Frederick County

Um, it'd be interesting if you did a poll of people who actually live near a, uh, data center-

Like Frederick County

... whether, whether if they even knew that they lived near a da-

Right

... data center.

The, the most data centers in our state are in Frederick County.

Yeah.

And I bet you a lot of people didn't even know.

Now, here's something worth knowing about the very ground under us.

Back in 1776, Claire, a man named Dr. Thomas Sprigg Wooton, he sat in the Maryland Constitutional Convention, introduced a bill to carve one much larger Frederick County into three: Frederick, Washington, and Montgomery.

It passed on the 6th of September that year.

Our county took its name from General Richard Montgomery, a Revolutionary War hero who'd fallen the year before, fighting for the Continental Army up in Quebec.

Upon her arrival, Kedward settled on the outskirts of the town proper, maintaining a quiet, reclusive existence while integrating herself into the community through basic domestic trade and rural labor.

So, the township of Blair was slapped together in the middle of nowhere, Frederick County, Maryland, back in the mid 19, or the mid 1700s.

Mm.

I was gonna say 1970s.

Yes.

So a brand new wave of optimistic European settlers looked at the dark, oppressive shadow of the Black Hills, and just like the people of Blair thought, "You know what? Seems like a great place to build a life."

They were after the prime timber reserves and the fertile farmland at the base of the mountains in Frederick County in Maryland.

And leading the charge was a guy named Henry Burkitt, a principal land o- landholder whose legacy was slapping his own name on a town built directly over a mass child disappearance site.

It represents the enduring mystery of the vast open skies of the American Southwest and the feeling that something ancient and powerful is still watching from above.

In the folklore of Maryland's Frederick County, few creatures are as wildly imaginative or terrifying as the Snallygaster.

This is not a simple beast, but a grotesque chimera, a monster seemingly pieced together from a nightmare.

Its legend, rooted in the superstitions of German immigrants, was later resurrected by sensationalist newspapers to create one of America's most vivid monster panics.

It proves that a local monster can be more than just a scary story.

It can be a source of fun, a boost for the local economy, and a proud mascot of the wild, untamed spirit of the Appalachian Mountains.

Now, we've already discussed the bizarre dragon-like Snallygaster that once terrorized the skies of Frederick County, Maryland, but that story is only half of a fantastic local legend.

According to the same body of folklore, the Snallygaster had a mortal enemy, an earthbound champion that fought against it, the Dwayo.

They can bring you revenue.

Look at the $110 million project in Frederick County that got shelved because of the politics of it.

You had the county executive there in Frederick County that was for it at the beginning of the month.

September 1st.

Right.

You pass that bridge at McDonald Road, and then you're on the way to the Beltway, which is now backed up to 795, and from there down to Frederick Road.

Filling in quickly on the Parkville side at Hartford Road, big wreck in Frederick County, eastbound I-70 right before the bridge at I-270.

Looked at some of the speeds there.

Speeds about 8 to 10 miles an hour, so that's a big delay continuing on the eastbound side.

So it'll be 95 through College Park down to the area of the BW Parkway.

Two of the left-hand lanes were blocked at last report.

Big wreck in Frederick County this morning, eastbound I-70 coming into 270.

The latest report says most of the eastbound lanes are closed right now, so need to be prepared for that as well.