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Catoctin Mountain Park
Historic Resource Study |
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MAPS AND APPENDICES
Maps
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Appendix 1
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| Catoctin Furnace Machinery Foundation, Furnace Stack Facing North (University of Maryland at College Park Libraries, Special Collections, WPA Photos) |
Appendix 2
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| Catoctin Furnace Village House (University of Maryland at College Park Libraries, Special Collections, WPA Photos) |
Appendix 3
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| Iron Master's House and Workers' Cottages (FDR Library) |
Appendix 4
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| Amos Lucas, long nearly the sole African American living in the Mechanicstown District, operated a barber shop in town in the late-1800s. (Catoctin Clarion) |
Appendix 5
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| The Western Maryland Railroad |
Appendix 6
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| Western Maryland Railroad scenery, including high bridge over Owens' Creek |
Appendix 7
Sabillasville, Lantz, and Foxville Post Offices Described in 1887. (Charls W. Miller, Post Offices of Frederick County for the Year 1887, Frederick, 1974)
FOXVILLE POST OFFICE
Is a post village situated near the Washington County line, 4 miles from Smithsburg, a station on the Western Maryland Railroad, from which they receive a daily mail. Land ordinary, a great deal of it mountain and timber; farming lands sell at from $20 to $50 per acre; produces very well, and can be easily improved. It has public schools and churches; plenty of pure mountain water flows from never-failing springs; climate extremely healthy. This village is extensively laid out, and claim a population of 250. The following farmers receive mail at this office:
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Brown, Henry T. Brown, David Brown, Wm. H. Brown, David C. Burglito, Daniel Brown, Ignatius Burhman, Levi Brown, Martin L. Burhman, Wm. L. Burhman, E.M.Z. Duncan, Rebecca |
Fox, Geo. L. Fox, Thos. C. Hauver, Albert Hauver, Peter Hauver, Washington Krise, Mrs. Jno. Lewis, Bernard Lewis, David Lewis, Samuel W. Lewis, Lee Manahan, Cyrus B. |
Moser, Ezra McAfee, Lavinia Prior, Alfred Sturdevant, Wm. Toms, David Toms, Hiram Toms, Thos. B. Wyand, Yost Fox, Joseph H. |
SABILLASVILLE POST OFFICE
Is on the Western Maryland Railroad, 66 miles from Baltimore and 35 miles from Frederick by rail and 23 by road. Land is mostly cleared and sells at from $25 to $40 per acre; produces fine crops of wheat, corn, etc., and fairly improved. This village is pleasantly located, has several fine stores and a splendid hotel, which is kept by John Stem, Esq., a most excellent gentleman, who with his good lady makes you feel at home when you visit them. Mr. Lewis Crawford is the enterprising man of the town, and possesses most excellent business qualifications. He served this country on the Commissioners Board for quite a number of years, and was president of the board several terms. Among the largest farmers are: Maurice E. Schoffer, Samuel Royer, L. C. Harbaugh, Adam H. Eyler, L & D. Crawford and others. The farmers are well to do, thrifty, and very hospitable. For rosy cheek, pretty girls, I put this place against any in the county. It would do our sickly, pale-faced looking city girls good for a glimpse at these fine looking Sabillasville lasses. The town boasts of two churches, Reformed and United Brethern, and a fine public school. Pure water is in abundance hereabouts. Population 175. The following farmers receive mail here:
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Anderson, Thompson Arnsparger, Mrs. A. Crawford, David Coffman, Joseph Crawford, L. & David Leichtenberger, Levi McClane, Catherine Moser, Joshua McClane, John of P. McClane, Peter Miller, Sarah Eyler, Adam H. Eby, Daniel |
Gall, John H. Harbaugh, L. C. Harbaugh, Charles Harbaugh, Mrs. Catherine Harbaugh, George M. Harbaugh, Hiram Harbaugh, James Harbaugh, Sanford Harbaugh, Yost Harbaugh, Carlton J. Harbaugh, Ephraim F. Krise, Frank J. Prior, David |
Prior, John W. Royer, Samuel Stem, Julian Sheffler, Maurice E. Tressler, Isaac Waggaman, David A. Wertenbaker, Catherine Waggaman, David E. Wertenbaker, George W. Williar, Joel P. Williar, Lewis E. Waggaman, Richard Zimmerman, H. Ann |
LANTZ POST OFFICE
Is on the Western Maryland Railroad, nestled among the hills of the Catoctin Mountain, and pleasantly situated. The land is fair mountain land, mostly timber; the farms are well improved and cultivated, and produce fair crops; the water in this locality is very superior and the farmers around are hospitable; farming land sells at from $20 to $50 per acre. The Messrs J. B. Brown & Son, merchants here, are first-class people and energetic, well to do business men. The following farmers receive their mail here:
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Ambrose, John C. Burhman, David & Henry Burhman, Henry of J. Brown, Joseph B. Boyer, Margaret Burhman, Silas Fisher, Jeremiah |
Harbaugh, Cornelia Harbaugh, S. W. Lantz, Joseph B. Mentzer, David Prior, George W. Smith, William D. Smith, John C. |
Williar, Hiram A. Williar, John M. Willhide, Josiah Willhide, Frederick N. Willhide, Henry of F. Willhide, Arnold R. |
Appendix 8
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| Late Nineteenth-Century Tourism in the Catoctin Region |
Appendix 9
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| Newspaper Photos of Crash of Blue Mountain Express, 1915. |
Appendix 10
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| Foxville Watch Tower, circa 1915. |
Appendix 11
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| Maryland State Planning Commission Maps of Original Park Borders, 1935. (Maryland State Planning Commission, Preliminary Statement on Problems of Land Usage in Maryland, July 1935) |
Appendix 12
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| Letter Protesting Catoctin Land Acquisition, 1936. (RG 79, Records Concerning RDAs, RDA Program Files, 1934-1947), box 61, National Archives) |
Appendix 13
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| Promotional Material for Recreational Demonstration Areas. |
Appendix 14
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| Letter from Catoctin WPA workers protesting long drive to work. (RG 79, Records Concerning RDAs, RDA Program Files, 1934-1947), box 57, National Archives) |
Appendix 15
 43,000 FBM rough lumber sawed at Project mill (top), 56,000 FBM rough lumber sawed at Project mill (middle), 7,000 FBM flooring material prepared at Project mill (bottom)  Log yard at Project sawmill - continuous operation - 300 FBM log measure (top), 22,000 FBM lumber sawe at Project sawmill (middle), 8,000 FBM flooring and dressed lumber for interior woodwork prepared at Project mill (bottom). |
| Wood produced by Catoctin RDA Saw Mill (RG 79, Records Concerning RDAs, RDA Program Files, 1934-1947), box 57, National Archives) |
Appendix 16
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| WPA Workers at Catoctin Furnace School, circa 1937 (University of Maryland at College Park Libraries, Special Collections, WPA Photos) |
Appendix 17
  Recreation Demonstration Area Days For several seasons, social agencies under permit from the National Park Service conducted a summer camp for crippled children at Catoctin, writing bright pages in the annals of the President's social program.  |
| Boy Scout, Girl Scout, Maryland League for Crippled Children, and Federal Camp Council Use of Catoctin RDA. |
Appendix 18
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| Proposed African-American Use of Recreational Demonstation Areas. (RG 79, Records Concerning RDAs, RDA Programs Files, box 17, National Archives) |
Appendix 19
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Aerial View of Catoctin CCC Camp (Source
National Civil Conservation Corps Alumni Association, St. Louis, MO)
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Appendix 20
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| "Narrative Report for Month of October, 1942" (RG 79, Records Concerning RDAs, RDA Program Files, box 57, National Archives) |
Appendix 21
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| President's Pool at Shangri-La (FDR Library) |
Appendix 22
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| Sketch of Main Lodge at Shangri-La (Kathie Hogan, "Secret in the Catoctin Mountains: A History of Camp David," Hood College Honors Thesis, 1981) |
Appendix 23
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| FDR's Visit to Shangri-La (FDR Library, The Pare Lorentz Chronology) |
Appendix 24
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| Chicago Daily News Reveals Presidential "Hideway" (Chicago Daily News, October 14, 1943) |
Appendix 25
  
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| Bituminous Resurfacing of Roads, 1945. |
Appendix 26
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| Shangri-La Pass, 1946 (FDR Library, William Hassett Papers) |
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