Westminster High School - Owl Yearbook (Westminster, MD)

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Eieiiiiiis 2 Es its isis 1 Above all, Carroll County is a place where the rustic simplicity of the past has been preserved in its farmlands, Ci ties, and in its people. 9 l

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Once this Hrst hold had been Hrmly established upon this wilderness, oth er pioneers followed the trail and settled themselves in the vicinity. They began cul ti va ting the fertile soil and farming the land using all the precious resources provided by na ture for their survival. Slowly, for over two hundred years, Westminster grew from a mere cluster of several log cabins to the Westminster of today, a thriving, prosperous city, populated by thousands of individuals, which still preserves its agricultural past in the sprawling farms and pasture lands which surround it and its historical past in the lovely homes and stately monuments, left to us by our predecessors.