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SUMMARY:History Conversations REWIND: "The Great Road": Route 355 from Georgetown to Frederick
DESCRIPTION:This year-long series on “Paths to the Present” explores the development of the Rockville Pike\, also known as Route 355 and nicknamed “The Great Road.” It is the most heavily-traveled road in the county and a centuries-old landmark\, originally a footpath used by the native people. The sites along the Pike from Georgetown to Frederick reveal the extremes of urban\, suburban and rural landscapes existing in multiple stages of transformation. Originally aired in 2006 as part of the “Paths to the Present” cable series Available April 29 – May 5.  
URL:https://montgomeryhistory.org/event/history-conversations-rewind-the-great-road-route-355-from-georgetown-to-frederick/
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SUMMARY:History Conversations REWIND: Montgomery County Agriculture: From Tobacco to Today
DESCRIPTION:with Tom Farquhar |  The rich soil of Montgomery County has supported a wide variety of agricultural enterprises\, ranging from millennia of crop cultivation by indigenous communities\, to tobacco plantations of the first colonial settlers of European descent\, progressing to market farming serving growing populations in Baltimore and Washington\, D.C. Today the agriculture of Montgomery County has diversified to include commodity grain production\, landscaping\, and horse-riding operations\, as well as a small but growing table-food and pick-your-own sector. The Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve\, a land-planning treasure\, grants the assurance that farming will remain part of the story of the county forever. Originally aired at the January 2023 Montgomery County History Conference.  Available May 6 – 12.  
URL:https://montgomeryhistory.org/event/history-conversations-rewind-montgomery-county-agriculture-from-tobacco-to-today/
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SUMMARY:History Conversations: Differing Historical Perspectives on Slavery in Maryland and the District of Columbia
DESCRIPTION:with Jim Johnston | Tuesday\, May 14 at 2:00 p.m. |  The word “slavery” brings up a mental image of the “peculiar institution” as it existed in the Deep South right before the Civil War. Slavery in the Washington area was different. It began the same – in the late 1600s\, Ninian Beall’s tobacco plantation occupied the land where the White House is today – but it soon changed. After tobacco wore out the land\, slavery made less sense\, and it was hard to enforce with an increasingly diverse capital of the United States. By the time of the Civil War\, Washington\, D.C. still had slaves\, but they lived among a population of free African Americans. Author Jim Johnston will discuss the differing perspectives on slavery that emerge from his two books\, The Recollections of Margaret Loughborough\, about a daughter of the Old Dominion of Virginia\, and From Slave Ship to Harvard\, which follows six generations of an African American family in Maryland.  
URL:https://montgomeryhistory.org/event/history-conversations-differing-historical-perspectives-on-slavery-in-maryland-and-the-district-of-columbia/
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SUMMARY:History Conversations REWIND: From Corn to Commuters: How the railroad changed the way of life & the future of Montgomery County
DESCRIPTION:with Susan Soderburg and Eileen McGuckian | The opening of the Metropolitan Branch of the B&O Railroad in 1873 was a pivotal event that changed the face of Montgomery County forever. Featured in this presentation are the railroad stations designed by Francis Baldwin\, and extraordinary feats of engineering such as the curving trestle over Little Seneca Creek and the Bollman Truss viaduct over the Monocacy River. New suburban and agricultural towns spawned by the new railroad catapulted the county into the Industrial Age. This talk is based on Susan’s book The Met: A History of the Metropolitan Branch of the B&O Railroad\, published in 1998 for the 125th anniversary of the rail line\, and updated in 2016 by the Germantown Historical Society. Originally aired May 2023.  Available May 20 – May 26.  
URL:https://montgomeryhistory.org/event/history-conversations-rewind-from-corn-to-commuters-how-the-railroad-changed-the-way-of-life-the-future-of-montgomery-county/
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