I love sharing stories and my research with others. I've been doing it professionally for the past 35 years and take special pride in enlightening others with the history of not only their current surroundings, but commemorating the individuals who helped create and shape the Frederick County we know and love today. 
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HSP/Chris Haugh
Upcoming 2025 CLASS & TOUR Dates 
(Scroll down to Full description/registration section below these Calendar dates)

JUNE   
"Prehistoric Frederick" 
(Mondays) June 2, 9, 16                     
6-8pm              Key Chapel(MOC)

“MOC Civil War Walking Tour” 
Wednesday, June 11                             
6-8:15pm         Key Chapel(MOC)

“MOC Civil War Walking Tour” 
(FLAG DAY) Saturday, June 14                             
10am-12:15pm  Key Chapel(MOC)

“UFM/Black History Walking Tour of MOC” 
Thursday, June 19                               
6-8:15pm       WW1Gazebo(MOC)

JULY       TBA
AUGUST TBA



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NOTE: Lecture Classes are underlined 
**Courses run by Frederick
Community College's Institute
for Learning in Retirement (55+)     
www.ILRFCC.org

 ***DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS
& REGISTRATION LINKS BELOW***
​SEPTEMBER   
UFM/Black History of Frederick   
(Tuesdays) Sept. 23, 30 & Oct 7, 1         
6-8pm           WW1Gazebo(MOC)

**"Cemetery Sojourns" through FCC ILR
Thursday, September 25                     
9am-4pm         FCC/Wash,DC
Tour of Congressional Cemetery
(Washington, DC) Transportation Included

OCTOBER     
Various History Walking Tours (TBA)

All-new 2025 "Unsettling Candlelight Tour"     
Thursday, October 23                                 
Saturday, October 25                                
Friday, October 31(Halloween)             
7-9:15pm       Key Chapel(MOC)

​NOVEMBER     
All-new 2025 "Unsettling Candlelight Tour" 
​Saturday, November 1                           
7-9:15pm      Key Chapel(MOC) 

"Indian Tribes, Explorers
& Traders in Monocacy Valley"   
(Mondays) Nov. 3, 10 & 17                   
6-8pm            Key Chapel(MOC)

**"Frederick History 101" (in 2 Parts)
through FCC ILR   
(Fridays) Nov. 21 & Dec 5                   
9:30am-3:30pm FCC
Class #1 1700s/1800s     
Class #2 1900s-Present

Chris Haugh's
"Frederick History 101"
Class

Frederick, Maryland's 275 year-old story is presented in four classes by award-winning historian and documentarian Chris Haugh. Students will learn about the city's 1745 founding in the backlands of the Maryland colony up to its standing today as one of the top residential and tourist destinations in the US. Based on his 1995 documentary "Frederick Town," Chris will lead a passionate exploration through the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries with colorful storytelling and an array of multi-media elements. Participants are guaranteed to gain a better understanding and appreciation of Frederick and past citizens, while enjoying this immersive experience within the confines of one of the country's most historic and beautiful cemeteries-commonly referred to in earlier times as "Frederick's Other City." 
FCCILR in 2 classes/parts
​Nov 21 & Dec 5 (9am-3:15pm)
​*Next HSP session 2026
CHRIS HAUGH'S
FREDERICK HISTORY 201 CLASS
​A full overview and great deal of information was covered in the "101" class, but here in "201" things are slowed down a bit for closer inspection and discussion of events and individuals that helped shape the Frederick we have today. This course will employ PowerPoint slides, along with video clips from the "Frederick Town" documentary. Best of all, we will feature a special guest historian each week who will drop by for a "one on one" talk with Chris on specific aspects of our rich history. (Recorded interviews with Christina Martinkosky, Tee & Theresa (Mathias) Michel, John Ashbury & Don Linton)
​4 parts $79
*Zoom Online session late Jan. 2025
Tuesday nights (Jan 21, 28 & Feb 4, 11)
​6-8:30pm
"UP FROM THE MEADOWS: THE CLASS"
​It has been nearly 30 years since local historian Chris Haugh was inspired to produce the 1997 documentary/film entitled “Up from the Meadows: A History of Black Americans in Frederick County, Maryland.”  As the title suggests, this program includes an interesting study of Frederick County Black history through the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, covering the time periods from slavery to emancipation, and segregation to civil rights equality within a divided Maryland.  “Up from the Meadows” features an esteemed group of former residents as on-camera commentators including Kathleen Snowden, William O. Lee, Jr., Lord Nickens, Arnold Delauter and Dr. Blanche Bourne-Tyree to name a few.
Established in 1748, the north-central Maryland environs of Frederick County is a perfect case study for African-American cultural history, as it once represented “a border county within a border state” during the American Civil War, being situated below the Mason-Dixon Line and Pennsylvania to the north, and the Potomac River and Virginia to the south. Repercussions would continue up through the Civil Rights Movement of the mid 20th century.
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4 parts $79
​*Next session in mid-Sept 2025
Key Chapel (Mount Olivet Cemetery)
Tuesday nights 6-8pm
​(September 23, 30 and Oct 7, 14)
​Registration opening soon
"UP FROM THE MEADOWS"/ BLACK HISTORY WALKING TOUR OF MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY
Participants will discover unique links to local, state and national Black (African American) history through visiting the grave sites of a collection of men and women buried in Frederick's historic Mount Olivet Cemetery--at one time a segregated cemetery before 1954. You will be pleasantly surprised with what you will learn. Scheduled for 2 hours, the route will be about 1.3 miles in length, mostly on macadam roadways with occasional walking on grass to access gravesites.
​2+ hour Walking Tour $20
​Spring 2025
*Saturday, May 17th @ 1pm
​*Thursday, June 19th @6pm
​"LEGENDS OF FREDERICK: Johnson, Key, Fritchie & Engelbrecht"
You've heard their names, and may know parts of their life stories. Participants will have the opportunity to hear about four individuals who certainly shaped Frederick history as we know it. All were born in the 1700s and lived through the War of 1812. Thomas Johnson, Jr. was a Revolutionary War hero with a most impressive resume. Francis Scott Key and Barbara Fritchie have songs/poems written about them in connection with the American flag being attacked by an enemy. Jacob Engelbrecht, a tailor and former mayor, kept a diary of Frederick events and opinions from 1819-1878 (the year of his death).

4 parts $79
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"Frederick History 101"
Cemetery Tour of the
​1700s/1800s

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This 1.3 mile walking tour of historic Mount Olivet Cemetery perfectly complements the content learned within Chris Haugh's "Frederick History 101" course. It features stops at the final resting places of several individuals introduced in our 101 (Frederick 101) course lectures. This version will focus on outstanding citizens and events of the 1700s and 1800s such as Francis Scott Key, Thomas Johnson and Barbara Fritchie among several others, as participants will experience the historic parts of the cemetery for this 2 hour+ experience. (bathroom break) 
2.5 hour Walking Tour $20
PREHISTORICK FREDERICK
Based on the documentary entitled “Monocacy: The pre-history of Frederick County, Maryland,” this course will take students on a 1.2 billion year- journey to better understand and appreciate the cataclysmic events that shaped our present day landscape.  The course will also explore the earliest lifeforms from marine organisms, dinosaurs to native-aboriginal man. Bite-sized portions of geology, meta-geography, biology, archeology, and anthropology will be introduced in layman's terms within a multi-media presentation of video excerpts, PowerPoint-lecture and touch object “show and tell.”
​3 parts $59
​*Next session June 2025
​Key Chapel (Mount Olivet Cemetery)
Monday nights 6-8pm
​(June 2, 9 and 16)​
FREDERICK, MARYLAND IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (plus CW Cemetery Tour)
​A decade ago, Frederick hosted several events associated with the 150th commemoration of the American Civil War. Chris Haugh was involved with the planning of many of these while he worked for the Tourism Council of Frederick County. One project he oversaw was the production of an Emmy® award-winning film entitled “Maryland’s Heart of the Civil War." The documentary debuted in 2012 and was produced by MPT (Maryland Public Television), airing on PBS stations nationwide. In this 4-part course, Chris will offer a detailed recap of events that tied Frederick, both city and county, to the greatest political and physical struggle fought to preserve or destroy the young United States of America. Through the use of illustrated PowerPoint presentations, diary entries and anecdotes from newspapers/history accounts and clips from the “Maryland’s Heart of the Civil War” documentary, this course will explore the three major campaigns that came through our area and the direct impact the Civil War had on the local landscape and citizenry. The classes will take place in Mount Olivet Cemetery's historic Key Chapel. Class # 4 will consist of a 2-hour "Civil War-inspired" walking tour of Mount Olivet focusing on Civil War veterans buried here, along with local citizens of note.
4 parts $79
​*Next Classroom session 2026
*Civil War Tour of Mount Olivet in Spring 2025 (see description below)
MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY
​CIVIL WAR TOUR
This insightful walking tour features former residents who participated in and experienced first-hand the American Civil War. Mount Olivet was opened less than a decade before the conflict and possessed a contract with the federal government to bury here the dead of both armies who passed in Frederick's "one vast hospital." Many local veterans survived the horrors of war and came back to Frederick to continue their lives in peaceful times. Many would be laid to rest here in family lots. Civilians like Barbara Fritchie, Rev. Daniel Zacharias and Glenn Worthington played unique roles in Civil War lore and they, too, repose here. 
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2+hour Walking Tour $20
Spring 2025
*Wednesday, June 11 @6pm
*Saturday,June 14(Flag Day)@10am

 "Frederick History 101" Cemetery Tour of the 1900s-Current Day

This 1.3 mile walking tour of historic Mount Olivet Cemetery echoes content learned within Chris Haugh's "Frederick History 101" course. It features stops at the final resting places of individuals introduced in our (101) course lectures. This tour will focus on outstanding citizens of the 1900s up through the present with stops at the gravesites of banker Joseph D. Baker, fashion designer Claire McCardell, Hood College president Joseph Henry Apple, inventor Harry Lebherz and those buried under the World War II Memorial among several others. Participants will traverse the newer part of the cemetery.(bathroom)
​2.5 hour Walking Tour $20
"INDIAN TRIBES, EXPLORERS and FUR TRADERS IN THE MONOCACY VALLEY"
Based on the video documentary entitled “Sugarloaf: The Quest for Riches and Redemption in the Monocacy Valley," this course will be a historical journey into the once, "howling wilderness" of today’s Frederick County as it existed between three and four centuries ago. This period encompasses the European Contact and Colonial periods (1600s and early 1700s), and nicely bridges the pre-history of the region to the point of Maryland's 1634 founding and European habitation over the next century. The course will explore the American Indian tribes, European explorers and fur  traders who once travelled the area that would later become Frederick County in 1748. This course will be taught through film excerpts and PowerPoint-lecture.
​3 parts $59​
*Next session in November 2025
Key Chapel (Mount Olivet Cemetery)
Monday nights 6-8pm
​(November 3, 10 and 17)
"UNSETTLING TOUR"
​OF MOUNT OLIVET BY CANDLELIGHT
This is not a ghost tour, although we will talk about one or two. Instead, the name of the "walking class" says it all, as the stories slated to be reverently told are guaranteed to leave you with an uncomfortable and "unsettled" feeling. You will likely feel sorrow, compassion and empathy for the decedents whose graves are visited on our sojourn. Many have been featured in my"Stories in Stone" blog series found On FaceBook and MountOlivetHistory.com.
Scheduled for 2 hours, the route will be about 1.5 miles in length, mostly on macadam roadways with occasional walking on grass to access gravesites. Participants should be 16 years of age or over as much of the subject matter is intended for more mature audiences.  Dress appropriately including proper footwear, and feel free to bring a drink and a flashlight, or your own lantern. Rain or Shine (unless extreme weather conditions in which contingency plans will be made for make up tours). Parking and meet time/place info given later. 
2+ hour Walking Tour $20
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(All New) 2025 Edition
Offerings:
Thursday, Oct. 23rd @7pm
Saturday, Oct. 25 @7pm
Friday, Oct. 31(Halloween) @7pm
Saturday, Nov. 1 @7pm
​"FREDERICK & THE WILD WEST"
At the time of its creation, Frederick town was on the western frontier of Maryland and American European settlement. Over the next century and a half, westward expansion would reach across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. Frederick has several ties to this important story through past residents, subtle roles in national events and visits to town by legendary "Wild West" icons. I guess you could call it "Frederick's Manifest Destiny."
Class # 4 will consist of a 2-hour "Wild West"-inspired walking tour of Mount Olivet Cemetery focusing on individuals talked about in class and buried here.
(Meet at Key Chapel)
2-hour Walking Tour Only $20
Tuesday, June 3 @ 6pm
Give the Gift of History!
Purchase a History Shark Productions gift certificate for a Christmas, holiday or birthday gift for that special relative, friend or co-worker.

Gift certificates can be bought at the $100, $80, $60, $40 and $20 range levels, and can be utilized for purchasing both history lecture and walking tour classes, the latter running $20/each. Mix and match tours and classes as well! A physical, numbered certificate will be sent out to the buyer (or the recipient if instructed), along with instructions on how to specifically register for 2025 classes with this certificate.
Contact Chris with any questions: [email protected]