Today, I made a visit to Tudor Hall, the home of the Booth family, and other sites relating to the Booths in Harford County, MD. A more thorough post will follow later but, as we drive home, I thought I’d put up this teaser of pictures from my day:
And, as a challenge to you all, what is the Boothie significance of where I am in this picture?
Hint: Snoop around the Harford County Historical Society’s web page for it.
LincolnConspirators.com 
Rocks State Park….http://www.harfordhistory.net/boothtour.htm
You got it, Carolyn. I’m doing lesson plans for school so I won’t be able to post about Tudor Hall tonight, but here’s more about our trip to Rocks State Park: http://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-350-post-18602.html#pid18602
Man was it a trek to get up there in the wet weather.
Also, Carolyn, do you know anything about this story? http://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-350-post-18594.html#pid18594
There’s a vague mention of John Wilkes Booth on this Patapsco History Hike event from last year that seems to give credence to it: https://www.facebook.com/events/382829781768950/
Hi Dave,
I contacted Tudor Hall yesterday and he told me he came across an old article recently somewhere at the Historical Society of Harford County about John’s initials possibly carved at Rock State Park. He’ll dig around for the article for me. I’ll let you know.
Hi Dave
I too heard about the story about JWB carving his initials on the rock but not finding it anywhere including “Right Or Wrong, God Judge Me: The Writings of John Wilkes Booth”. I just sent an email with someone at Tudor Hall and see if he shed any light to this story.
With lance in hand, JWB used to ride around that park. A friend of his recollected (if my own recollections are correct that JWB and friends loved climbing those rocks, and there is one on which Booth’s initials are crudely chiseled. You must have found it. Not sure if it’s the real thing or a later carving. Prob. the real mcCoy. I saw it and photographed it years ago.)
Could have let me know that you were going and I practically went by there on the road to Washington, I had the impression it was only open in the fall. Forgot the name of the place when we
were in Maryland and exactly where it was, the same for the Surratt Society, I thought it was quite aways from D.C. Would have been more than standing in long lines at the Smithsonian and Ford’s
Theatre.
OK enough tease…..More Tudor Hall.
Sorry, Jim. I have a bit of a time consuming day job. I’ll get stuff up here don’t you worry.
I’ve spent a lot of time at rocks park. I actually found the initials JWB and the date of 1850 something, some yrs ago. I did not have a camera , and it was before everyone carried cell phones. Given time im sure I could find it again.
If you do search and find it again, Kim, I’d love to see it. I managed to find the name Stanley Kimmel claimed was Booth’s during my last visit there but it proved to not be Booth’s name:
http://boothiebarn.com/2014/04/27/jwb-at-the-rocks/