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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T7K_mason-and-dixon-mile-stone-historical_Freeland-MD.html
The base of the original mile stone 46, carved in Portland, England, and set by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in 1766, is located 480 feet east of this stone.
This replica stone was set by the Maryland Society of Surveyors in 2015.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T7J_mason-and-dixon-line-historical_Freeland-MD.html
East of this point is mile stone 46 on the line marked by English surveyors and astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. From 1763-1768 Mason and Dixon used innovative methods to settle a boundary dispute between the colonial proprietors. Eac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T5Q_sparrows-point-historical_Edgemere-MD.html
Developed by the Pennsylvania Steel Company in 1887-91, the Sparrows Point Steel plant and shipyard were purchased by Bethlehem Steel in 1916, and grew to become the largest in the world. Vital supplier of steel and ships during both the World War…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T5P_hard-travel-historical_Edgemere-MD.html
John Smith and his crew visited this area in June 1608. After passing several shallow creeks, they entered the deep waters of the Patapsco River with hopes of finding exportable metals and a passage to the Pacific Ocean.
With only rotted bread …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T5O_john-smith-explores-the-chesapeake-historical_Edgemere-MD.html
Captain John Smith explored the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1600s seeking precious metals and a passage to Asia. He traveled the James, Chickahominy, and York rivers in 1607, and led two major expeditions from Jamestown in 1608. Smith and his crew…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T2Q_lansdowne-christian-church-historical_Halethorpe-MD.html
This church is a monument to one Civil Wary veteran's love for his comrades. Charles W. Hull and his wife, Mary A. Hull, gave the land and the building as a memorial to the men who fought to preserve the Union. The deed stipulated that a memorial …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SZ2_sparks-historical_Sparks-Glencoe-MD.html
In 1835, the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad constructed a track through Baltimore County which included a siding and switch near a large tract of land owned by the Sparks family. Railroad officials gave the name Sparks to the switch and soon a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QP1_quarters-2-3_Towson-MD.html
These two stone buildings, which replaced earlier log structures, housed slaves before the Civil War. After the abolition of slavery, they provided quarters for plantation and farm workers
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O2Z_delay-tactic_Dundalk-MD.html
In preparation for a probable British landing at North Point, defensive earthworks were partially dug at a narrows in the Patapsco Peninsula three miles south of here. Midway between North Point and the American defenses at Baltimore, British forc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NO0_site-of-old-relay-station-and-hotel_Halethorpe-MD.html
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
Here in 1830, passengers on B&O horse-drawn cars stopped to eat at the Relay House.
Meanwhile, the relays of horses were changed for the remainder of the 13 mile journey between Baltimore and Ellicott's Mills, hence th…