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rrive in town and have a
handcrafted dinner in the
cozy storefront dining
room at
Johnny’s Bistro on
Main
, where you’ll find soups, panini and pizzas.
Take a stroll up Church Road to walk off your
dinner and capture some of the best views.
Experience a popular
Ye Haunted History of Olde
Ellicott City
ghost tour (April–November). Ellicott
City is said to be one of the most haunted towns in
America. Experience it for yourself.
If you’re
not finished…grab a drink
or snack at one of the many
late night establishments
such as
La Palapa Grill &
Cantina
, or
Ellicott Mills
Brewing Company
.
W
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Howard County’s Civil
War sites
are part of the
Maryland Civil War Trail,
Baltimore: A House Divided.
Pick up a free guide at the
Howard County Welcome
Center (8267 Main Street,
Ellicott City, MD) or download
a free guide at
civilwartraveler.
com/EAST/MD
and navigate
your way to the Civil War
FREE
OR ALMOST FREE
The Ellicotts
I
n 1772, brothers John, Andrew and Joseph
Ellicott, Quakers from Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, chose the picturesque
wilderness upstream from Elk Ridge Landing
to establish a flour mill. The brothers helped
revolutionize farming in the area by persuading
farmers to plant wheat instead of tobacco and
by introducing lime as a fertilizer to revitalize
the depleted soil. Charles Carroll (only Catholic
signer of the Declaration of Independence) was
one of the first and most influential converts
from tobacco to wheat. It was to Carroll's
estate that the Ellicott brothers built the first
part of a road that later became the National
Road, America's first interstate highway.
The Ellicotts made significant contributions to
the area and the era. They helped to create
Ellicott’s Mills, one of the greatest milling and
manufacturing towns in the east at that time. They
built roads, bridges and a wharf in Baltimore,
introduced the wagon brake, championed
plaster as a fertilizer, and erected iron works,
a furnace, rolling mills, schools, a meeting
house, shops and beautiful granite houses.
In 1791, Andrew Ellicott (son of Joseph Ellicott,
Sr. the town founder) was commissioned
to survey the boundaries for the nation's
new capital, Washington, D. C. Benjamin
Banneker, an African American scientist and
friend of the family, joined him in his work.
Banneker maintained notes for Ellicott, made
calculations as required and used astronomical
instruments to establish base survey points.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF CLARK VANDERGRIFT, OTD, PHOTO OF SHOPPING BY KENNETH LOSURDO, JR.
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