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About Old Line Weather
Old Line Weather.com is a privately owned and operated weather station and weather information site, with weather data being generated locally here in Ellicott City, Maryland. Its purpose is to provide our region with local weather observations and forecasts, along with other publicly available information.
Old Line Weather uses equipment by Davis Instruments as well as Weather Display software for the generation of weather data on this site. This data is constantly QC'ed by MADIS and can be seen here.
The weather data and observations produced are shared with the following weather organizations:
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About My Hometown - Ellicott City, Maryland
Money Magazine has included Ellicott City as number two in it's 2010 annual Best Places to Live.
Located approximately 10 miles W of Baltimore, between the Appalachian mountains to the west and the Chesapeake Bay to the east, Ellicott City enjoys a rich and varied history, from its origin as the tiny trade center of "Ellicott's Mills" to the present seat of rapidly urbanizing Howard County.
Three Quaker brothers, John, Andrew and Joseph Ellicott, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, chose this picturesque wilderness to establish a flour mill in 1772, four years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. The brothers helped revolutionize farming in Maryland by persuading farmers to plant wheat instead of tobacco and by introducing fertilizer to revitalize the depleted soil.
In 1830, Ellicott's Mills became the first terminus of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad outside Baltimore. The old station, which stands today as a museum, has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
By 1861, Ellicott's Mills was a prosperous farming and manufacturing area, and the site of the courthouse, which was built from 1840-1843, is where the Howard District of Anne Arundel County was so designated in 1839. Howard County became an official independent jurisdiction in 1851. In 1867, a city charter was secured for Ellicott's Mills and the name was changed to "Ellicott City." Ellicott City's Charter was surrendered in 1935 and its Main Street has experienced a gradual change in character from a mixed commercial and residential area to an almost entirely commercial area today. Ellicott City was designated a National Historic District by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1973. |
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Old Line Weather is proud to be awarded the Featured Weather Website for November, 2005 by members of WxForum.net. |
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