The bones of the 35 people exhumed from the Catoctin Furnace slave cemetery during the construction of U.S. 15 will be the center of the Archeological Society of Maryland’s Oct. 22 meeting and open to ...

Millie and I spent this past week camped on Catoctin Mountain near Thurmont. On one of our many adventures, we explored the Catoctin Furnace and discovered an Annapolis connection there. I had read a ...

DNA analysis of African Americans buried at an early U.S. iron forge reveals locations of their African and European ancestors and finds more than 40,000 living U.S. relatives. The study is the first ...

The Catoctin Furnace Historical Society is offering the opportunity to connect with Frederick County history at its Spring in the Village, Art at the Furnace event this weekend. Traditional Spring in ...

OK folks, time for a short driving field trip before snow flies. You can even save this trip for a nice autumn day and include looking at the colorful array of the leaves. Take a ride to one of the ...

Nov. 7—The haunting, wavering note of a cello reverberated over the pews of Harriet Chapel on Sunday evening. It was soon joined by the gentle tinkle of piano keys. As the sound of the instruments ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Not far from Camp David, the U.S. presidential retreat in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland, lies the remnants of an iron forge called Catoctin Furnace founded in the late 18th ...

CATOCTIN FURNACE, Md., Aug. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Inc. will present the second annual Maryland Iron Festival online during the weekend of August 22 ...