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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FA3_gilmors-raid_Cockeysville-MD.html
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In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter's army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early invaded Mary…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZYD_lime-kiln_Cockeysville-MD.html
Lime Kilns in this area were built into hillsides for support. A fire was maintained at the bottom of the pit and crude lime from a nearby source was thrown on top of it. The heat from the fire would separate the pure powder form of the lime from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZYC_north-central-railroad-trail_Cockeysville-MD.html
Completed in 1832, the North Central Railroad carried passengers and freight between Baltimore, York, and Harrisburg for 140 years. After the decline of the railroad, the railroad bed was converted to a rail trail in 1984. Today the Maryland porti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUN_third-and-last-county-almshouse_Cockeysville-MD.html
Building constructed and furnished at cost of $60,000 from proceeds of sale of old Almshouse property under authority of County Commissioners granted by Acts of Maryland General Assembly, April 1, 1872. Site purchased from John Galoway. Structure …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUB_hayfields_Cockeysville-MD.html
Colonel Nicholas Merryman Bosley, builder, 1810, awarded silver tankard "by the hand of Lafayette" for best cultivated Maryland farm, 1824. Also home of John Merryman, early importer, 1848, of registered Hereford cattle, still, 1967, bred here. Hi…