Iron Production: Maryland's Industrial Past - The Iron Making Pr

Iron Production: Maryland’s Industrial Past

Maryland’s early economy and identity were based on slave-based agriculture. However, slaves were also employed in manufacturing iron, one of the first non-agricultural industries. Seeing how other colonies were successful in producing iron, the Maryland Legislature ...

The Great Inland Seaway

For over sixty million years during the Cretaceous Period, much of eastern Montana was underwater, covered by an vast inland sea. As the Rocky Mountains formed to the west, it created a broad, flat coastal plain that was home to ...

The Town of Courtland / Early Settlers

1819

Side A

Federal lands in this area were first sold in 1818 and quickly purchased by settlers and speculators. A group of investors calling themselves the “Courtland Land Company” and consisting of William H. Whitaker, James M. Camp, William F. Broadnax, ...

Site of the Battle of Rhode Island

has been designated a

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National

Historic Landmark

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This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

1975

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on W Main Road (Rhode Island Route 114), on the left when traveling ...

This Tablet Marks the Site of Old Fort Cumberland

Which was built in 1755 by order of the British Government and named in honor of the Duke of Cumberland, Captain General of the British Army. It was the base of military operations of General Edward Braddock and Colonel George ...

The Highland Presbyterian Mission

In 1845 the missions board began construction of a building to house and educate the children of the Iowa and Sac & Fox tribes. Much larger than it is now, the mission was originally 106 feet long and contained 32 ...

Jekyll Island Boat House Site , Shipshape for the Season

(Left text)

There is very little photo documentation of

exactly what the Boathouse looked like during

the Club era. Club members rarely would have

been found in this area, It was typically used

by year-round employees.

The only visible evidence of the ...

Dreamland Theatre

Circa 1915

Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on 3rd Street north of East Texas Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Eastland Disaster

While still partially tied to its dock at the river’s edge, the excursion steamer Eastland rolled over on the morning of July 24, 1915. The result was one of the worst maritime disasters in American History. More than eight hundred ...

Homesteading: The Cry was Free Land!!!

The Homestead Act of 1862 was one of the most significant and enduring events in the westward expansion of the United States. By granting 160 acres of free land to claimants, it allowed nearly any man or woman the chance ...