This page will link to a series of articles called "Did you Know?" that have appeared on the Facebook pages of the Friends of the Guilford Industrial Historic District
Did You Know? #1 - Guilford Mill was built by 1744?
Did You Know? #2 - The Guilford Factory and Commercial Quarries Began in the 1830s?
Did you Know? #3 - The Guilford Quarries Operated Between 1834 and 1917?
Did You Know? #4 - Guilford Quarry Worker Willis Carter Founded the First Baptist Church of Guilford?
Did You Know? #5 – “Guilford Granite” is an Official Geologic Unit?
Did You Know? #6 - Gorman and Murray Hill are Scenic Roads?
Did You Know? #7 – The Guilford Industrial Historic District was settled by 1702?
Did You Know? #8 - Howard County has an Online Interactive Mapping Portal?
Did You Know? #9 - There are only two recognized historic districts in Howard County? (Hint: Lawyers Hill and Ellicott City)
Did You Know? #10- The Howard County Historical Society has online videos on Guilford, Savage, and other HoCo Topics?
Did You Know? #11- Between the Bridges - There Were Two Famous Bollman Bridges near Savage?
Did You Know? #12 - Guilford Granite was used in Famous Buildings and Monuments?
Did You Know? #13 – Old Deeds Can be found on a Maryland Land Records Website?
Did You Know? #14 – You can see the Guilford and Savage Quarries with a Topography Viewer?
Did You Know? #15 - The First Public School in Guilford was Opened by 1878?
Did You Know? #16 - The First Public School for Black Children from Guilford was in Annapolis Junction?
Did You Know? #17- The First Public School in Guilford for Black Children was started by the First Baptist Church of Guilford in 1904?
Did You Know? #18 - The Black Community in Guilford Built the Colored Schools that taught their children from 1904-1953?
Did You Know? #19 - The Guilford Elementary School is the only former public Colored School in HoCo still teaching children today?
Did You Know? #20 - The Hiking Trail between Savage and Guilford is still one of the Best?
Did You Know? #21 - We had our own Owings Mills for over 50 years!
Did You Know? #22 - Guilford Day was the Region’s Celebration 100 years ago!
Did You Know? #23 - A Great America Theme Park was almost built in Huntington
Did You Know? #24 -The Patuxent Branch Railroad Line was almost Recommissioned in the 1960s?
Did You Know? #25 - Howard County used to be in Baltimore County?
Did You Know? #26 - Dorsey's Run used to be Called Ridgely's Run
Did You Know #27 - The Little Patuxent River is one of 8 Major Watersheds within Howard County?