Dayhoff Westminster Soundtrack: History 1880s

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Sunday, October 09, 2011

World's oldest running motor car brings a remarkable $4,620,000 at RM's Hershey Sale

Commissioned by French entrepreneur, Count de Dion and named ‘La Marquise’ after his mother, the 127 year old vehicle drew a standing ovation from the audience as it drove onto RM’s Hershey auction stage.

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HERSHEY, PA.- The world’s oldest running motor car, a historic 1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout, entered the history books tonight, selling for an impressive $4.62 million before a packed house at RM Auctions’ Hershey, Pennsylvania sale. The impressive sale price more than doubled its original pre-sale estimate and represents a new world record for an early motor car sold at auction. Commissioned by French entrepreneur, Count de Dion and named ‘La Marquise’ after his mother, the 127 year old vehicle drew a standing ovation from the audience as it drove onto RM’s Hershey auction stage. Attracting a starting bid of $500,000 and immediately jumping to $1,000,000, bidding moved swiftly to applause from the crowd, with the gavel eventually ...More
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World's oldest running motor car brings a remarkable $4,620,000 at RM's Hershey Sale

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Monday, April 12, 2010

DAYHOFF: Plenty of ways over the years to have a hot time in Westminster

Eagle Archives By Kevin Dayhoff Posted 4/11/10

History, the Westminster recreation problem, log rolling, and burning motorcycles.

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Parades, log rollings, and a motorcycle fire provided entertainment for Carroll County years ago.

On April 11, 1887, the city of Westminster was the scene of parades, poetry, pomp and circumstance as the 50th anniversary of the founding of Carroll County was celebrated.

Thanks to the research of Mary Ann Ashcraft for the Historical Society of Carroll, we are aware of many of the details of that day.

Ashcraft calls to our attention that the April 12, 1887, Baltimore Sun reported, "Probably 25,000 people participated in the celebration, and everything passed off pleasantly and with good order. From all parts of the county large cavalcades of horsemen moved on the town and participated in the parade."

Consider that 25,000 is a lot of people if you consider the population of Westminster was only about 3,000.

Read the entire column here: http://www.explorecarroll.com/community/4205/plenty-ways-over-years-have-hot-time-westminster/

20100411 SCE Plenty of ways to have a hot time in Wster sceked Labels: Dayhoff Media Explore Carroll, History 1880s, History 1920s, History Westminster 1880s, History Westminster 1920s

History of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Carroll Street, of the City of Westminster, MD., from 1868 to 1894: With some account of earlier efforts ... congregations and charges in Carroll Co., Md

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