Have fun and celebrate Baltimore County's heritage with this quiz prepared by the reference librarians from the Baltimore County Public Library. We will update the quiz each month.
1. What was produced at a mill near Fork, Maryland owned by Henry Rexford?
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2. Who was the County's second County Executive?
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3. A manufacturing firm located on Chesapeake Avenue, east of Delaware Avenue in Towson became very busy at Christmas time. What did it produce?
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4. Name the locales of four deer parks that existed in the 19th century.
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5. Only one church in Baltimore County has a separate tower for its bell. Where is it located?
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6. What two Episcopal Churches began as mission parishes served by Trinity Episcopal Church in Towson?
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7. The earliest turnpikes were operated as private enterprises by companies who gained liberal concessions from the state legislature. Name three of the earliest roads that were incorporated in 1804.
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8. What entertaining event occurred in the mid 1800s on the south shore of the Back River that was memorialized in the naming of the area?
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9. What Baltimore County medical institution was founded with these stipulations?
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10. After the Civil War, Bethlehem Steel's business boomed because steel became a huge commodity. What was one of the products in demand from "the Point"?
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Revised January 1, 2005
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