On this Labor Day, a holiday that honors American Workers and remembers the struggle to acquire better employment conditions, it’s a good time to share some research I have been doing on men who paid a high price erecting the Conowingo Dam. An untold number were killed, injured or disabled while toiling away at the…
Program on Business History Looks to Past to Consider Present and Future
In a lively, interactive program the Cecil County Public Library examines the history of business and economic development in the county. Historian Mike Dixon leads this discussion, as we look back through the centuries to consider the intersection of the past with the present and the future. The free program takes place Wednesday, October 21,…
Young Railroader, Edwin Roach, Killed in Greenwood Explosion
I have been investigating a deadly Delaware tragedy, an explosion that occurred over one hundred years ago in Greenwood. In the midst of a blinding snowstorm two trains collided in the center of the town of 367 people, and one pulling a lethal cargo of dynamite and naphtha exploded. While opening up the doors to the…
Cecilton Library Celebrates 95th Anniversary of Voting Rights for Women
In recognition of the 95th anniversary of women’s suffrage, the Cecilton Branch of the Cecil County Public Library is remembering this seminal event in American political history with a program that examines the courageous struggle to win voting rights. On the exact day the vote ratifying the 19th Amendment to the Constitution took place, the…