Editing Rosedale, Maryland (section)

== History ==
The etymology of Rosedale remains uncertain and lacks definitive documentation. However, according to anecdotal evidence, a fourth-grade class in 1950 was instructed to conduct interviews with local residents regarding the history of the Rosedale community. From their interviews, a possible explanation emerged: A young Englishman had a farm on Hamilton Avenue just above Philadelphia Road. His farm had numerous roses. Since his name was Dale and the roses were so lovely, the townspeople settled on the name of Rosedale.

Rosedale, a community northeast of the city of [[Baltimore]], was a plantation and later farming community, from the time of the first settlers and their slaves, until suburban development began after [[World War II]]. [[Maryland Route 7]], which runs through the community, was originally the [[Philadelphia Road]]. [[George Washington]] traveled it to [[New York City|New York]] in 1789 where he was inaugurated as the first American president.

In the latter part of the nineteenth century, this area was settled by new waves of immigrants, mostly from Germany and Poland. A 1940 article was written about the 59th wedding anniversary of Charles Schatzschneider and his wife; they had been immigrants who settled in this area. Charles Schatzschneider was born in [[Germany]] in 1859 and came at the age of 13 to the United States as a farm laborer. He settled in Rosedale, where he later married. He and his wife raised 15 children. During their lives they saw the area develop from a rather primitive rural community to one with gas and electric lighting, water and sewerage systems and paved streets. New electric trains passed rapidly through the community. When this couple had first come to the area, great three-masted [[schooner]]s could sail all the way up [[Back River (Maryland)|Back River]] to the heading.

On 8 March 1909, an [[African American]] man named William Ramsey was [[Lynching in the United States|lynched]] in the town.<ref>{{cite web|title=William Ramsey|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/013900/013956/html/13956bio.html|website=Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series)|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=20 July 2015}}</ref><!-- race? circumstances? --> The first school, a wooden building with two rooms, was built on the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Philadelphia Road. By 1950 it was used as a fire house and hall.

Beginning in the 1950s, aided by federal subsidies of new highways, new residential development was built in the suburbs of Baltimore and other major cities. Rosedale grew steadily as a residential suburb. Three quarters of the housing units existing in 1990 were built between 1854<!-- is this correct? don't you mean 1954? --> and 1979.

<small> Source: Rosedale Library </small> Mary Bennett (Henry) 3/16/2020