HO-78 Ellicott City Historic District - Maryland Historical Trust

abound in the area. Ellicott City's hilly terrain, the oranite, and t~e river li:.,it-:-d the city's e;:pc.nsion as it does todc:y. Streets l·ise steeply from the ri·.e:r­ front, winding around great mJunds of granite to finally attain the ~ore open residential sites above the to~n. In 1868 Ellicott City suffered its first ................
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