Showing posts with label Descriptions (Historic). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Descriptions (Historic). Show all posts
Monday, October 9, 2017

Sites on the B&O train line through Howard County in 1833

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Riding the new B&O railroad from Baltimore was a novel 'excursion', and was described in the 1833 book:  A Complete View of Bal...
Monday, October 2, 2017

Duc de La Rochefoucauld's visit to Ellicott's mills in the 1790s

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"Ellicot’s-Mill is a small village, the principal establishment of which is a large gristmill belonging to Mr. Ellicot.  This mill ha...
Monday, September 25, 2017

B&O train ride described in Harpers 1857

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By 1857 the B&O railroad had a kitchen and dining car combo but the restaurant in the Relay House (in picture) still offered a breakf...
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Monday, September 18, 2017

Howard County in 1882

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The second smallest county in Maryland, Howard County was described in the 1882 book Industries of Maryland , in particular Ellicott City (...
Monday, August 14, 2017

Cotton mills of Ellicott's Mills in 1849

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 In 1849 there were 4 large-scale mills along the Patapsco River by Ellicott City which made cotton material: Union in Oella (pictured), ...
Monday, August 7, 2017

Ellicott mills in 1805

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"1805 8th Month, 3d. This evening I visited Ellicott's Mills , in company with J. T. and his wife. The overseer of these mills in...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, strike, Vinegar Hill, gondola cars - Randolph Brandt Latimer remembers

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Randolph B. Latimer (1821-1903) began working at age 15 in the B & O Railroad engineering department, then started a store Randolph ...