Author Archives: Tom Boltz
1908 Industrial Accident Damages Match Factory

The Buckeye Match factory was located at 331 East Cherry Street in the early 1900s. Company offices were located in the white wooden building in the foreground. The two dark wooden buildings behind the office were warehouses built alongside the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton (CH&D) railroad tracks. The 12,000 gallon…
A Tale of Unrecognized Heroism

Before the installation of automatic warning signals, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employed crossing guards to stop pedestrian and automobile traffic when trains approached. An important part of his job was looking out for young children and the elderly. In the late 1930s and 40s, Jake Doering was the crossing…
Memorial Day Parades Have Been Held in North Baltimore For Over 100 Years

The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a national organization of Union Civil War military veterans, proclaimed the Memorial Day holiday in 1868 to commemorate those Union soldiers and sailors who died during the Civil War. North Baltimore’s tradition of Memorial Day parades began in the early 1880s. Local Union…