Historical Marker Series

Maryland: Gwynns Falls Trail

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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 Factory, which…
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Native Americans once traversed this stream where nearby at Gwynns Run in 1669, Richard Gwinn, the stream's namesake, established a trading post. Next to the trail today is the nine-hole executive Carroll Park Golf Course, one of the five operated by the Ba…
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Baltimore's Park Commission purchased portions of the Mount Clare estate between 1890 and 1907 to provide a large landscaped park for the city's southwestern neighborhoods. The Olmsted Brothers firm helped the city develop plans to protect the historic hous…
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