Join Ralph Buglass on Zoom Thursday October 10 at 7 p.m. Ralph will enlighten us about the History of Ferries and the C&O Canal, and Their Impacts on Montgomery County’s Social and Economic Development. Many people have used White’s Ferry to cross the Potomac River, or as a starting point for hiking on the C&O Canal. But it is a fair bet that far fewer residents know the history of ferries along the Montgomery County segment of the Potomac and the C&O Canal, including White’s Ferry, and the role they played in the evolution and growth of Montgomery County.
The presentation is based on extensive research spearheaded by Ralph Buglass and supported by numerous local history researchers and experts including William Bauman, Jim Poole, Jon Wolz, Rod Mackler, Mary Ann Kephart, Link Hoewing, and Charles Jacobs. This is the same presentation Ralph recently delivered on July 17th at Poolesville Memorial United Methodist Church. He will also review the information discussed in the forum at that event. If you missed that presentation, this is your chance to experience it!
Presenter:
Ralph Buglass is a retired communications professional, Montgomery County native, and graduate of Winston Churchill High School. He earned a BA in American history from Cornell University and an MA in journalism from American University. Ralph has been a volunteer docent at the restored one-room Kingsley Schoolhouse in Clarksburg, an experience that sparked a deep interest in the early days of public education in Montgomery County. He was the 2014 recipient of a national service award from the Country Schoolhouse Association of America for his volunteer work.
Ralph is a frequent speaker for Montgomery History on a variety of local history topics and a volunteer researcher for Peerless Rockville, the nonprofit historic preservation organization for Montgomery County’s seat of government. In 2020, with Peerless Rockville, he co-authored Images of America: Rockville, a pictorial history of the city’s 250 years. He taught lifelong learning courses at American University, Johns Hopkins University, Montgomery College, and Frederick Community College.