Independent MObile JOurnalism Showcasing the "mojo" of HOward COunty

Ilana Bittner's News – June 2008 Archive (2)

Columbia History

The Rouse Company accumulated over 14,000 acres, 10% of Howard County, from 140 separate owners. This acquisition was funded by Connecticut General Life Insurance, at an average price of $1,500 per acre. In October 1963, the acquisition was revealed to the residents of Howard County, putting to rest rumors about the mysterious purchases. These had included the theory that the site was for a laboratory to study diseases and another that the site was intended to become a giant compost… Continue

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HoCo History

Originally part of Anne Arundel County, Howard County was designated the Howard District in 1839, in honor of John Eager Howard, statesman, soldier, and fifth governor of Maryland. Howard County became the 21st of Maryland’s 23 counties in 1851.

Howard County was mainly the farming & hunting grounds of Native Americans until 1608 when Captain John Smith of Jamestown sailed up the Patapsco River. However, the first colonial settler, a Puritan named Adam Shippley, came much later,… Continue

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