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Maryland (Montgomery County), Takoma Park — Belle Ziegler Park
		This park land, originally called North Takoma Park, was donated by city founder Benjamin Franklin Gilbert as part of his effort to create public spaces within the city. By the mid-1920's it had been renamed Washington Park and was the scene of numerous political rallies as well as a place for families to gather. The name changed again in 1966 to honor Jequié, Brazil, our Sister City. For more than ten years Takoma Park maintained a cultural exchange with this Brazilian port city located 10 . . . — Map (db m58459) HM
Maryland (Montgomery County), Takoma Park — Early Takoma — Laurel and Carroll Avenues
		In 1888 B. F. Gilbert, the founder of Takoma Park, built a log cabin to celebrate the presidential campaign of Benjamin Harrison. The cabin stood on the east side of Laurel at Carroll Avenue until it burned to the ground on Halloween in 1915. It was used by both political parties for rallies and speeches, and later served as a town meeting place, a chapel, a firehouse, a jail, and finally a tool-shed. A 60-foot tower adjacent to it built in 1889, was used by city residents for panoramic views . . . — Map (db m64507) HM
Maryland (Montgomery County), Takoma Park — Founding of Takoma Park
		Erected by the citizens in commemoration of the founding of Takoma Park by Benjamin F. Gilbert November 24, 1883 Dedicated July 4, 1939 — Map (db m58378) HM
Maryland (Montgomery County), Takoma Park — Living in Takoma Park
		Humans first crossed the Bering Strait from Asia between 25,000-14,000 years ago. People may have started living in the Maryland area very soon after the crossing. This was during the Pleistocene Epoch when giant mammals such as saber-toothed cats, mammoths and mastodons also shared the land. Around 11,000 years ago the earth experienced a massive climate change. As the earth warmed, most of the giant mammals became extinct but people survived by adapting in may ways, resulting in the . . . — Map (db m58399) HM
Maryland (Montgomery County), Takoma Park — Roscoe — (a.k.a. Chick Chick) — 1989 - 1999
		This free spirited rooster, who chose to live in our town, was fed and protected by Alan Daugharthy and Alma Keating, and brought joy into our urban lives. Friends of Roscoe. — Map (db m64533) HM
Maryland (Montgomery County), Takoma Park — The Metropolitan Branch and Takoma Park
		Geology This section of the trail is on the border of two physiographic provinces, the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont Region, display traces of two different times on Earth. The Coastal Plain stretches south and east from where you are standing to the Atlantic Ocean. This area of the Coastal Plain is composed of gravel, sand and silt from the Lower Cretaceous Period (150 million years ago), the last period of dinosaurs and the first period of flowering plants. The Piedmont . . . — Map (db m58425) HM
Maryland (Montgomery County), Takoma Park — Walt Penney Field
		In honor of Walt Penney who found enjoyment on Takoma Park's sports fields and returned it ten fold. The spirit of “Coach Walt” will be alive in the glee of children at play and the pride of cheering parents. May 14th, 2005. — Map (db m2489) HM

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