Conservation History Feature Stories

Model T's "Retracing the Adventures of the "Four Vagabonds" line up on the Castleman River Bridge

• Retracing The Adventures of the "Four Vagabonds"​ by Bill Ramsey - Reprinted with permisssion from the MODEL T TIMES, November/December 2018
• The Adventures of the “Four Vagabonds” by Bill Ramsey - Reprinted with permisssion from the​ MODEL T TIMES, July/August 2018
• An Evolving Force: Natural Resources Police Celebrates 150th Anniversary
• Hunter Davidson: Fighting Naturalist
• Meshach Browning: Maryland’s most celebrated hunter
• Ladies of Light: Chesapeake lighthouses and the women who kept them
• A Cottage in the Wilderness: Gus's Mountain Paradise
• Extra! Extra! "The Greatest Living American” Returns to Cumberland - Theodore Roosevelt Makes Last Appeal to Maryland Voters. “Let the People Rule!”
• Woody Duck: Iconic Emblem for Program Open Space
• History of Maryland State Parks: The Short Course
• Extra! Extra! Roosevelt Rides the Rails into the Woods Mountain Maryland Style: Greatest Maryland Forest Conservation Story Ever Told
• Maryland Celebrates the 90th Anniversary of the First Statewide Big Tree Contest
• The Maryland's Forest Fire Lookout Towers Poster
• Maryland's Tree Nursery
• Book of Civil War Drawings and Letters by CSA Soldier Published by Friends of the Maryland State Archives
• Cannon, Relic of the 19th century Oyster War on Display
• Offutt Johnson’s Vision Board
• Casselman River Bicentennial Celebration
• South Mountain Museum Dedication
• “The Voice of Long Hill” - Kitty Shortall - 1919 to 2013
• The Garrett County Historical Society Salutes 100 Years of Fighting Forest Fires in Maryland, by William Offutt Johnson (2.46MB)
• New Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Exhibit at Gambrill State Park
• DNR Dedicates Statue To Honor The Civilian Conservation Corps
• Celebrate the CCC "On-The-Air" on August 10, 2015
• DNR Dedicates Fred W. Besley Demonstration Forest in Dorchester County, April 20, 2012
• Fred Eskew Recreation Area Dedication: Rosaryville State Park, April 22, 2012
• Conserving Memory: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Western Maryland
• Maryland Names Forest In Honor Of Fred W. Besley

Famous Travelers: Edison, Ford, and Firestone

John Burroughs, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone

• Part 1: Edison, Ford, Firestone Travel Through Allegany County
• Part 2: Edison, Ford, Firestone Promote Outdoor Recreation with a President
• Part 3: Edison, Ford, Firestone, A Memorial Service is Held for John Burroughs at Camp Harding
• Part 4: Edison, Ford, Firestone, The Vagabonds Continue Two Week Camping Trip in Western Maryland
• Part 5: Edison, Ford, Firestone, The Vagabonds Camp at Muddy Creek Falls
• Part 6: Edison, Ford, Firestone, Vagabonds Remembered for Work, but Loved Nature
• Part 7: Edison, Ford, Firestone, Vagabonds Remembered for Work, but Loved Nature
• Part 8: Edison, Ford, Firestone, The Vagabonds End Their Two Week Vacation in Western Maryland

Significant Garrett County State Forest and State Parks Monuments

The following are nine of an occasional series about Significant Garrett County State Forest and State Park Monuments and Landmarks In Maryland.

1. The First Garrett County Court House in Oakland, Maryland
2. “Washington Elm” Tree or “Cambridge Elm” at Garrett County Memorial Hospital in Oakland, MD
3. The Fechner Memorial Monument at Herrington Manor State Park
4. Thomas Edison Thinking/Sitting Stone at Swallow Falls State Park
5. Herrington Manor House at Herrington Manor State Park
6. "Forestry Beginning" Conservation Monument at Herrington Manor State Park
7. The State Forester's Monument at New Germany State Park
8. Early Reforestation Efforts at Rock Lodge in Garrett County
9. The Sines Family of Garrett County: Maryland’s First Family of Forest Conservation