We're not the only ones who 'steer' toward Main Street http://tinyurl.com/27bh95h

We're not the only ones who 'steer' toward Main Street

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EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted 6/13/10

http://www.explorecarroll.com/community/4395/were-not-only-ones-who-steer-toward-main-street/

If you think traffic is bad in Westminster these days, can you imagine what it was like Saturday, June 10, 1922, when a herd of cattle took a stroll through Westminster on their way to the scales at the Farmers' Fertilizer and Feed Company.

Driving livestock to market through town was actually fairly commonplace in Westminster history.

Common destinations were the train yards -- where the Westminster Volunteer Fire Company is now located -- butcher shops in downtown or the William F. Myers packing house, which was capable of processing 10,000 pounds of meat per week in what was then Westminster's heavy industry part of town, the area of Liberty and Green streets.

Read the entire column here: http://www.explorecarroll.com/community/4395/were-not-only-ones-who-steer-toward-main-street/

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