“Wow! This is where the Pilgrims lived! This is so cool! I want to live here when I grow up,” said Thomas Bruggman. The unofficial mayor of Rockland recalls his thoughts at the first glimpse of the tiny village from the back of his mother?s woodie station wagon as a child. As he grew into adulthood, he refined his grasp of history, and Rockland?s in particular. And he has been able to live his childhood dream in what is now a designated Historic District.

This year marks the 300th anniversary of Rockland, located in Baltimore County, where Falls Road, Old Court Road and Ruxton Road meet. It has the distinction of being the oldest continually inhabited mill town in the entire country. In many ways, its history is a microcosm of Maryland?s rich history.