Category Archives: Essex / Middle River

What’s in a Name in Essex-Middle River?

Keith Roberts is one of the great historians of the Essex/Middle River area. Here is an article he wrote about how local places received their names.  What’s in a Name in Essex-Middle River? Patch traces the history of many of the … Continue reading

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Jackie Nickel interviews Essex residents at Baltimore County Waterfront Festival (5/13/2006)

Festival will highlight the county’s waterfront Event will help raise money for aviation museum By Kristi Funderburk (Baltimore Sun, May 12, 2006) When a dozen seaplanes touch down on Martin’s Lagoon, the festival will begin. The second Baltimore County Community … Continue reading

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Rockaway Beach Volunteer Fire Dept. 1952 Fish Fry

Rockaway Beach Volunteer Fire Dept. Fish Fry Sunday, August 31st, 1952. Decker’s Grove, Turkey Point Road, Essex, Baltimore, Maryland. Home movie from the Nickel Family Archive.

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