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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E2C_first-hose-company_Hagerstown-MD.html
First Hose Company. . The First Hagerstown Hose Company dates to 1815. Its hand pumper was originally housed in a shed located on the north side of St. John's Lutheran Church, one block to your left. . . In 1881, the First Hose Company purchas…
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Hagerstown Female Seminary. . The Hagerstown Female seminary, a women's college founded by the Evangelical Lutheran Church, opened its doors in 1853. Its name was changed in the 1890s to Kee Mar College, and operated at this location until 1911 wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DWJ_baltimore-ohio-railroad_Hagerstown-MD.html
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. . Hagerstown was bypassed in the great race westward between the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The City was left without a rail connection to the south or west. The "Washington Count…
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Hagerstonians in the Civil War. The Rebels MacGill. A local doctor and father of 11, Charles MacGill (1806-1881) was a co-founder of the Hagerstown Herald and was a major general in the Maryland Militia. . . On September 30, 1861, Union troops …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25N3_our-journey-transports-us-through-time_Hagerstown-MD.html
"This sculpture is very significant to me. It depicts the importance of transportation to the history of my home county. It is made all the more special because it is installed outside my library in Hagerstown, the place where I dreamed and was in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21JI_west-baltimore-street_Hagerstown-MD.html
The development and use of this area was heavily influenced by the presence of two rail yard areas owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Western Maryland Railroad. Hood Street was named after John Mifflin Hood, a former Confederate army…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21ID_milling_Hagerstown-MD.html
Before it was transformed into the Mural of Unusual Size, this industrial building operated one of the largest milling institutions in Western Maryland. The operations were so extensive, the mill consumed more grain than the community could produc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM213D_bloom-park_Hagerstown-MD.html
Bloom Park was one of the very first monuments erected in the United States to honor the veterans of the Spanish-American War (1898-99). It was dedicated on July 4, 1900. The keynote speaker at the ceremony was Henry Kyd Douglas a former Adjutant …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM211F_jacob-wheaton_Hagerstown-MD.html
Raised in Middletown in Frederick County, Wheaton had a prominent role in the post-civil war civic involvement of African Americans in the state. Contemporary accounts credit Wheaton as the first African American in Maryland to vote when he partic…
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Douglas was raised at Ferry Hill Place, on the Maryland side of the Potomac River at Shepherdstown. In 1861, he enlisted in the 2nd Virginia Infantry and fought in the Battle of First Manassas. From April to October, 1862, Douglas was the youngest…
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