Volume 1

Volume 1 contains stories about 20th century Sykesville, mostly the latter half, and particularly the days in the eighties and nineties when the town struggled to turn itself around.

Cooper Park in the Snow
Cooper Park in the Snow

If you don’t have Volume 1, you can buy it here.

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  1. The Town that Refused to Die — Jack White
  2. Lloyd Helt, The Forgotten Mayor — Jack White
  3. The Man with the Metal Head — Jack White
  4. The Chicken Farm Blues — Bob Allen
  5. The Day the Herald Died — Bob Allen
  6. Jonathan Herman, the Reluctant Mayor — Bob Allen
  7. Norwood’s Folly — Jack White with Jonathan Herman
  8. The Ghost of John Norwood — Jonathan Herman
  9. A Breeding Population of Big Foot — Lon Strickler
  10. The Haunted Sisters — Jack White
  11. Between a Snapper and a One-Horned Billy Goat — David Sorflaten
  12. Growing Up on Springfield, 1932-1950 — David Sorflaten
  13. The Morgue in the Basement, 1951-1952  — David Sorflaten
  14. From Nazi Germany to Sykesville — Jack White
  15. Dr. Margolin and Jack Ruby, the Lab at Hubner — Dr. Ellis Margolin
  16. Preparing the Dead — A Nurse’s Notebook
  17. The Amazing Dorseys and the Old Colored Schoolhouse — Jack White
  18. The Return of the Ring — Jack White
  19. The Day of the Giants — Jack White
  20. Born in the Schoolhouse — Hankie Norris
  21. The Magic of the Rocks — Warren Dorsey
  22. Green Meadows and an Old Pew — Kirk Peiffer
  23. Sleepy Hollow, Baltimore City Paper, 1986 — by Bob Allen