Morris Avenue Historic District / Elyton Land Company (Successor

Created 1972 by the Jefferson County Historical Commission, the district is based on this avenue. Morris Avenue was named for one of the founders of Birmingham, Josiah Morris, who paid $100,000 for 4,157 acres of the original site of the ...

Up This Road

Up this road

2600 British Troops marched

July 7th 1779

under command of General Tyron

and burned Fairfield

Marker is at the intersection of Beach Road and Sunnieholm Drive, on the left when traveling west on Beach Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Adams County Veterans Memorial

In loving memory and appreciation for the men and women of Adams County who served our nation.

This monument is dedicated to those veterans who made the supreme sacrifice and gave their todays for our tomorrows

World War I

Apr. 6, 1917 - ...

The Second Battle of Fredericksburg

Five months after the Battle of Fredericksburg the Union army finally captured Marye's Heights. On May 5, 1863, General John Sedgwick's Sixth Corps streamed out of Fredericksburg to attack this ridge. Twice Confederates on the Sunken Road repulsed the assaults, ...

Field of Battle

This photograph, taken from the heights to your right-rear, shows the landscape in front of you as it appeared the year after the Battle of Fredericksburg. The town of Fredericksburg sits atop the ridge in the distance; the spire of ...

The C.C.C. Builds Our Park

The Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy

"There is much to be discovered way of beautiful scenery account of lack of trails and time this parkwill be one of the nicest in this part of the county." - Tell W. Inspector for the ...

The Baltimore County Water and Electric Company

The basin in front of you and the house beside you are remnants of the Baltimore County Water and Electric Company that operated here from 1910 to 1922. the company, founded by Victor G. Bloede, supplied pressurized water to parts ...

Drinking Water for the Public

Demands for cleaner drinking water in Baltimore City and County compelled Catonsville banker and philanthropist Victor G. Bloede to organize and Baltimore County Water & Electric Company in 1909.

In 1910, Bloede's company purchased the abandoned Avalon Iron & Nail ...

Powering the Patapso Valley's Industries

This inconspicuous ditch is a remnant of the Avalon millrace. Originally dug in the 1700s, it supplied water from the Patapsco River to Dorsey's Forge. The millrace later served the Avalon Iron & Nail Works and the Baltimore County Water ...

Harrison-Guerry-Brannon-Crawford Family Cemetery

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Approximately 200 yards SW is an old family graveyard where lie buried many distinguished Georgians. Capt. James Harrison, one of the earlier settlers of this area, rests here. His home, begun 1837, was the first frame house in this area ...