2017 Joe Schield Volunteer of the Year Awardee: Rita Congratulations to Rita, our 2017 Joe Schield Volunteer of the Year Award winner! Thank you, Rita, for all of your service! We ❤️ you! Dosch Family Exhibit on Display We are proud to host the Dosch Family exhibit as a new donation from our Essex community … Read more
Serving Our Country features the men and women from our own backyards—streets like Marlyn Avenue, Stemmers Run, and Bowleys Quarters—who answered the call to service. By digitizing these vintage records, we ensure that the personal sacrifices and local milestones of our veterans remain a permanent part of Eastern Baltimore County’s history. Below are some excerpts … Read more
Baumgartner Collection Book #8: Essex Middle River Beauty Pageants Download PDF Read PDF online at archive.org
Baumgartner Collection Book #153: Hart, Miller, Pooles Islands Download PDF Read PDF online at archive.org Hart Miller Island is located at the mouths of Back River and Middle River, where they empty into the Chesapeake Bay east of the City of Baltimore in Maryland. It was formerly two separate islands, Hart Island and Miller Island, … Read more
Baumgartner Collection Book #13: Citizens of Essex Download PDF Read PDF online at archive.org READ ARTICLE: Helen Baumgartner’s Beer Can Collecting Hobby (1976) Read these articles from the Baumgartner Collection Book #13: Citizens of Essex and more online at archive.org
Baumgartner Collection Book #73: Police and Auxiliary Download PDF View on archive.org Nov. 14, 1962, Eastern Beacon
Congratulations to Rita, our 2017 Joe Schield Volunteer of the Year Award winner! Thank you, Rita, for all of your service! We ❤️ you!
Museum Ghost Hunts Spend an evening with your group hunting for ghosts at the Heritage Museum! Contact us at essexmuseum@gmail.com or (443) 579-5266 to set up a ghost hunt with your group. Haunted Happenings at the Museum The “Moaning Man” driftwood sculpture from the 1800s has been heard throughout the museum. Ghostly organ and violin music … Read more
Kochman Hell Drivers at the Baltimore County Fair at Martin State Airport in the 1970’s
Essex Community Tree Lights Up the Night By Devin Crum (East County Times, 12/2017) Community leaders, elected officials and residents of Essex and Middle River gathered Saturday, Dec. 9, for what has become a grand event in recent years – the lighting of the community tree at the Heritage Society of Essex and Middle River … Read more
