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Chapter
One ~ Cracklin Town 1 Who Lived Here First, the
Hungerford Resolves, the American Revolution Cracklin Town, the
Crossroads, Northwest and Southwest Corners Going West Chapter
Two ~ The Civil War 9 Civil War Days in
Laytonsville 1890 Census of Civil War
Veterans from the Laytonsville Area Chapter
Three ~ The Town Expands 17 After the Civil War Homes and Businesses, Stores
and Shopping From Blacksmiths to Garages The Modern Woodmen Hall The 1929 Tornado Fighting Fires, the Water
Tank Chapter
Four ~ Brooke Grove 29 Vachel Duffie’s Purchase Families in the Community Chapter
Five ~ From Crossroads to Town 35 The Crossroads in 1891 Incorporation in 1892 Town Government and Town
Council Members Chairs of Commissioners and
Mayors History of Laytonsville
Roads, The Good Roads League Taverns, Temperance,
Prohibition, and Snuffy’s The Historic District and
the HDC From Farm to Landfill The 1984 Annexation Chapter
Six ~ The Community Grows 49 The Stup Apartments Howard and South Montgomery
Streets LenMar Park The Triangle Laytons Crest Estates Rolling Ridge Laytonsville Preserve Town Projects 2013 Chapter
Seven ~ Good Dirt! 59 Agriculture in the
Laytonsville ARea Farming in the 1800s - G. G.
Griffith Interview Benson’s Roller Mill Thomas & Co. Cannery Fairview Farm Chapter
Eight ~ People 71 The Early Residents Community Activist, Doctors,
Nurses, Midwives Educators, Historians,
Journalists Farmers, Businesspersons,
Builders, Gardeners Chapter
Nine ~ Growing Up 87 The 1901 Diary of Ethel Bell Ruby Hawkins Howard Kathryn “K. D.” Schumacher Pearl Cuthbertson Plucky Lucky Chapter
Ten ~ Schools 95 The Early Years Cracklin District 100 Years Ago – Our Schools
in 1913 The Laytonsville School and
Community League Brooke Grove School Longview Elementary School Laytonsville Elementary
School Principals of Laytonsville
Elementary School Appendix ~
107 History of the Laytonsville
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