| #2433591 in Books | Arcadia Publishing | 2007-04-11 | 2007-04-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.31 x6.50l,.71 | File type: PDF | 128 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Really Neat book|By Customer|It is really neat to see how it was before I lived there. Great pictures and history,I would recommend this to anyone interested in the past.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Four Stars|By Debra L.|Good addition to our collection of books about this part of Maryland.|2 of 2 peopl|About the Author|Jackie Nickel has documented stories about her hometown of Essex as a community newspaper editor, reporter, and freelance writer for almost 30 years. A civic activist, officer, and board member of several community organizations, she has forged
Advertised in a 1909 sales brochure as “The Rising Suburb of the East,” Essex, Maryland, has seen its fate and fortune rise and fall and rise again. The town enjoyed its early reputation as a haven for city dwellers with picnic groves, hunting and fishing clubs, dance halls, and waterfront amusement parks. The boom continued with new jobs and prosperity until the 1950s, when a fire destroyed much of the town’s main street. Economic decay set in as a res...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Essex (MD) (Images of America) | Jackie Nickel. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
