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October 2 & 3, 2004
Brunswick's history began as a town called Berlin, a trading post on the C&O Canal. The post grew eventually into a bustling downtown, a place where folks could buy just about anything they needed. In the late 1800s, a gentleman from Baltimore came to town to negotiate the purchase of several farms. He indicated that he was interested in farming and was particularly interested in parcels near the river and canal. Several years later, the farmers who sold out to this "gentleman" discovered that in fact he had been a land speculator hired by the B&O Railroad.
From that inauspicious beginning, Brunswick was founded in 1890, and the railroad has defined Brunswick ever since.
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