Talk:Braddock Heights, Maryland

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I've never heard the pass described as "Braddock Springs Pass", and I grew up here. What's the source for Braddock Springs Pass? At the time of the Civil War, it was called Fairview Pass. Rmasbury 01:01, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Braddock Springs Pass
I've only ever seen or heard it refered to as the "National Pike Pass," Middletown Gap, Braddock's Pass (and Gap) and as Fairview Pass (but only on one map dated 1832) - however I used "Braddock Springs Pass" in the description to avoid any confusion with the "real" Braddock's Pass in Washington County. As always, please feel free to change if you don't think this will be an issue. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Disolution (talk • contribs) 04:36, 7 May 2007 (UTC).

I don't have any information that would make me comfortable editing your contribution. Part of the problem is that the place really has no specific name these days, so everything sounds a little odd. Rmasbury 11:48, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

By the way, that's my house in the last picture, with the trolley. The picture probably dates to around 1914 or 1915. Rmasbury 11:52, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

It's funny that we meet on wikipedia and we're only a few houses away from each other - I live in the house across the street (trolley side) from where the picture was taken. Changed the intro to remove the reference to "Braddock Springs Pass." I've also heard that there were two other minor Civil War battles in early July near/at Braddock involving the 1st Maryland (CSA) - do you have any good sources of information on local Civil War history to verify this?

Let me guess; your A4 goes VOOOM. I should walk the dogs more to see the neighbors. Paul Gordon's book "Frederick County: A Playground of the Civil War" would be your source there. It's not very readable, but it's the likeliest place to find the information. That's where I got the Fairview Pass reference. Unfortunately, I think my copy's in a box somewhere. I'll check in the Shelby Foote canon, but that probably doesn't cover some fine details. Rmasbury 13:33, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Holme's View from Braddock
I'm glad this section was included as a historical artifact. It was this view, (to the West, from Braddock Mountain) which initially attracted me to purchase a home in the Middletown Valley in 1984, near where my Great-Great Grandfather, a Captain Daniel Shawen, originally recruited militia to fight in the War of 1812.

Unfortunately, some former neighbors of mine admitted to planting a thick stand of bamboo, which has grown to completely obscure the view that Holmes rhapsodized about. If something like this had been done at the Grand Canyon, I wonder how much it would have been appreciated? The view of South Mountain from the West of Braddock Mountain (of particular interest to Civil War buffs) has likewise been ruined by this stand of Panda fodder.

Sorry to disappoint any tourists intent on visiting Braddock Heights, hoping to see what Oliver Wendell Holmes saw. Danshawen (talk) 11:15, 27 March 2014 (UTC)danshawen

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