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Best Western Westminster Hotel, MD:
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just minutes from the city center.
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Carroll County Farm Museum
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500 South Center Street 1-800 654-4645
The Farm Museum recreates an era of self-sufficiency. The nineteenth-century farm family worked the land and produced their own food, soap, and clothing. The Farm Museum showcases period antiques, donated by local Carroll County families. The museum includes one hundred and forty acres of grounds displaying early farm instruments. The Farmhouse was built in 1852 and contains six exhibit rooms.
The farm is a working operation with live farm animals. The outbuildings include a smokehouse, a springhouse, blacksmith shop, and wagon shed, and are used to demonstrate life on an 1800's farm. Skilled artisans present traditional arts such as blacksmithing, tinsmithing, spinning, weaving, quilting, and woodcarving. The General Store sells handcrafted items made by these artisans. There is also a one-room schoolhouse on the site.
Civil War encampments and other special events are regularly scheduled. Recreational facilities are available. Open weekends Saturday and Sunday Noon to 5pm - May through October. Open Tuesday through Friday 10 am to 4 pm - July and August.
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Mills
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North on Route 97 1-800-272-1933
The Shriver Homestead was originally established in 1797 by David and Andrew Shriver along Big Pipe Creek. The ambitious brothers built a gristmill and a sawmill and later added a tannery, copper shop and blacksmith's shop. Union Mills' most interesting history occurs during the Civil War. Living at the Homestead, Andrew Shriver and family supported the Union cause. Directly across the road, his brother William Shriver and family supported the Confederate cause. Each family sent sons to the army of their cause. Their children divided the property and those living at the "Homestead" were loyal to the North although owning slaves, and those living across the road, although against slavery, were loyal to the South.
On June 29, 1863, General Stuart's Confederate Cavalry camped there after being delayed in their march through Westminster by the Delaware Calvary stationed there. The family awoke to the sight of horses and soldiers filling the yard and surrounding the house. When asked for his horses, Andrew Shriver replied that he was a Union man, but daughters crying prevented him from being taken prisoner. The hungry soldiers were fed at William’s home across the road. With Herbert Shriver as their guide, the rebel cavalry departed towards Hanover, Pennsylvania. Shortly after the Confederate cavalry left, the Union soldiers arrived and camped in the surrounding fields and the division commander made the Andrew Shriver's house his headquarters. The Union soldiers also departed for Gettysburg. The windows rattled from the cannons of the Battle of Gettysburg as the family awaited the outcome.
Today the mill is still in operation; grinding rye, whole wheat, buckwheat and cornmeal flours, which are available for purchase at the site. The Union Mills Homestead is located seven miles north of Westminster on Route 97. Open from June through August, Tuesday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm, and Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 pm. From September to May, it is open weekends from noon to 4pm.
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Uniontown
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Route 31 west to Uniontown Road
Many homes of varied architecture in this historic, quaint village create a time capsule from the turn-of-the-century. Free parking at the church enables visitors to take a leisurely stroll down the tree-lined street. A walking tour is available at the Carroll County Visitor Center, 210 East Main Street, Westminster. [Best Western Westminster - Union Town Hotel]
On the night of June 29, 1863, Major General Hancock established his headquarters on the farm of John Babylon one mile east of town. However, General Hancock retired at the home of Dr. Jacob Weaver, 3406 Uniontown Road. The next day, he met with his staff at the Uniontown Hotel, 3477 Uniontown Road. Keymar and Union Bridge Route 194 and Route 77 Francis Scott Key was born on the Terra Rubra Farm in Keymar, Carroll County. Since May 30, 1949, the American flag has flown continuously over a monument marking the site.
Not far from this site is Union Bridge, which served the war effort through its undertaker, who prepared the bodies of fallen soldiers for burial. General Reynolds body was brought here from Gettysburg before it was shipped to his home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Hard Lodging was built by Solomon Shepherd (1751-1835) in 1790 near Union Bridge. A member of the Society of Friends, Solomon joined the Pipe Creek Meeting in nearby Union Bridge in 1778. Hard Lodging is a house museum open for group tours by appointment and during special events. Contact the Historical Society to arrange a visit.
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Keymar and Union Bridge
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Route 194 and Route 77
Francis Scott Key was born on the Terra Rubra Farm in Keymar, Carroll County. Since May 30, 1949, the American flag has flown continuously over a monument marking the site. Not far from this site is Union Bridge, which served the war effort through its undertaker, who prepared the bodies of fallen soldiers for burial. General Reynolds body was brought here from Gettysburg before it was shipped to his home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Hard Lodging was built by Solomon Shepherd (1751-1835) in 1790 near Union Bridge. A member of the Society of Friends, Solomon joined the Pipe Creek Meeting in nearby Union Bridge in 1778. Hard Lodging is a house museum open for group tours by appointment and during special events. Contact the Historical Society to arrange a visit.
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Civil War Sites in Carroll County
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Mt. Airy (Ridgeville) Route 27 south
Before the Battle of Gettysburg, the Union troops under the command of General Sedgwick moved through Mt. Airy followed by General Gregg's cavalry. They camped in the area on June 29,1863. The New Jersey Militia was stationed in the Pine Grove Chapel (Ridge Presbyterian Church) to guard the railroad. http://www.car.org/~unionbr
Manchester Route 30 east
On the old Westminster Road near a shopping center, is a reconstruction of the Old Fort Schoolhouse where General Sedgwick‘s headquarters.
Taneytown Route 140 west
Taneytown was founded in 1754 as one of the area’s first land grants. The first deeds were registered in 1762, and Raphael Taney designed the town’s layout. One misconception is that the town was named for U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Taney, who shared a common ancestor with Raphael Taney, but was not born until 1777.
Union General Meade set up headquarters in Taneytown at the Shunk Farm (marker now on Route 194) planning to engage General Lee here. Anticipating 100,000 men to do battle in Taneytown, Meade formed a twenty-mile defense along the Pipe Creek. Instead, the two armies clashed to the north, and Meade dispatched his troops from Carroll County to Gettysburg. Trinity Lutheran Church on Route 140 was used by the Union Signal Corps, who established a signal station on the church tower. Signals were passed to and from Gettysburg using flags or flares.
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