Editing Jessup, Maryland (section)

==History==
Jessup is located near the site of the historic [[Spurrier's Tavern]], a farm and tavern located on the post road between Baltimore and Washington (Route One) where [[George Washington]] traveled regularly.<ref>{{cite book|title=Howard's Roads to the Past|page=66|author=Barbara Feaga}}</ref>

The location of the town was named Pierceland on early maps,<ref>{{cite book|title=Howard's Roads to the Past|author=Barbara W Feaga|page=66}}</ref> but the post-civil war name more commonly given was '''Jessup's Cut''', or '''Jessop's Cut''', a post village in Howard County on the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]. The name is generally attributed to Jonathan Jessup, a [[civil engineer]] who worked on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the hand-dug "cut" though Merrill's Ridge he managed as a project. The crews took over 200,000 tons of clay from the clay hill that blocked the trains in freezing weather. The clay was turned into bricks by some of the prisoners from the Maryland Penitentiary who also worked on the Maryland House of Corrections when it was being built. Some of those inmates were then transferred to the House of Correction and they knew the walls were made from Jessup's Cut, hence "the CUT".  The name was shortened to Jessups in 1963. Into the mid 20th century, the town was called "Jessups", then was shortened to "Jessup".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jiainc.org/history|title=History of Jessup|access-date=January 29, 2017|publisher=Jessup Improvement Association}}]</ref>{{better source needed|date=January 2017|reason=not all these details covered within the current source}}

Since the mid-19th century, the area has been home to various penal institutions.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031800137.html| title=In Surprise Move, Md. Closes Jessup Prison, Transfers Inmates| access-date=2008-06-25| last=Helderman| first=Rosalind M.| date=2007-03-19| work= The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/locations/prisons.shtml| title=Correctional Facility Locator| access-date=2008-06-25| publisher=Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services }}</ref> Inmates today still refer to these jails as "the cut," probably unaware of the origin of the name. The [[Maryland House of Correction]], operated by the [[Maryland Department of Corrections]], included a large onsite farm manned with prison labor to provide food for prisoners onsite and offsite. Prisoner labor was discouraged by job seekers in the 1970s much as it did 100 years earlier during the construction of the B&O at Jessup's cut. The State-run Maryland Food Center occupies the land.<ref>{{cite book|title=Howard's Roads to the Past|author=Barbara Feaga|page=67}}</ref> The prison closed to inmates in 2007.<ref>Helderman, Rosalind S. "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031800137.html In Surprise Move, Md. Closes Jessup Prison, Transfers Inmates]." ''[[The Washington Post]]''. Monday March 19, 2007. Retrieved on January 1, 2010.</ref> The prison is referred to several times in the [[NBC]] television series ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'' and the [[HBO]] original series, ''[[The Wire]]''. Even though the maximum security prison is now closed, the town still houses a major minimum security prison, Brockbridge Correctional Facility, for violent offenders who are not deemed a threat to society due to the nature of their crimes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/locations/bcf.shtml |title=Brockbridge Correctional Facility |publisher=Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services |access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref>

Jessup contains many warehouse delivery facilities. Due to its geographically central location in the state, Jessup is also home to the Maryland Food Center, which includes the Maryland Produce Market and the Maryland Seafood Market.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfca.info/ |title=Maryland Food Center Authority |access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref> The largest facility was operated by [[Giant-Landover|Giant Food]], with a {{convert|60|acre|adj=on}} {{convert|760,000|sqft|abbr=on|adj=on}} facility until September 2012. The company outsourced distribution to C&S Wholesale Grocers, relocating its operations to Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|title=Giant Food puts Jessup warehouse on the market; Dry goods distribution center shut down over summer; Trucks are parked in the lot of the Jessup dry goods warehouse|date=September 24, 2012|author=Lorraine Mirabella}}</ref> In 2013, Coastal Sunbelt Produce announced plans to relocate its 900-employee facility out of state claiming the facility was unable expand to adjacent empty parcels. Howard County was unable to relocate the facility to the vacant state-run facility, or the vacant 760,000sqft Giant Food facility with an offer to gift state land intended for a transportation hub to the company. County Executive [[Ken Ulman]] brokered a deal with Preston Scheffenacker Properties, rezoning the historic [[Duvall Farm]] site in [[North Laurel, Maryland|Laurel]], for light industrial use and issued county financed low-interest loans to relocate the facility out of Jessup.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |title=Zoning change would help Coastal Sunbelt stay in Howard County|date=January 28, 2014|author=Amanda Yeager}}</ref>

Civil engineer [[Blake Van Leer]] put the railroad to use again by creating the first recycle and waste transfer stations on rail to cut emissions. Its official name is Annapolis Junction Recycling & Transfer Station, despite being located in Jessup. This facility sends most material out of state to Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Case Study For Waste Transfer Stations |url=https://environmentnewswire.com/press-release/case-study-for-waste-transfer-stations-301437442/ |website=Environment Newswire}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Blake Van Leer Obituary (2024) |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/keysnews/name/blake-van-leer-obituary?id=56893994 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref> 

[[Kingdon Gould III|Kingdon Gould's]] Laurel Sand and Gravel company, which includes Savage Stone, Fairfax Materials, Allegany Aggregates, Laurel Asphalt, and S.W. Barrick & Sons, purchased the 625-acre chase property in Eastern Jessup, North of the historic town of [[Savage, Maryland]]. The site is home to the Savage Stone quarry, mining Baltimore [[Gabbro]] rock for road bed construction. The facility started operations in 2005 after special zoning approval with a 25-year reserve in materials. Ridgley's Run Community Association directors Kingdon Gould and his son provided community approval of the project in exchange for the construction of the Ridgley's Run Community Center.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|title=Residents OK quarry in Jessup|date=June 3, 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|title=Savage quarry quandary Howard County: Hazardous quarry poses tough questions for county officials|date=26 September 1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Construction Equipment Guide|url=http://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/Working-Closely-With-Residents-Stone-Quarry-Operation-Gains-Rare-Acceptance-in-Community/11400/|access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref>

To the north of the quarry, Orson Adams built two nineteenth-century Victorian Manor Houses named [[Oak Hill (Jessup, Maryland)|Oak Hill]] on a 235-acre estate that anchored the community. The homes burned down after the [[Rouse Company]] purchased the land and have been redeveloped into apartments.<ref>{{cite book|title=Adams Family of "Oak Hill" Howard County, Maryland|year=1951}}</ref>

Resident film maker Wayne Shipley used Jessup as the production location for ''One-Eyed Horse'' (2008) and ''Day of the Gun'' (2013).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2007/12/28/retired-teacher-living-dream-of-a-western/ |title=Retired teacher living dream of a Western |date=December 28, 2007 |access-date=January 11, 2014 |first=Mary |last=Johnson |newspaper=Baltimore Sun |quote=Shipley set his historical epic on the family's 38-acre farm in Jessup. }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland_gazette/news/money/saddle-up-jessup-filmmaker-back-with-day-of-the-gun/article_d2411145-dc9c-56b6-bce8-a1a79ed7166f.html |title=Saddle up: Jessup filmmaker back with 'Day of the Gun' |date=November 22, 2013 |access-date=January 10, 2014 |first=Zoe |last=Read |newspaper=Maryland Gazette |quote=Shipley and his team started work on the film in 2010, and shot on his family farm for 23 days over a two-year period. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226224652/http://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland_gazette/news/money/saddle-up-jessup-filmmaker-back-with-day-of-the-gun/article_d2411145-dc9c-56b6-bce8-a1a79ed7166f.html |archive-date=December 26, 2013 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=One Eyed Horse|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1043696/|access-date=January 8, 2013|publisher=IMDB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Day of the Gun|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2900182/|access-date=January 8, 2013|publisher=IMDB}}</ref> Portions of ''[[Cry-Baby]]'' (1990) and ''[[Die Hard with a Vengeance]]'' (1995) were filmed in Jessup, with TA Travel Center standing in for ''Nord des Ligne'' Truck Stop in the latter film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58463-CRY-BABY?cxt=filmography |title=Cry-Baby |website=American Film Institute |access-date=December 25, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://marylandfilm.org/maryland-film-credits |title=Filmography |website=Maryland Film Office |access-date=December 25, 2020 }}</ref>