Legend & Lore: Charcoal for the teeth: Women’s lives in 1812
BY KIMBERLY SCHMIDT — “We’ll start preparing for the evening meal at 2:45, with plans to eat at 5:30,” announced Ann Wass,…
Legend and Lore: A History of Hyattsville, Part 2
BY KIMBERLY SCHMIDT — Readers may remember that the last Legend & Lore took a look at our local history with a timeline…
Legend and Lore: A History of Hyattsville, Part 1
BY KIMBERLY SCHMIDT — In this special two-part edition of Legend & Lore, we take a look at what happened here up…
Legend and Lore: He put the Hyatt in Hyattsville
BY KIMBERLY SCHMIDT — “The chief business of the American people is business,” President Calvin Coolidge told the American Society of Newspaper…
Legend and Lore: City OKs trolley line, bans roller skates on Route 1
BY KIMBERLY SCHMIDT — In 1908, a Hyattsville city ordinance was passed to prohibit roller skating on the sidewalks of Maryland and…
