Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . BALTIMORE TOWN to be disturbed. On the Fourth of July, 1828, therewas a vast crowd of people gathered together in Balti-more. They had come to take part in a great was the laying of the corner-stone of the Baltimoreand Ohio Railroad by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, thenmore than ninety years old. The road ran from Bal-timore to Ellicotts cars were drawn byhorses at first. Twoyears later a locomotivebuilt by Peter Cooperran over the roadPeople were astonishedbecause it ran so fast, fif-teen miles an hour! Not many years
Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . BALTIMORE TOWN to be disturbed. On the Fourth of July, 1828, therewas a vast crowd of people gathered together in Balti-more. They had come to take part in a great was the laying of the corner-stone of the Baltimoreand Ohio Railroad by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, thenmore than ninety years old. The road ran from Bal-timore to Ellicotts cars were drawn byhorses at first. Twoyears later a locomotivebuilt by Peter Cooperran over the roadPeople were astonishedbecause it ran so fast, fif-teen miles an hour! Not many years laterthe first electric telegraphline in America was built,between Baltimore andWashington. This marksthe end of the old quietand the beginning of themodern city. But the change did nottake place all at once. There was still much of the oldtime peacefulness. And the city always proved adelight to visitors. Several Englishwomen have writtenabout their visits to Baltimore at that time. They say. JAMES CALHOUN, FIRST MAYOR OF BALTIMORE From a -painting in the City Hall, Baltimore 199 MARYLAND the streets were broad and clean. There were manyfountains. Instead of the brightly painted woodenhouses, there were now neat red brick houses withshining knockers and white marble trimmings. They
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