Local History

A love story for the ages.

On January 30, 1956, a devastating fire broke out at Arundel Park during a church fundraiser and oyster roast.

Art imitates life in the work of Dashiell Hammett.

A pioneering Coast Guard enlistee from Baltimore is the namesake of the USCG Cutter Myrtle Hazard

Pirates and dredgers battle for oysters in the Chesapeake Bay during the Oyster Wars of the late 19th century.

Sometimes, less is better. Much better.

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?

We’ll go On the Record with a park advocate and an archivist to learn about the legacy in Maryland of the ‘father of landscape architecture,’ Frederick Olmsted Sr., and how he and his firm built accessibility into their designs.

The story behind the hit!