Frederick County Characters: Innovators, Pioneers and Patriots of Western Maryland

Since its founding in 1748, Frederick County has been home to some of the nation's most celebrated and dynamic historical figures. The quaint towns and farmlands with their serene mountain vistas of the Catoctin Ridge have played host to the likes of the famed Francis Scott Key and Thomas Stone, one of Maryland's signers of the Declaration of Independence. Later, Dr. John Tyler—Frederick's pioneering oculist—established his practice on the town's West Church Street and performed the first c...