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Eps 10 Brief History of Havre de Grace Post Office

Postal service in Havre de Grace began with Stage Stop service while we were still colonies in 1774. In 1777 John Rodgers was recognized as our Postmaster. Read more in our blog post.

Eps 9 Burns Bros. Carriages and more

Burns Bros. Co. and their respected carriage manufacturing is well known in Havre de Grace history. Enjoy this brief video and details from Havre de Grace’s casual historian.

Eps 8 Ice Houses, Icy Ball, and Havre de Grace History

Ice on the Susquehanna River at Havre de Grace could be treacherous with ice jams, could offer recreation when it frozen over (skating/horse drawn sleighs), and created a major industry – ice houses and Ice distribution!

Eps 7 “The Graw” – Havre de Grace’s Racetrack

The Havre de Grace Race Track, affectionaltely known as “The Graw,” operated from 1912-1950. Many famous horses ran here including Man ‘O War, War Admiral, Seabiscuit, Citation, Sun Beau, and Exterminator – to name a few!

Eps 6 Bayou Restaurant – 73 years of history

73 years of Havre de Grace History from the Bayou Restaurant perspective! Listen to the casual historian of HdG tell of his treasured collection.

Eps 5 Havre de Grace Pharmacies/Drug Stores

Learn a cute story as you read the history of pharmacies/drug stores in Havre de Grace from our ‘casual historian.’

Eps 4 Havre de Grace Advertising/Pitcock Bros.

1940s Card Table with advertising This card table has 75+ businesses mentioned on the top. George, the 'casual historian' of Havre de Grace has used it many times to find business names no one knew about. He also has a similar table from the 1950s....