Ric Cottom
Host, Your Maryland-
On January 30, 1956, a devastating fire broke out at Arundel Park during a church fundraiser and oyster roast. -
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Charles Wilson Peale paints portraits of the leaders of the War for Independence. -
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Pirates and dredgers battle for oysters in the Chesapeake Bay during the Oyster Wars of the late 19th century. -
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![Photo: View of the United States Hose house & apparatus, Philadelphia, [ca. 1851] Similar to Baltimore firehouses of the time. The tavern next door is a nice touch! Credit: Library Company of Philadelphia/Flickr/Creative Commons](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f8dcec5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/800x446+0+167/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F38%2Fb903215045d087272447a7b0ae73%2Fym-11-10-22.jpg)
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If you think elections are rough now, listen to what they were like in Baltimore in 1856! -
Who, and what, haunts the hills and valleys of Western Maryland?
![Photo: View of the United States Hose house & apparatus, Philadelphia, [ca. 1851] Similar to Baltimore firehouses of the time. The tavern next door is a nice touch! Credit: Library Company of Philadelphia/Flickr/Creative Commons](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/13c0a04/2147483647/strip/true/crop/800x446+0+167/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F38%2Fb903215045d087272447a7b0ae73%2Fym-11-10-22.jpg)
