Join area historian Ralph Buglass on January 6th at 7 pm for a history of Sugarloaf Mountain. Well known to area residents, the privately owned Sugarloaf Mountain is an oasis of natural beauty and scenic vistas that is open to the public. Sugarloaf, a Registered National Landmark, was very nearly lost to the public in the 1920s and again in the 1930s. Learn about these fascinating connections with Frank Lloyd Wright and FDR that might have made major alterations to our area. This extensively illustrated talk explores these and other historical oddities of this small mountain that sits by itself in Frederick County.
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.