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Paths to the Present
Paths to the Present: Montgomery County Stories was a cable television show produced by County Cable Montgomery and Montgomery History from 2000-2017. Produced by Emmy-winner Barbara Grunbaum and hosted by Gail Street, Paths to the Present explores the often overlooked history found right in our own backyards. The series of 86 shows covers a wide variety of topics highlighting this county’s robust history. Interviews, along with historical photographs and video help bring this rich past to life. Watch Paths to the Present and make some links with your past!
A majority of the episodes that were produced may be viewed on the Montgomery County Council’s YouTube Channels. Below is an index to episode content, with links active for those episodes available on YouTube.
SEASON 1 (2000)
Episode 1 Baseball in Montgomery County
Episode 2 Gold Mines / The Lost Town of Triadelphia
Episode 3 Carroll Chapel / National Park Seminary
Episode 4 Fred Swain at Swain’s Lock / C&O Canal
Episode 5 Washington Grove / Emory Grove Camp Meeting
Episode 6 White’s Ferry / Potomac River Crossing During the Civil War
Episode 7 Integration of the Montgomery County Public Schools
SEASON 2 (2001)
Episode 8 Silver Spring Shopping Center /19th Century General Stores / Poole’s Store
Episode 9 Moco Capital Beltway History / Rustic Roads
Episode 10 Quaker Influence in Sandy Spring
Episode 11 Immigration in Montgomery County
Episode 12 Washington Aqueduct
Episode 13 Founding of Montgomery County
Episode 14 Chester Leishear Dairy Farm / Pope Farm in Gaithersburg / Phillips Farm
SEASON 3 (2002)
Episode 15 Kensington Armory / Maryland National Guard
Episode 16 MCHS Quilt Collection
Episode 17 Waters House in Germantown / Early Architecture in Moco
Episode 18 Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery / Rockville Cemetery
Episode 19 Bethesda Farmwomen’s Market
Episode 20 History Camp at MCHS
Episode 21 Clarksburg, Maryland Before Development
Episode 22/23 On the Homefront in Montgomery County during WWII
SEASON 4 (2003)
Episode 24 Chestnut Lodge
Episode 25 Gaithersburg Fire Museum / MC Volunteer Fire Department History
Episode 26 J.E.B. Stuart’s “Visit” to Rockville
Episode 27 Glen Echo Park (Rewind show)
Episode 28 Hyattstown Mill: How it Operated / Mills in Montgomery County
Episode 29 4-H Clubs (Rewind show)
Episode 30 Cabin John Gardens / David Taylor Model Basin
SEASON 5 (2004)
Episode 31 Anna Maria Weems
Episode 32 19th Century Education
Episode 33 Montgomery County Parks Foundation Volunteer Awards
Episode 34 The Jewish Community in Montgomery County (Rewind show)
Episode 35 Olney Theatre
Episode 36 Ghost Stories
Episode 37 Woodlawn Manor Quaker Plantation
Episode 38 Sugarloaf Mountain
SEASON 6 (2005)
Episode 39 History of Strathmore Hall
Episode 40 Montgomery College History
Episode 41 Cold War Sites in Montgomery County / Atomic Energy Commission
Episode 42 Heritage Montgomery
Episode 43 Monocacy Aqueduct and Monocacy Cemetery
Episode 44 25th Anniversary of the Agricultural Reserve
Episode 45 Scotland AME Church and Scotland Community
SEASON 7 & 8 (2006-2007)
Episodes 46-53 “The Great Road”: Route 355 from Georgetown to Frederick
SEASON 9 (2008)
Episode 54 Lyttonsville and Clarksburg Store
Episode 55 Clara Barton House and the film “Chances Are”
Episode 56 Brookeville and Polychome Historic District
Episode 57 Sandy Spring Bank Robbery and the Higgins Tavern
Episode 58 Filming of “Lilith” in Montgomery County
SEASON 10 (2009)
Episode 59 AFI Silver Theater and Barnesville town hall restorations
Episode 60 Metropolitan Branch, B&O Railroad
Episode 61 2009 National History Day
Episode 62 Garrett Park walking tour; Montgomery County Connections Project
Episode 63 Loss of Chestnut Lodge; Freida’s Cottage
SEASON 11 (2010)
Episode 64 Dr. Stonestreet and the Stonestreet Medical Museum
Episode 65 New Deal architecture; Office of Human Rights – Civil Rights tour
Episode 66 History of Twinbrook /Mid-century architecture in Montgomery County
Episode 67 Montgomery County Airpark; National Capital Trolley Museum
Episode 68 Silver Spring Fire Station transformed; Poole’s Store closes
SEASON 12 (2011)
Episode 69 Montgomery County barns
Episode 70 Browningsville cornet band; Bethesda’s “vacuum repair shop”
Episode 71 Silver Spring historic sites: walking tour
SEASON 13 (2012)
Episode 72 Damascus church organ; Richard Montgomery historical marker
Episode 73 Downtown Bethesda: walking tour
Episode 74 History of the Montgomery County Historical Society
SEASON 14 (2013)
Episode 75 Civil War in Montgomery County, part 1
Episode 76 Seneca Quarry
Episode 77 African American historical sites in the county
(featuring Button Farm, Pleasant Grove, and Sugarland)
Episode 78 Rockville Post Office houses the police department
Episode 79 General J.E.B. Stuart’s 1863 raid on Rockville: re-enactment
SEASON 15 (2014)
Episode 80 History of St.Mary’s Parish / Tour of historic St. Mary’s Church
Episode 81 National Park Seminary in Forest Glen
SEASON 16 (2015)
Episode 82 Emancipation Day at MCHS
Episode 83 Civil War in Montgomery County, part 2
SEASON 17 (2016)
Episode 84 Montgomery County Historical Society: new logo and website
Eunice Ramsey, Tastee Diner waitress for 60+ years
Montgomery County Archives reopens
Episode 85 Woodlawn Stone Barn and Visitor Center
SEASON 18 (2017)
Episode 86 History of Germantown