This page describes the first settlers to the area that would become Thurmont, from 'History of our Community'. This booklet was created by the students in Mrs. Betty Willard's third-grade TES class in 1962. Each page includes the name or names of the students that helped with the page. This page was written with the help of Pamela Weddle, John Kinnaird, Betty Dewees, and Mary Morningstar.