14 A
Arbaugh, John Brown, Anna 44
Arbogast, Arlie Adis 55
Armstrong, Grant Turner, Lillian 74
Arnold, Julius Auvil, Arizona 43
Ash, Benjamin Hostetler, Mary 53
Ash, Lewis Cooper, Berga 50
Ault, Clark Sherilla 54
Austin, Julius Powell, Maria 73
Bailey, Daniel Boon Richards, Minnie A 77
Baird, Glenn Agnes 55
Baker, Norman E Poleman, Minnie Ellen 68
Baker, William Rishel 80
Ball, James Lehman, Emma Grace 69
Barber, Frank Rose 78
Barnes, Benjamin Burdette, Leilia 51
Barnes, Fleming Guthrie, Alcinda 33
Barnes, Fleming Guthrie, Alcinda 66
Barnes, Fleming C Foreman, Jessie B 66, 84
Barnes, John Cook, Nancy Ann 84
Barnes, Quinter Cole, Laura 84
Barkman, George Tospan, Stella 11
Bates, John Miller, Leona 76
Beeghly, Ananias Gnagey, Cora 10
Beeghly, Jeremiah Harden, Anna Mary 55
Bender, John Rhoads, Annie 17
Bentz, Joseph Beem, Mary 10
Berkeley, Samuel Brant, Emma 9
Blough, Peter Faith, Christina 40
Bonheimer, Lewis Felton, Katherine 49
Bouthwell, Frank Smith, Ellie Mae 50
Bowers, George C Chisholm, Josephine 67
Bowman, Chauncey Walker, Susan 15
Bowman, John J Beeghly, Elizabeth 50
Bowman, John J Beeghley, Elizabeth 66
Bowman, Thaddeus Ellen 54
Boyer, Josiah Lydia 22
Boyer, Lafayette Hess, Louise 46
Boyles, John Spring, Mary 70, 70, 77
Bowman, Eli Lohr, Mary 14
Brant, A H 19
Brant, Francis Q Rhodes, Cora 13
Brant, Henry Sevits, Susan 16
Brant, Jessie Haugh, Hannah 16
Brant, John J Doll, Mary 19
Brant, Josiah Hersh, Louise 17
Brant, Roy S Knox, Gladys 9
Brant, Urias Coleman, Emma 27
Brewer, Samuel Thomas, Margaret 68
Broadwater, Wm Hoselrode, Ida 13
Brubaker, Michal Clark, Mary Jeane 41
Burd, Charles Start, Lizzie 48
Burdick, Mason Oliver, Annie 78
Burns, Irvin Wise, Susan 77
Burton, James Welch, Neta 82
Calvert, Truman Zimmerman, Florence 14
Carpenter, John Hurvey, Lucella 77
Carper, Jacob B Stecker, Amelia 45
Carr, Charles F Smith, Ellen 14 A
Cashman, Amos Deardorf, Lydia 46
Cassel, Peter Hagy, Elizabeth 41
Cassidy, James 17
Casteel, Archibald Friend, Sarah 51
Chavis, Willis Ester, Lee 88
Cober, Elias Laub, Mary 16
Cober, Israel J Eliza 18
Coburn, Benjamin Thompson, Mary 51
Coffman, Virgil Sharpe, Ruth 57
Colflesh, Milton Annie 73
Colkitt, Clarence Couser Sara 27
Collins, Clark Shallenbarger, Alice 49
Collins, George Nedrow, Harriet 51
Comp, Levi McMannis, Emily 67
Craft, Wm Lewis, Hannah 51
Cramer, William Parks, Dorothy 9
Crowford, Thomas Horm, Lucinda 26
Custer, Wm Coleman, Julia Lucille 10
Davis, Elmer Secrist, Martha 53
Davis, Isaac Hollis, Cora 68
Deal, Jacob Engle, Susanna 22
Degory, Angelo Maguire, Mona 41
Deberry, Archibald Hazlett, Mary 34
Deberry, Calvin Frankhouser, Carole Lena J 51
Deberry, Charles Lamberth, Cora 89
Dennis, David Strawser, Katie 50
Dennis, Noah Frazee, Mary 51
Dern, Abraham Redick, Anna 44
Dewitt, Abel F Carrie 45
Dickey, Nicholas Coleman, Catherine 25
Dickey, Wm Suder, Alice 17
Ditmore, Josiah Malinda Jayne 83
Drobnich, Andrew Agnes 13
Duffin, William Zimmerman, Mary 89
Duncan, Samuel E Cleary, Mary E 89
Egolf, Chester Mowry, Grace Irene 14 A
Eisenhour, Ira Boose, Minerva 75
Eisler, Conrad Bittner, Minnie 14 A
Elsey, Hosea Normanda 71
Engle, Wm Yutzy, Maggie 14
Faidley, Robert Snyder, Madelyn 11
Falkner, John Wolfe, Lydia 86
Farringer, Dean Brightbill, Julia 57
Faucet, Daniel Christner, Elizabeth 88
Fike, John Jr. 46
Fike, Moses Roudolph, Sophie 55, 59
Fike, Samuel M Snyder, Rachel 44
Fike, Samuel M Spencer, Mary Ann 52
Filson, Roy 78
Fischer, Alfred Husselbee, Veronica 42
Fleming, Kenneth Nuzum, Merele 71
Foley, Homer Manks, Dora Belle 82
Folk, Frederick Bittner, Lois 11
Ford, Walter Larimer, Lillian 28
Forrest, James Heshon, Mary 27
Fox, Kenneth Snyder, Melda 11
Francis, Burt Harriet 57
Frankhouser, Henry Guthrie, Louisa 87
Frankhouser, Jacob Deberry, Elizabeth 50
Frankhouser, John Cupp, Amanda 88
Frazee, Ralph Guthrie, Grace 52
Frazier, Edward Boyer, Mary 11
Friedline, Clarence Kimmel, Rebecca 14 B
Friend, John W Fry, Rachel 69
Friend, Marshall Boyer, Ella 52
Friend, Marshall Boyer, Barbara Ellen 81
Fritz, Alvin E Hoffman, Carrie 14 A
Frush, Alec 43
Gauntz, Levi Hockman, Carolina 60
Gentry, John Tyler, Lula 42
Glass, Robert Friend, Olive 68
Glotfelty, Jonas Frazee, Mary 53
Glotfelty, Samuel Fraznabaker, Ida 54
Glover, John Marsh Fearer, Margaret 50
Gnagey, Jonas Swanger, Lizzie 46
Gnagey, Milton Horner Mary 55
Grable, James G Porter, Mabel 81
Gray, Joseph Collett, Clara 70
Grim, Paul Shahan, Mariah 71
Grimm, George N Metheny, Lucy B 82
Grimes, James F Sterbutzel, Nora 81
Grosse, Daniel Jones, Clara 75
Guthrie, Christian Smith, Almyria 40
Guthrie, George Thomas, Lula 39
Guthrie, James Shelps, Mary 33, 83
Guthrie, Joseph Kelley, Hannah 84
Haager, Clifford Houpt, Margaret 78
Hahn, James Martz, Ida 27
Hall, Robert Lee Beaver, Elizabeth 73
Hankinson, D A Callalian, Grace 12
Hanline, Virgil Curry, Mary Thelma 56
Harden, Ira E Regester, Rena 80
Harshbarger, Charles Thomas, Minnie 88
Harshbarger, David K Guthrie, Elizabeth 86
Harshbarger, Joseph Guthrie, Hattie 88
Harshbarger, Virginia Alice 39
Hart, Lander Leath, Rebecca 77
Hey, Henry Cober, Lydia 17
Hey, Nevin Engle, Edith 15
Heffley, George Poorbaugh, Juliann 14 B
Heffley, Herman Tipton, Mary 11
Hein, Herman Buennike, Alvina 48
Heiser, Fred Schmid, Augusta 47
Helfin, Guy Sherman, Rosa 42
Henline, Oscar Hartsel, Bessie 44
Herr, Leander Ruff, Irene 79
Herring, Henry A Hall, Juliania Ann 42
Hileman, Freeman, Ryan, Mollie 86
Hinebaugh, Ami Welch, Phebe 53
Hinebaugh, Earl Wilfong, Minnie 67
Hinebaugh, Wilbur Friend, Leone 53
Hoffman, Henry J Moore, Sarah 14
Holbart, Elza Porter, Elizabeth 70
Holt, Arthur Levinicz, Mary 11
Hooe, Daniel Mount, Minnie 42
Hormell, Clayton Kuhn, Kathryn 19
Horner, Jonathan 19
Hovatter, Henry Jenkins, Margery 71
Huges, John Hiney, Ester 27
Jaehn, Albert Biske, Florence 74
Jenkins, Perry Rude, Goldie 52
Johnson, Isaiah Schrock, Catharine 48
Johnson, Silas Sweitzer, Rose Ellen 68
Johnson, Wm Jefferys, Ida 45
Jones, Jole W Dickey, Lucy 73
Kasmick, Larry Shaffer, Donna 11 A
Kehler, Cary Robertson, Ethel 78
Keiter, Jack Crum, Ellen 26
Kelley, Wm Gans, Dorothy 52
Kelly, Dorsey House, Mary 54
Kidweller, Harwood Morrison, Charlott 12
Killen, Harry Voss, Jeanette 10
Kimmel, Samuel Myers, Barbara Etta 40
Kimmel, Ottie Williams, Flossie 71
Kirby, William 70
Kitzmiller, Wayman Lewis, Cira 68
Klotz, Simon Susie 54
Knepper, Alvin Meyers, Susan 11 A
Knox, Harry Ruby, Dolly 79
Koontz, Peter chumucker, Elizabeth 41
Kopp, Benjamin Gebhart, Ethel 58
Krietzburg, Adam Hersh, Polly 27
Lance, Rodney Helmick, Etta 43
Larimer, Robert W Pence, Bessie 58
Lee, Frederick Irons, Sarah 51
Leer, Ira Cripe, Amanda 76
Leonard, John B Sharp, Queen 80
Liller, Garreh Waldo Stemple, Gladys 56
Lininger, Lewis 46
Lint, William Smith, Annie 14
Lohr, Cyrus Miller, Mary E 41
Lose, Porter Saylor, Marie 51
Loudermilk, Jefferson Myers, Hanna 53
Loudermilk, Walter Stuck, Rebecca 53
Lucus, John Kudsmeck 11 A
Lusczek, Joseph Terz, Helen 11 A
Lynn, James Oaks, Lina 76
Lyttle, Homer Hyatt, Faye 73
Magna, Peter Aveurl, Mary Camelia 52
Malco, Frank Beard, Mollie 74
Martin, Frank Hoover, Josephine 52
Martin, Howard Garber, Martha 80
Maust, Freeman Ditmore, Effie 86
May, Norman Minna, Ella 14
Mazer, Wm Howard Suder, Elizabeth 29
McDevitt, Frank Growcock, Milly 76
McElfresh, Theodore Miller, Mary 73
McElfresh, Thomas T Miller, Mary 71
McIver, Walter Newman, Beulah 29
McKibben, James Koonrade, Eunice 78
Mcklveen, Thomas Mathews, Ida 20
McWilliams, Albert Hardesty, Bessie 43
Menser, Ray 9
Merrill, Charles Todt, Elizabeth 12
Merrill, Howard Lehman, Bernadine 12
Meyers, William Combest, Mary Ellen 81
Michaels, Isaac 79
Miller, Clark 14 b
Miller, John Peck, Maggie 47
Miller, Norman Walker, Clara Ella 47
Miller, Wm F Newcomer, Nancy 77
Miller, W M Engle, Carol 11 A
Mionske, Charles R Fehlman, Carolyn 57
Mosher, Orson Vesta, Katherine 47
Mosser, Daniel Fredrick, Elizabeth 62
Mosser, Henry Fike, Phobe 43
Moyers, Amos J Harshbarger, Maggie 87
Moyers, Luchian Umbel, Tina 52
Mumford, Richard Young, Margaret 28
Murphy, Cain Susie 50
Myers, Claude Smith, Gretchen 41
Myers, Lloyd Lantz, Elizabeth 45
Nelson, John Curtis, Margaret 41
Nethken, Arthur Willett, Lizzie 44
Nicholson, Harry Ashby, Edna 82
Nicola, Jacob Willet, Katherine 49
Nicola, Jacob B Guthrie, Susanna 86
Nigette, James Horeath, Ruby 46
Nine, Wm Holbert, Melissa 43
O'Brian, James Buckle, Annie 54
Oklitz, Carl B Shultz, Emma 78
Omstead, Charles Kroner, Katheryn E 11
Opel, Frank Austin, Alta 41
Opal, Peter Brenneman, Mary 54
Otto, Farris P, Florence 53
Otto, Raymond Burckholder, Ida Pearl 69
Pascab, John Forsbeck, Mary Ann 67
Paugh, James Enlon, Isabelle 81
Peck, Henry Beeghley, Eva 80
Peckham, Richard 14
Phelps, Walter W Haynes, Catherine 77
Philson, Wm Franklin Brubaker, Minnie M 12
Piper, Peter 24
Platt, George Ross, Marian 41
Poorbaugh, Jacob Wagaman, Harriet 26
Pray, Lewis Dillon Parsons, Dora Kathryn 48
Pritts, Jacob Etchison, Catharine 17
Pyle, Samuel Catherine 14 A
Racus, Lewis Minifed Mae 46
Rankin, Charles F Sivits, Margaret 11 A
Redmond, John Pegram, Ann 20
Reighard, Ralp Mary Ada 41
Reitz, David Umberger, Clara 19
Rhinesmith, Samuel Bauman, Susanna 76
Rhoads, Wm F Stufft, Annie 14 A
Riley, Charles Bertha 53
Riley, Henry VanSickle, Alice 53
Riley, James Bowser, Adeline 54
Ringer, Marshall Livengood, Belle 50
Rink, Jacob Childester, Sarah 75
Roberts, Wiliard Burgess, Marian 42
Roby, Ray Jean 20
Rodeheaver, Samuel Cross, Elvira 81
Ross, Charles W Swarner, Helen 11
Ross, Hilton Khuns, Liza 20
Rowan, John Paugh, Amy 54
Rowe, Morley Long, Amanda 75
Sailor, Rubin Flanagan, Cecilia 76
Samuel, Newman Bright, Eloise 40
Sanner, Wesley Fike, Ethel 73
Satterfield, Columbus F Mundel, Bessie 71
Savage, James Farmer, Martha 46
Schisler, Frank Geis, Francis 19
Schrock, George Musser, Susan 16
Schrock, Melvin Hostetler, Cora 77
Schultz, Lloyd Adams, Clara 75
Seat, Rev 79
Seese, John Umbel, Mary Ann 65
Sevits, Abraham Bittner, Catherine 17
Sevits, William Miller, Barbara 16
Shaffer, David C Bucklew, Mary 41
Shaffer, David Wilson, Carrie 44
Shaffer, Hoyt Tucker, Iva 43
Shanabarger, Christian Jennings, Mary Magdalene 74
Shea, John Sr. Zest, Mildred 89
Sherbet, Frank Myra 45
Shillingburg, Hugh Humphrey, Margaret 43
Shillingburg, Norman Riley, Jennie May 82
Shockey, Henry Landis, Lulu Belle 28
Shockey, Henry White, Mahalia 82
Shumaker, Robert Baker, Martha Jane 29
Siemer, Theodore Miller, Madelin 15
Sivits, Ed Lowery, Doris 11
Smith, Aaron Roberts, Permelia 34
Smith, Fiuntain Walter Jr. Hazen, Ada Lillie Lily 42
Smith, George Wolfe, Virginia 73
Smith, Isaac Severe, Mary Jayne 45
Smith, Isaac Wise, Margaret 74
Smith, Jasper Gillan, Clara 73
Smith, Thomas Harland, Florence 74
Snyder, Fred Griesemer, Mildred 15
Spiker John P Beeghly, Katherine 33
Spiker , Jonas Nicola, Mary E 88
Spiker , O Clark Guthrie, Laura 86
Stafford, Wm Norris, Amanda 48
Stahlull, George D Nair, Bertha Elizabeth 69
Stern, Roy E Fike, Ethel 57
Stewart, Edmund McIntyre, Lela 49
Stewart, Robert 14 B
Stewart, Samuel Hinebaugh, Hazel 79
Steyer, John G Brown, Clarisa Buckner 81
Strayer, Andrew Shaffer, Sarah Catharine 26
Stultz, George Phillips, Mary 74
Summers, George Stern, Lana 70
Summers, Lovell Shaffer, Lena 86, 88
Swanson, Edward Heselbeck, Ida 69
Swartzlander, William Kilinger, Margarite 76
Swearman, George Tressler, Zurie 28
Sweitzer, Edward T Sweitzer, Anna Florence 67
Swihart, Ira Orpha 57
Tackett, George Johnson, Mabel 44
Tasker, Osborn Sweitzer, Malinda 67
Teets, Awl Glotfelty, Marian 54
Teets, Lester Savage, Katie 53
Thomas, Andrew Boger, Barbara 83
Thomas, Abraham Moyars, Nancy 50
Thomas, Charles Glover, Laura 51
Thomas, Clarence Pauline 53
Thomas, Henry Fike, Rebecca 67, 89
Thomas, Jacob Fike, Catharine 50
Thomas, Jacob M Fike, Mary 63
Thomas, John Marshall Teets, Mary Ellen 86
Thomas, Wm Guthrie, Barbara 39
Thorpe, Richard Huffman, Peggy 26
Thorpe, Thomas Welder, Theresa Reil 46
Truax, Herbert Maguire, Edith 92
Uphold, Eliga Deberry, Lucretia Beatrice 69
Vanwald, George Elizabeth 76
Volker, John Elizabeth 89
Volp, John Hoffman, Mary 51
Wagoman, Charles Sargent, Minnie 78
Walker, Bert Groff, Margaret 13
Walker, Clyde Stahl, Blanche 10
Walker, Floyd 79
Walker, Frank Schrock, Emma 18
Walker, Frederick P Foust, Eva 21
Walker, George Coleman, Catharine 14, 21
Walker, Norman Stahl, Annie 15
Ward, Frank Sheboyer, Ernestine 22
Warrick, George Sproul, Hallie 20
Waters, William Yoder, Katherine 76
Weaver, Elmore Proudfoot, Minnie 71
Webster, Daniel Donovan, Mary Hines 79
Wechtenheiser, Chauncey Ross, Sarah 9
Weller, Charles Ople, Barbara E 11
Wensing, John C Danley, Lillian 80
Werstler, Harry Mabel 54
White, George A Harvey, Emily Grace 82
Whitehair, Joshua Thorner, Phoebe 65
Williams Elizabeth 70
Wilson, Harry Saylor, Mona 11 a
Wilson, Henry Ekis, Hester 49
Wilson, Johnson Nicola, Catherine 63
Wilson, Victor A Ditmore, Ida P 85
Weiner, Julius Dillinger, Catherine 79
Wolfe, John Rosenberger, Lydia 65
WotrIng, Wesley Harvey, Ada 43
Wyatt, Thomas Parsons, Hypatia 79
Yagel, Cyril Smith, Elva Blanche 75
Yoder, Jacob E Hartzler, Libbie 76
Zearley, Jacob Lewis, Emma 48
Ziegler, Dallas Catton, Mottie 75
Zirkle, Allen Rosenberger, Anna 53
Zugrovich, George Peopy, Mary 11 A
Zvonik, John Sullivan, Evelyn 11 A
Monday, May 24, 2021
From the Helen files; Detour, Carroll Co, MD
Typed from original in possession of Miss Nancy Lee DeBerry
Detour, Maryland 21725
by Miss Hettye A. Hahn, 224 Dill Avenue, Frederick, Maryland 21701
10 August 1967
DETOUR
BY
Nancy Lee DeBerry
DETOUR
LOCATION
The tract of land known as Detour is located at approximately 77°15' West longitude and 39°35' North latitude.
The town is at the western tip of Carroll County, Maryland, in a triangular cove of land * mile on each of the three
sides, Detour is bordered on one side by the Western Maryland Railway and on the other two sides by creeks. Big Pipe Creek comes in from the southeast. Little Pipe Creek comes in from the southwest, and the two creeks merge a few hundred yards south of the village.
Detour is located beside the Frederick County line and the neighboring towns of Taneytown, Union Bridge, Thurmont and Frederick.
The elevation of the area is about 400 feet, and the land rises about 100 feet on all sides of the town. On the south for several hundred yards is a perpendicular rock ledge 100 feet high. The other elevations of the tract of land are tillable. The surrounding land is a dark red land, very productive, and mostly rolling to level land.
HISTORY
Settlement of the tract of land upon which Detour arose began in the late 1700's when Indian tribes still occupied the creek banks. The earliest form of business known was the bartering of settlers' axes, hoes, and blankets for furs and fish. With the coming of the settlers, the Indians moved downstream. The actual beginning of the land as a town seems to have come into existence in 1794 when Joshua Delaplane purchased a tract of land containing 600 acres surrounding the town's location. A large dam was built across Double Pipe Creek about 200 yards below the mouths of the two Pipe Creeks and a stone grist mill was erected. With this mill and a woolen mill, the town's business turned to milling. The Western Maryland Railway was built to Double Pipe Creek in 1868. The building of the railroad and a large warehouse brought a larger amount of business to the town, and from that time on the town became a business center. With the burning of the grist mill in 1883 and the loss of the dam, the history of Detour's waterpower ends, for the town turned to other industries.
It was during these years that Elder Daniel P. Sayler came to Detour. A bishop of the Monocacy congregation of the Church of the Brethren at near-by Rocky Ridge, he soon became a leading citizen of the town. He was strongly opposed to slavery and did much to have slaves emancipated. As a good friend of Abraham Lincoln, Sayler made many trips to Washington to consult with Lincoln in reference to slavery and to having his churchmembers exempted from the draft during the Civil War. During his years with the town, Elder Sayler had the town laid out into building lots and a plat made.
In 1872 an iron bridge was built across the creek and stood until March 12, 1920, when it slid into the creek. High water and heavy ice knocked out part of the middle pier and caused the bridge to buckle. The three-span concrete-arch bridge which was then built still stands today.
Fire destroyed the remaining mill in 1883, and now the town's industry became keyed to dairying and farming. The warehouse was rented to a millionaire business firm from Philadelphia, which built up a large trade in grain, feed, Hay, coal, lumber, fertilizer, and machinery. But in 189', and again in 1898, fire burned the warehouse; therefore, a grain elevator warehouse was erected.
Other industries of the town at this time included wheelwright and wagon maker's shop, saddlery and harness maker's shop, blacksmith, repair and cabinet maker's shop, and a huckstering arid produce business.
The earliest reference of a post office in the town is 1864, when it was located in a store room. Since that time a post office has existed in Detour.
In 1905 the Western Maryland Railway made it known to the town that the name Double Pipe Creek was too long to carry on its forms and requested that the name be changed to a shorter one, or else it would change the name of the station to something of its own choosing. The town's people assembled to select a name, and instead of choosing the name of an old regional family, they did something completely different and decided to call their town Detour. Two stories are connected with this name. One has it that the name was proposed by Dr. Charles Diller, who pointed out that both the creek and the railroad detoured around high places nearby. The name is also attributed to Bishop Sayler who had traveled extensively on the old roads of the Middle West, where the detour sign was a familiar sight. At any rate, the new name of Detour was given to the town.
During these years new businesses began to emerge. The undertaking business, a hotel, saloon, livery stable, garage, grocery store, tin shop, and barber shop brought new business to the town. A brick industry also existed, and in 1904 a brick schoolhouse was erected.
In March, 1919, a state bank was organized and later re-organized in 1932.
Fairfield Farms Dairy erected a large three story milk plant in 1924, giving employment to many in the surrounding area and bringing Detour's commerce to encompass a larger area, In the middle 1950's the dairy consolidated with another and left Detour; thus, Detour was again without any of its own large employment facilities.
In addition to floods, Detour's history also tells of a scarlet fever epidemic in 1872 and numerous fires which have destroyed many of the town's business establishments. On October 24, 1894, one of the worst fires in its history hit the town; two houses, two stores, and a blacksmith's shop were destroyed.
The history of Detour shows many industries that have emerged, run their cycle, and died out, thus being replaced by new ones. A cycle of fires and floods also appears in the town's history.
CLIMATE
Detour has a humid, temperate, continental climate. Summers are short and rather warm, and winters are rigorous but not severe. The average annual temperature is about 58°F. The average low for January is about 25 and the high 42 degrees. In July the average low is approximately 64 and the high 87 degrees.
Winters are usually open and fairly mild with occasional short, cold periods. Some snow does fall, but usually does
not last long. Summer is fairly short with moderate temperatures. Occasionally maximum temperatures in the 90's and low 100's occur for several days. During this time the humidity is high in the afternoon and evening.
The average frost-free growing season is 175-180 days. Predipitation (rain and snow) averages about 43 inches annually, and is evenly distributed throughout the year; thus? extended droughts are not common. Most rains in winter, spring, and fall are slow and steady; whereas, thunder showers and heavy rains usually occur in August.
The town's vulnerability to floods is demonstrated by past history. Three severe floods have occurred with many, many lesser floods. In the late 1830's the town was under water up to where the railroad is built. During the Johnstown Flood of May 31 and June 1, 1889, water was up to the counters in the stores and halfway to the ceilings in some homes. On August 23, 1933, the cement bridge was entirely submerged and the water level was twelve inches higher than it had been in 1889. This flash flood also was almost to the first-floor ceiling in the houses. During the nineteen years that I have resided in Detour, I have witnessed many floods, in fact, usually one or two each summer. Most of the floods occur in August and are usually flash floods. Thus it can be demonstrated that there is a tendency for Detour to experience flash floods and rainy seasons in August.
PROBLEMS OF EROSION
Erosion is a problem right along the creek where the water floods over the land. During the past fifteen years the bank along the creek has washed away considerably. when flooding occurs, the area .Along the road and creek is under water, and such good soil is lost, thus resulting in mud. Water erosion in connection with the other land of Detour is slight. Wind erosion in the town is also no major problem, for being down in a hollow, the wind is not as prevalent in the town as it is in the surrounding higher areas. During the flooding some good silt is also left along the area around the creek,
especially in the large meadow to the south of the town.
GROUND WATER
The area of Detour is well supplied with ground water, for every home has its own well. Only about once or twice in the last fifteen years has a well gone dry. The water table is relatively high, for few of the wells are very deep. The water table averages about three to six feet.
SOIL
Detour lies in the Piedmont Plateau and in the triassic upland section of Carroll County. The soils of the area are developed from red shale and sandstone and are known as the "redlands". The town is actually the flood plain of Double Pipe Creek, and some of the soil along the creek banks has been deposited by the creeks. The bottomland soil of Detour is the Bermudian-Rowland-Bormansville series.
The basic soil type found in Detour is the Bermudian series soil. These soils are deep, well-drained soils. The area is very well drained by Double Pipe Creek and the Monocacy River. The soil consists of some silt washed in by the frequent
flooding. The soil is moderately fertile, easy to manage, and can be very highly productive.
The surface soil in this series is from 0 to five inches reddish brown silt loam, medium crumb structure, hard when dry, friable when moist, plastic and stickey when wet, roots abundant, many pores, and medium acid content.
The subsoil is from six to 27 inches - reddish brown, heavy silt loam to silty clay loam, weak and fine crumb structure, hard when dry, friable to firm when moist and sticky when wet, few roots, abundant fine pores, and medium acid content.
The soil is 28+ inches in yellowish red silty clay loam that had a weak crumb to granular structure. The soil is very hard when dry, firm when moist, and sticky when wet. It contains practically no roots and has a few fine and medium pores; the soil is strongly acid.
The soil of Detour has a great moisture supplying capacity, and it is easily penetrated by roots and is fairly fertile.
The soils are well suited to most common crops and to pasture. Of the crops that are grown, corn and hay are the principal crops.
Small patches of Bowmansville and Howland soils are found, but basically the soils of Detour are Bermudian with some narrow strips of water-carried silt.
COMMUNICATIONS AND ROADS
Detour is in contact with its surrounding areas both by its roads and by its methods of communication. In 1923 a three-phase electric power line was erected, bringing to the town its modern conveniences of electricity. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company also serves the area. Three different roads lead into the town.
Very seldom does the town get snowbound, but with the floods in the summer, transportation does become a problem. By lying in a hollow, Detour is frequently flooded with only one road open. The road along the creek becomes entirely flooded, and the road leading over the railroad and to Keymar is unable to be used, for the creek and bridge on this road also become flooded. The only way to gain access to the town during a flood is by route 77 over the bridge. Thus, the town can and does get "water bound".
POPULATION AND FUTURE POTENTIAL
One of the best ways to elaborate on Detour's population and future potential is to compare the town as itvas in 1935 with the town as it is now in 1965.
In 1935 the town consisted of 24 homes, three stores, a post office, a grain elevator and coal yard, a bank, a garage, a blacksmith shop, a church, and a closed school. Most of the town's populous worked in Detour, for industry was present in Detour in 1935 with the dairy.
In 1965, the town includes 19 houses, of which four are two-family houses, a former church and schoolhouse which have been converted into homes, a post office, a feed mill (Key Grain and Feed Co.), a furniture store, a general store, two garages, a bank, and a used car-junk dealer.
Today there is no industry in the town; thus, people must work in surrounding areas. Out of a present population of approximately 75 persons, sixteen persons work in factories in surrounding communities, four work in offices in the near vicinity, and six work in the businesses of the town.
The persons working in the town's stores, bank and one garage live outside the town and come into Detour to work. Thus, the town does offer a few jobs.
1935's population of 100 as compared to 1965's population of 75 indicates the fact that Detour is slowly declining. In considering the present year's population I did not consider three homes which lie just beyond the railroad and the creek. Even this added population of seven would still make the population less than it was thirty years ago. Several factors can possibly account for this fact; many of the homes house elderly people who reside alone; the children are growing and moving away; with no industry and no job opportunities in the town, inhabitants are forced to seek work elsewhere, and as a result many have moved to new job locations.
The town can never physically expand any more than it is now for it is hemmed in on all sides by the railroad and the creek. The uplift of the land bordering the town also acts as a barrier, and no new homes can be built in the town.
Detour cannot be classified a rural area, for no farming is done by residents of the town. One family has a very small farm, but only have a few cattle. A few families do raise their own livestock, but just for personal consumption. But Detour cannot be classified as an urban area either. It is true that most of its labor population works in other areas, but the town is hardly a thriving metropolitan area.
Another factor possibly affecting Detour's potential growth is the factor that it is an unincorporated town. The nearest form of government is the Detour Improvement Club which sponsors a street lighting program.
With no potential expansion possible the area is dependent upon the surrounding area. Detour's citizens depend on the neighboring vicinity for jobs and recreation. The town itself offers no recreational facilities. The people of Detour depend on outside areas for marketing and shopping purposes. So, for economic, social, and religious reasons, the people of Detour are dependent upon other areas.
Being a little town hemmed in by water, railroad and hills, Detour cannot move forward. In fact, when looking back on the last thirty years the town appears to be receding somewhat. Its main industry - the dairy - closed; and a decline in population has added to Detour's recession.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Agriculture Carroll County, Md. Carroll County Planning and Zoning Commission, November, 1961.
Personal contact with Mr. Raymond C. DeBerry, resident of Detour, Maryland.
Personal contact with Mr. Bill Boothe, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Westminster, Maryland
Soil Survey Frederick County Maryland. Washington, D. C.: Department of Agriculture, U. S. Gov't. Printing Office, September, 1960.
Sunday Sun Magazine, January 14, 1962.
U. S. Bureau of the Census, U. S. Census of Agriculture, 1959, Maryland.
Weybright, Jesse P. A History of Detour Carroll County, Maryland, Formerly Double Pipe Creek, 1915,
NOTE:
The town has assets:
1. Water in good supply
2. Transportation
3. Prosimity [sic] to markets.
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