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historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-9aaf3_neal-home_Westminster-MD.html
Site of Abner Neal home. His sons, Henry and Frank, were arrested on Aug.28, 1862 as Southern supporters. Released, they joined the Army of Virginia and returned with Stuart's advance guard on June 29, 1863, en route to Gettysburg. Here, Brig. Gen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y7Z_mulberry_Westminster-MD.html
This house built in 1795, by
Col. Joshua Gist on land granted to him
in 1782 and occupied by him until 1839.
Willed to Harriet Gist 1839,
occupied by her until 1865.
Willed to Mordecai Gist 1865
by whom occupied until 1903.
Purchased by Ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UW6_runkles-mill-and-the-mt-airy-milling-company-historical_Mount-Airy-MD.html
From the late 1800s to the mid-1960s, Mount Airy was a busy farming community. The B&O Railroad carried commodities from Mount Airy to market, and carried needed manufactured goods into Mount Airy. A grain mill was always one of the centers of com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UVO_the-mount-airy-rail-yard-historical_Mount-Airy-MD.html
This site was once the Mount Airy rail yard. Passenger trains stopped here to pick up and drop off passengers at the Mount Airy Station. Children from Watersville and other nearby communities would ride the train to attend school in Mount Airy. Fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UVI_first-national-bank-building-historical_Mount-Airy-MD.html
The First National Bank began business March 10, 1904 in the building that had been used by Jones & Co., Bankers. In 1905 the First National Bank constructed a new facility on this site. It was there until a fire destroyed the building on March 25…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UVH_the-mount-airy-station-historical_Mount-Airy-MD.html
The Mount Airy Railroad Station was designed by the famed train and train station designer E. Francis Baldwin. It was built by the B&O Railroad, and served the railroad from 1875 until August 15, 1957. Afterwards, it provided space for a number of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T8H_henryton-school-of-practical-nursing-historical_Marriottsville-MD.html
In 1925, two years after the Maryland Tuberculosis Sanatorium opened in Henryton, a training school for nurses was established for black students in order to help manage the increasing patient population. The program was revised in 1945 to meet li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PV1_safety-follows-wisdom_Union-Bridge-MD.html
Awarded
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Union Bridge, Md. Plant
for a perfect safety record
in 1932
Reawarded for a perfect safety record in
1933 · 193x · 193x · 1939 · 1940 · 1941 · 194…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PV0_blue-ridge-college-bell_Union-Bridge-MD.html
Donated by Isaac A. and Betty Myers Sayler
through Plymouth Masonic Lodge
erected by Union Bridge Business Association
June 20, 2009
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Blue Ridge College [image]
Union Bridge Ce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PUY_worlds-first-reaping-machine_Union-Bridge-MD.html
On this location in the Year of 1811,
Jacob R. Thomas
designed and assembled the first
reaping machine in the world. The
machine was given a trial operation
in a field of wheat
owned by Sarah Clemson
at the north end of Union Bridge.