Laurel’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Laurel. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Many dinosaur fossils from the Cretaceous Era are preserved in a 7.5-acre (3.0 ha) park in Laurel. The site, which among other finds has yielded fossilized teeth from Astrodon and Priconodon species, has been called the most prolific in the eastern United States.
From the Late Glacial age in 10,700 B.C. to 8,500 B.C., Laurel's climate warmed and changed from a spruce forest to a hardwood forest. In the Late Archaic period from 4,000 to 1,000 B.C., Laurel would have been covered primarily with an oak and hickory forest.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Laurel’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Laurel’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAuto races, 1912: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Laurel, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Auto races (1912) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.