Maryland · locality file

Ellicott City

7 dossiers on record ·

The record for Ellicott City opens with Patapsco Female Institute and Enchanted Forest — 5 more files sit in the drawer below.

1837 girls’ school ruins on a hill above the Patapsco—site of Annie’s ghost.

The 1955 fairy-tale park whose figures moved to Clark’s Farm.

Seminary ruins whose satanic legend outgrew its documented history.

The estate—where the Howard County slaves worked.

The first courthouse—where the fugitives’ cases were heard.

The second courthouse—where the county’s slaves were sold.

The jail—where the captured fugitives were held.