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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMZ7_columbia_Columbia-CA.html
Columbia, the "gem of the southern mines," became a town of 4000 to 5000 in the 1850s, following the discovery of gold here by the Hildreth party March 27, 1850. Gold shipments, estimated at $87,000,000, declined rapidly after 1858 but Columbia never became…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMZV_edgar-allan-poe-house_Baltimore-MD.html
"The little house in the lowly street with the lovely name." This was how Edgar Allan Poe described 203 Amity Street, where he lived from 1832 to 1835 with his grandmother, aunt, and cousin Virginia, whom he married in 1836.
While living here, the famous…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM11K_searights-tollhouse_Smock-PA.html
Erected by Pennsylvania, 1835, to collect tolls on the old National Road. Administered by The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12C_phoenix-shot-tower_Baltimore-MD.html
Built in 1828 by the Phoenix Shot Tower Company, this soaring 215 foot structure is the last remaining shot tower of the three that accented Baltimore's skyline in the 19th century. Shot pellets used as ammunition for muskets was produced by pouring molten …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM14D_st-lukes-church_Carrollton-VA.html
St. Luke's Church, also known as "The Brick Church," and the Newport Parish Church, is likely America's purest expression of Gothic architecture. Its buttressed walls, lancet side windows, and traceried east windows link the building to the architecture of …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM150_bacons-castle_Surry-VA.html
This house, just to the north, was built by Arthur Allen in 1655. In Bacon's Rebellion, 1676, the house was seized by a party of rebels and fortified. On December 29, 1676, it was captured by sailors from a ship in James River who were engaged in putting do…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM15N_the-flag-house-and-star-spangled-banner-museum_Baltimore-MD.html
The Flag House was the home of Mary Pickersgill and the site where she sewed the Star-Spangled Banner.Mary Pickersgill moved into the Flag House in 1807 with her mother, Rebecca Young, and her daughter Caroline, and set up a flag making shop.
In the summ…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM18Q_hull-rust-mahoning-mine_Hibbing-MN.html
It has been called the "Grand Canyon of the North"—a fitting title for the world's largest open pit iron mine. The Hull-Rust-Mahoning pit actually began as separate mines, named for their owners, first dug in 1895, that gradually merged into one. Toda…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM19D_s-bridge_Salesville-OH.html
Old National Road, Built about 1828. Where the road crossed a creek at an angle, a stone arch bridge was built as right angles to the stream flow. "S" shaped walls were then built to guide traffic around the job from the direction of travel across the bridg…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM19I_maryland-state-house_Annapolis-MD.html
Built 1772-1779Capitol of the United StatesNovember 26, 1783 - August 13, 1784In this state house, oldest in the nation still in legislative use, General George Washington resigned his commission before the Continental Congress December 23, 1783. Here, Janu…