History Shark Productions

12/20/2024

Would you like to learn some Frederick (MD) history....or refresh your existing knowledge? Gift certificates available and registration open now for 2025 lecture classes and walking tours. http://www.historysharkproductions.com/gift-certificates.html

12/17/2024

Christmas shopping in Frederick 30-50 years ago would likely have put you either here, at this Colonial-themed retail mecca, or at the "new" mall on the other side of town. Learn more about Frederick's early merchants, architecture, folk heroes, and social scene, along with its trials and tribulations in Chris Haugh's Frederick history classes in 2025. First up is Frederick History 201, which will run over Zoom starting January 21st. You can enjoy this lecture class in the confines of your own home, whether that is here in Frederick, or in California, Illinois, Florida, etc. Gift certificates available! Click link for more info: http://www.historysharkproductions.com/history-course-offerings.html

12/14/2024

Sleigh Rides, Snow Slides and Dick the Squirrel...all part of the Frederick, Maryland Holiday scene in the year 1883. Enjoy this short story about the "olden days" in our beautiful town.

In 1850, James Pierpont of Medford, Massachusetts wrote a song entitled “Jingle Bells” about the frequent occurrence of sleigh racing on Salem Street, the main thoroughfare in his town....

12/11/2024

Frederick College is back in session! Registration open for 2025 lecture classes and walking tours on Frederick County (Maryland) history. GIFT CERTIFICATES available for the holidays.
http://www.historysharkproductions.com/history-course-offerings.html

A self-business offering history consulting, research, writing, presentation and personal historian services to produce interpretive media and expert storytelling opportunities. Based and specializing in Frederick County and Maryland area history.

12/06/2024

Registration is now open for our assortment of Frederick history classes and tours for 2025!!! Gift certificates are also available for purchase, click the link below.

Give the gift of local history!

11/29/2024

Happy Black Friday! Coming next week: New Frederick history classes for 2025 will be announced and HSP Gift certificates will also be available for purchase. These will make the perfect holiday present for that local history lover on your list.

http://www.historysharkproductions.com/history-course-offerings.html

11/07/2024

Special Field Trip Opportunity! I will be leading an upcoming Walking Tour of historic Oak Hill Cemetery in northwest Washington, DC and a few spots still remain! The date is next Thursday, Nov. 14th, with a cost of $79 (transportation included). This course is part of Frederick Community College's Institute for Learning in Retirement (for students 60 years of age+). Departure from FCC at 8:30am with planned return by 4:15pm. In this course, I will be pointing out Washington DC luminaries and plenty of Frederick, MD connections from 10am-1pm, and our excursion will feature a late "lunch on your own" at Potomac Park in Montgomery County where we can continue talking Frederick history! Registration link below:
https://frederick.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=27839

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween! If you don't have plans tonight, join us in Mount Olivet Cemetery for an "Unsettling" Candlelight Walking Tour at 7pm. $16 and "Walk-Ups" welcome tonight as we will meet at the Key Memorial Chapel (100 yards behind the Francis Scott Key Monument at the front gate). https://history-shark-productions.coursestorm.com/category/walking-tour

10/29/2024

Would you like to learn some "Unsettling" Frederick history on Halloween night? Our candlelight walking tour of Mount Olivet Cemetery is led by award-winning historian/author Chris Haugh at 7pm (and also on two additional nights: Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2). We will meet beforehand at the Key Chapel. Cost $16. For more info/Registration: https://history-shark-productions.coursestorm.com/category/walking-tour

10/24/2024

The all-new, 2024 "Unsettling" Candlelight Walking Tour of Mount Olivet starts tonight (Thursday, Oct 24th). $16 for the 2-hour event. There is room for late registrants and walk-ups, meet at the Key Chapel before our 7pm launch. https://history-shark-productions.coursestorm.com/category/walking-tour

10/22/2024

Candlelight Walking Tour of Frederick’s historic Mount Olivet on Oct 24, 26, 31 & Nov 1,2. The 2-hour “Unsettling” tour costs $16 and starts at 7pm each night. https://history-shark-productions.coursestorm.com/category/walking-tour

10/15/2024

I guess you could say it's a "Frederick Academy/College" of sorts. Register now for our 4-week course on Frederick, Maryland history! Starting Monday, Oct 21 (12noon-2:30pm) at Mount Olivet's Key Chapel $79
https://history-shark-productions.coursestorm.com/course/frederick-history-1014

10/09/2024

Matinee version of Chris Haugh’s “Frederick History 101” starts Monday, October 21st (12noon-2:30pm) in Mount Olivet’s Key Chapel. Clink link to register! https://history-shark-productions.coursestorm.com/course/frederick-history-1014

10/04/2024

Join me (Chris Haugh) for the all-new, 2024 edition of the “Unsettling” Candlelight Walking Tour of Frederick’s historic Mount Olivet Cemetery. Five offerings with limited space for Oct 24, 26, 31 & Nov 1, 2 @ 7pm. 2-hour tour $16/person. For more info/registration, click link:
https://history-shark-productions.coursestorm.com/browse

09/26/2024

I will be teaching another edition of my 4-part “Frederick History 101” courses on Monday afternoons from 12noon-2:30pm in late October-early November (Oct 21-Nov 11). Cost: $79. Bring a lunch to eat while you learn! For more info and registration, click link. http://www.historysharkproductions.com/frederick-history-101-course.html

09/21/2024

The Great Frederick Fair is winding down but here is part 2 of its early history story.

Author's Note: This is part 2 of a multi-part history covering the early history of the Great Frederick Fair. Part 1 can be found in the September 2016 archives to the right.

09/13/2024

An annual, local tradition starts again this weekend---the Great Frederick Fair. How did it originally start, and where? And why was the term "Great" employed as a marketing strategy? Enjoy my HSP 2-part story to find out!

This week marks the 154th edition of the Great Frederick Fair, the largest and greatest county fair in the State of Maryland. The Frederick Fair has quite a storied history, but one I found lacking...

09/12/2024

After nearly a year, Chris Haugh's "Frederick History 101" will be offered again as an "in-person" course beginning Monday, October 21st from 12noon-2:30pm! Bring a bag lunch and enjoy this 4-part course (on consecutive Mondays through Nov. 11th) in the beautiful Key Memorial Chapel on the grounds of Mount Olivet Cemetery. We will start in the 1730s and early settlement and discussions will take us up through the 1900s to the present with focus on the H&F Trolley, Braddock Heights, Hood College, residents enlisting in World Wars, Fort Detrick, Golden Mile, suburbanization and the death of Downtown (and its subsequent Renaissance) and beyond. $79 Click the link for registration info!
https://history-shark-productions.coursestorm.com/course/frederick-history-1014

Frederick (MD) history classes/tours, presentations, and documentation services (research, writing)