1889

Post office established at Ashton, Alban G. Thomas postmaster; Norwood Post Office opens, James M. Holland postmaster; Disastrous flood ends Triadelphia's role as mill town

1890

Brookeville incorporated as a town

1894

Enterprise Telephone Co. of Sandy Spring, headed by Dr. Roger Brooke and Alban G. Thomas, links Ednor, Ashton, Olney, and Oakdale with some 30 subscribers. Sold to C&P Telephone Co. in 1906

1897

Post office established at Cloverly, Ida Leizear postmistress; Post office established at Brinklow; 899 St. Peter's Catholic Mission moves from Mt. Zion to Olney; Memorable snow storm paralyzes area, earns vivid description in Annals

1900

First National Bank of Sandy Spring created as mortgage arm of Savings Institution; Annals record first automobile observed in neighborhood

1901

Annals record "last" deer seen in neighborhood, at Riverside

1904

Wednesday Club established

1906

Sherwood opens as public school, through grade eleven

1909

Dr. Jacob W. Bird begins practice, at his residence Glenwood and in house calls by horse and buggy; New glass windshield shelters grateful passengers on Olney-to-Laurel stage

1910

Original St. John's Church set on rollers and pulled by mules to present site in Olney