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	Burkittsville, Maryland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On September 13 and 14, the forces of the Union and Confederate armies engaged in the Battle of Crampton's Gap, a bloody prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
		Burkittsville gained notoriety with the 1999 release of the film The Blair Witch Project, which attracted fans of the cult film, and provided a spike to local commerce.
		With the exception of the scenes of the cemetery and sign, the majority of the film was shot in Montgomery County, Maryland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burkittsville,_Maryland (636 words)

	Burkittsville, Maryland
		Burkittsville became closely involved with the Civil War on September 13 and 14, 1862, when forces of the Union and Confederate armies engaged in the Battle of Crampton’s Gap, a bloody prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
		Noted Maryland author George Alfred Townsend came to live in the Burkittsville area in 1865.
		Today, many of Burkittsville’s residents commute to jobs in the nearby metropolitan areas, but the town maintains a strong sense of community through its many services, social activities, special events, and town meetings.
	www.mdmunicipal.org /cities/index.cfm?townname=burkittsville (354 words)

	National Register Listings in Maryland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Description: Burkittsville, Maryland, is a crossroads town located in the southwest corner of Frederick County.
		Most of the approximately 70 dwellings in Burkittsville are used as dwellings, but there are handsome Victorian commercial buildings and shops on the east side of town, most with their original fenestration and wood detailing.
		Significance: Burkittsville is a well preserved, virtually unchanged example of the American townscape of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
	www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net /nr/NRDetail.asp?HDID=350&FROM=NRMapFR.html (379 words)

	CBS News \| In Burkittsville, Life's A Witch \| December 13, 1999 08:32:19
		Not all Burkittsville is pleased by its sudden notoriety.
		At that time, the forest behind Burkittsville was the site of the Battle of South Mountain, a warm-up to the slaughter at nearby Antietam.
		And of course, no one in Burkittsville takes the Blair legends seriously--though Trude Head sells a "witch chaser" bag, containing stones, garlic and lavender, just in case the filmmakers are on to something.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/1999/10/28/entertainment/main66209.shtml (580 words)

	Tobias Horine III (1800-1880) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Burkittsville was the scene of considerable fighting during the Civil War and it has been said that two unkown Confederate soldiers were buried under a large oak tree southeast of the Horine house.
		I2 John Alpheus Horine, was born September 20, 1824 in Myersville, Maryland, and died May 07, 1915 in Burkittsville, Maryland.
		I10 Mary Ann Magadelena Horine, was born November 01, 1843 in Burkettsville, Maryland, and died February 17, 1926 in Rockville, KMaryland.
	www.iwaynet.net /~lsci/horine/TobiasHorineIIIG8.htm (462 words)

	Columbia Rifles Home Page
		The event was held in and around Burkittsville, Maryland, much of it on the original Crampton’s Gap battlefield (September 14, 1862).
		At Burkittsville, the 150-man Federal battalion’s 139-acre Friday night campsite yielded one half of a pickup truck load of split oak firewood and one a small piece of paper that had been out there since the last rain.
		Mike Peterson: At Burkittsville we were among the first to drill and the first in line before the last note of reveille, arguably the hardest marching (we may have birthed the “legend” of “O’Beirne’s Foot Cavalry” or, as another wag called us, “Strider Company”) and we were well-led.
	www.columbiarifles.org /AAR/Burkittsville.html (9034 words)

	Re: The "Blair Witch" and Burkittsville, Maryland: A Factual Disclaimer
		In Reply to: The "Blair Witch" and Burkittsville, Maryland: A Factual Disclaimer posted by The Blair Witch and Burkittsville, Maryland: A Factual Disclaimer on August 11, 1999 at 12:41:42:
		To fully comprehend the battle's impact on Burkittsville and local farmers, I needed to factually familiarize myself with the social evolution of this community from its earliest land grants, from the Lords Baltimore, up to the time of the battle and beyond.
		Admittedly, there are various and sundry tall tales hereabouts regarding fanciful, mythical creatures (the creation of bored, post-1900 journalists on slow news days) and of course the occasional "soldier ghost" from the battle-none of which have ever demonstrated any tangible manifestation to an educated mind.
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	DX Outings in Frederick County Maryland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Living in, on, and around the mountains of Central Maryland, DXers ---- be you an AM or SSB chaser ----- had ample places to conduct experiments and engage in the CB equivalent of a amateur DX-Pedition as easy as motoring to your favorite mountain vista with a car full of equipment.
		Maryland 123), and was able to help Tom navigate this ‘road' as best I could.
		Those people back in Burkittsville were probably too surprised and blown away to think about jotting down Toms license tag number.
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	Burkittsville, Maryland MD, town profile (Frederick County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Burkittsville, MD Burkittsville is a town in Frederick County, in the Washington-Arlington metro area.
		At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Burkittsville was $24,919, compared with $21,587 nationally.
		Median rent in Burkittsville, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $430.
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	Burkittsville, Maryland - Gravity Hill aka Spook Hill
		I lived in Harpers Ferry WV for many years and took all my visitors for the thrill of Spook Hill (which you call Gravity Hill).
		Anyway there is a road (Gapland Rd I believe) that leads out of town to a small hill where, if you put your car in neutral, you will appear to move uphill.
		No portion of this document may be reproduced, copied or revised without written permission of the authors.
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		Burkittsville and vicinity have had all of these, from Civil War times.
		Finally most--and perhaps all--of the bodies temporarily buried in the older section of Burkittsville’s Union Cemetery, were exhumed in 1868 and re-interred in Washington Confederate Cemetery.
		In public, Burkittsville residents claim that this is merely an optical illusion.
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	CTV.ca - Blair Witch back in Burkittsville - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		In case you didn't know, Burkittsville was the setting for last year's huge horror hit, The Blair Witch Project.
		Burkittsville's tranquillity was shattered last summer when the low-budget move created a sensation.
		Believers flocked to Burkittsville and its woods, convinced the legend was true.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1025826984312_21236184?hub=CTVNewsAt11&subhub=PrintStory (268 words)

	John Alpheus Horine (1824-1915) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		His early days were spent as those of farmers' sons usually are; he learned farming practically, and later became the owner of part of his father's land, on which he conducted a saw-mill and grist-mill.
		Tobias Horine [III], was married to Magdalena daughter of Ludwig Routzahn; she also died in Burkittsville.
		J5 Amos Melvin Horine, born November 14, 1860 in Frederick, Maryland; died March 06, 1940 in Westminster, Maryland.
	www.iwaynet.net /~lsci/horine/JohnAlpheusHorineG9.htm (607 words)

	The Truth About the War Memorial to Fallen Journalists
		He is the author of Sealed With Their Lives: The Battle for Crampton's Gap, Burkittsville, Maryland, and the forthcoming High-Water Mark: The 1862 Maryland Campaign in Strategic Perspective.
		Upon returning from vacation, I was besieged with alarmed inquires regarding the dedication of a commemorative plaque at Gathland State Park in Crampton's Gap on South Mountain, near Burkittsville, Maryland.
		When the Athens (Georgia) Historical Society approached Maryland's park service in 1991, for installation of two historical markers descriptive of their state's troops in the battle, a 10-month period of rigorous review was needed to finally achieve approval.
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	Spook Hill
		The Gapland Road outside of the historic district of Burkittsville, Maryland, winds over the hills and through the valleys to the state park dedicated to Civil War correspondents.
		For days Union and Confederate forces marched toward Burkittsville in anticipation of a battle that would determine strategic control of a large area.
		At the square in Burkittsville, turn left again, and drive half a mile to the town limits.
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	Maryland Real Estate - Find Burkittsville real estate agents to buy a house or sell your home.
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	www.homecontractors.biz /realestate.Burkittsville.Maryland.cities.real-estate.html (582 words)

	Roger Search Results. Roadside America
		I've never been there but it was mentioned several times on the TV show "Homicide" (the wife of Det. Felton was supposed to be from Boring).
		The town of Boring MD might be no more than a village, but it does have a couple of attractions: In June, the Boring Volunteer Fire Department throws the Boring Gas Engine Show and Flea Market, usually the second weekend of June.
		The story behind it as I was told is that the ghosts of dead Union soldiers from the civil war still pushing cannons up the mountain.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /roger/QueryTips.php3?offset=40&tip_State=MD (619 words)

	The Blair Witch Project - In October of 1994,Three Student Filmmakers Disapeared In The Woods Near ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The township of Blair was located where the city of Burkittsville is in north central Maryland, two hours from Washington, D.C. February, 1785 Several children accuse Elly Kedward of luring them into her home to draw blood from them.
		October 16, 1995 Students from the University of Maryland's anthropology department discover a duffel bag containing film cases, DAT tapes, videocassettes, a Hi-8 video camera, Heather's journal and a CP-16 film camera buried under the foundation of a secluded cabin.
		When the evidence is examined, Burkittsville Sheriff Ron Cravens announces that the 11 rolls of fl-and-white film and 10 Hi-8 videotapes are indeed the property of Heather Donahue and her crew.
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	The Blair Sandwitch Project
		Their half-eaten lunches are found weeks later at Coughin' Rock tied together at the ham and cheese and completely regurgitated.
		Carr admits to everything in detail, telling authorities that he was really hungry, and so was "an old man ghost" who occupied the woods near his house.
		October 26, 1994 - The Maryland State Police launch their search of the area, an operation that lasts ten minutes and includes a lunch stop at the local "Subway".
	www.superspoof.com /blair/artery.html (511 words)

	Crampton's Gap Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Tim Reese, in High Water Mark: The 1862 Maryland Campaign in Strategic Perspective, clarifies and documents the fluid conditions which drove the armies to Sharpsburg.
		Reese's analysis of the Maryland Campaign is the major contribution to understanding the subject in our lifetimes; there is nothing like it.
		Author Reese has a totally unexpected and refreshing view not only of Crampton's Gap but of the Maryland Campaign in general and he regards the battle at the Gap as the key to understanding the whole.
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	Accident, Maryland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Accident, Maryland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Accident is a town located in (Click link for more info and facts about Garrett County, Maryland) Garrett County, Maryland.
		Out of the total population, 17.3% of those under the age of 18 and 24.1% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ac/accident,_maryland.htm (440 words)

	Magnetic Hill - Burkittsville, Maryland
		The quiet rural Burkittsville of today stands in sharp contrast to that of the September Sunday in 1862 when horses, men, cannons, and rifled muskets burst onto Main Street and into the fields adjacent to the village.
		Nearly 30,000 Union and Confederate troops passed through town during the 1862 Maryland Campaign and another 100,000 during the campaigns of 1863 and 1864, marching to and from Crampton's Gap in South Mountain.
		During the Battle for Crampton's Gap its houses were shelled, used for cover, and were finally converted to field hospitals by surgeons of the victorious Union Sixth Army Corps.
	www.eureka4you.com /magnetichillworldwide/Burkittsville-MD.htm (524 words)

	The Real Blair Witch Ghosts - Part One
		However, few know the actual haunted history of Burkittsville, Maryland, where the movie was set.
		Another 18th century German settlement, Zittlestown, seven miles north of Burkittsville, was also plagued with supernatural events.
		However, most of Burkittsville's ghosts are men who lost their lives in the Civil War.
	www.hollowhill.com /misc/blair1.htm (532 words)

	iFMagazine.com News - BLAIR WITCH location snub (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		THE SKINNY: The town that was made famous as the 'location' of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT is thumbing its nose (and shooting permit) at the makers of the PROJECT sequel.
		A concerted group of citizens in Burkittsville, Maryland have prompted the PROJECT makers to look somewhere else for a place to shoot, much to the embarrassment of Maryland's Film Office.
		According to quotes in USA today, Michael Styer, the Office's director, has denied "This is the only time a community in Maryland has been negative to the idea of having a film made in their town," he reassured Hollywood in USA Today.
	www.ifmagazine.com /new.asp?article=774 (186 words)

	Contact Info & Directions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Burkittsville and the Crampton's Gap battlefield are easily accessible via Maryland Route 17 or Route 67 from either US Route 340 (southern approach) or Alternate US Route 40A (northern approach).
		You will encounter the least traffic via the southern approach from US Route 340.
		Burkittsville is a 25-minute drive from Frederick, 35 minutes from Leesburg, and 40 from Hagerstown.
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		Family Group Sheet Subject: Michael BOYER Birth: 19 Mar 1802, Middletown, Maryland.
		Son: 26 Sep 1876, Leslie Slifer BOYER; Burkittsville District, Maryland.
		Daughter: Jun 1880, Julia E. BOYER; Burkittsville District, Maryland.
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	Map of Burkittsville, Maryland, United States United States \| Multimap.com
		Map of Burkittsville, Maryland, United States United States
		Map of Burkittsville, Maryland, United States United States
		These locations are nearest as the crow flies, but may not be nearest by road.
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	Burkittsville, Maryland - Pictures - Blair Witch Project - Witches in the Shadows?
		Yet Burkittsville is visited annually by thousands of movie and witchcraft fans -- just wanting to "see" for themselves.
		Nestled among the quaint small towns and rolling hills of Frederick County is the village of Burkittsville, Maryland.
		And, surprisingly, there may NOT be a cell phone store in Burkittsville.
	www.burkittsville.com (392 words)

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