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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3T6_crimea_Baltimore-MD.html
To escape the intolerable heat of Baltimore summers, Thomas Dekay Winans built this country house on land which he had purchased in 1855. Winans had recently returned from Russia, where he made a fortune supervising construction of the transcontin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3T5_crimea-mansion_Baltimore-MD.html
On May 11, 1861, Union Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's troops occupied the railroad depot southwest of Baltimore at Relay, where a spur of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's main line turned south to Washington. The seizure of Relay yielded a surprise tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3SU_early-industries_Baltimore-MD.html
Industries have flourished here in the lower Gwynns Falls Valley since the early 1700s, when the Baltimore Iron Works Co. turned iron into nails and anchors and Dr. Charles Carroll's gristmills ground wheat into flour. The Wilkens Curled Hair Fact…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3SS_carrollton-viaduct_Baltimore-MD.html
The Carrollton Viaduct carried the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad over the Gwynns Falls, its first malor stream crossing as it headed west from its Pratt Street terminus Completed in 1829, the 300-foot stone span is named for Charles Carroll of Carroll…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3SR_of-fords-felles-and-falls_Baltimore-MD.html
The Susquehannock and Algonquian Indians had long traveled through this area when Captain John Smith explored and mapped the Chesapeake Bay region in 1608 As the Susquehannocks went from Pennsylvania to the bay, they crossed the Gwynns Falls strea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3SP_restoring-water-quality_Baltimore-MD.html
After centuries of abuse, the Gwynns Falls is being restored as a healthy stream. Government, civic groups, and scientists monitor water quality here and work together to implement restoration projects. Volunteers pick up trash, plant trees and gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3RY_reviving-the-waterfront_Baltimore-MD.html
Here where the Gwynns Falls flows into the Patapsco's Middle Branch, Baltimoreans have come to work and to play over the years. Since the early 1700s this area his been home to mining operations, brickyards, glass factories, and other industries. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3RX_senator-harry-mcguirk_Baltimore-MD.html
1923-1992A friend of Baltimore and MarylandA legislator's legislatorDedicated byWilliam Donald Schaefer, GovernorColleagues and FriendsMay 27, 1992
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3RV_john-smith-explores-patapsco_Baltimore-MD.html
Captain John Smith visited the Patapsco River twice in 1608 after settling at Jamestown the previous year. In a 40-foot shallop, Smith and his crew were exploring the Chesapeake Bay hoping, in vain, to discover a passage to the Pacific Ocean. On t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3RT_cherry-hill_Baltimore-MD.html
Part of the city but green as a suburb, Cherry Hill is a distinctive African American planned community. Cherry Hill was established to provide housing for blacks who moved to Baltimore to work in industries during World War II. Originally it cons…