Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) 🚂 Historical Markers

By Devry Becker Jones, April 1, 2019

1830 Marker

1► District of Columbia (Washington), Navy Yard — 1830 — Transportation Walk —

2► District of Columbia (Washington), NoMa/Sursum Corda — 1 — All Aboard! — Hub, Home, Heart — Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail —

3► Illinois (Will County), Plainfield — Boxcars —

4► Indiana (Daviess County), Washington — 14.1992.1 — Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad Depot —

5► Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Lawrenceburgh — First in New Modes of Transportation — 1802 —

6► Indiana (Knox County), Vincennes — Ellis Mansion —

7► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Church of St. Patrick, Cumberland —

8► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Crossroads of America Mural —

9► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland — Town Map and Directory —

10► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland —

11► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland Gateway Westward — Fort Cumberland Trail —

12► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland Surrenders — Between the Line — Gettysburg Campaign —

13► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland Terminus: Yesterday and Today — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

14► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Irish Laborers —

15► Maryland (Allegany County), Lonaconing — The Early Years — Lonaconing, Maryland —

16► Maryland, Baltimore — Baltimore Riot Trail — Last Shots at Camden Station — Baltimore – A House Divided —

17► Maryland, Baltimore — Great Railroad Strike of 1877 —

18► Maryland (Baltimore), Downtown — Wendel Bollman —

19► Maryland (Baltimore), Harbor East — President Street Station — Erected 1842 A.D. —

20► Maryland (Baltimore), Inner Harbor — Welcome — Heritage Walk —

21► Maryland (Baltimore), Jonestown — 1781 Friends Meeting House —

22► Maryland (Baltimore), Midtown — Mount Royal Station — Icon for the Industrial Age —

23► Maryland (Baltimore), Midtown — Mount Royal Station — Preserving-A Landmark For Artists —

24► Maryland (Baltimore), Mount Vernon — Revival — Est. 1929 — Mt. Vernon Place —

25► Maryland (Baltimore), Pigtown — B&O No. 908 — "John T. Collinson" —

26► Maryland (Baltimore), Pigtown — B&O Railroad Museum —

27► Maryland (Baltimore), Pigtown — Camp Carroll — The War Came by Train —

28► Maryland (Baltimore), Pigtown — CSX Corporation —

29► Maryland (Baltimore), Pigtown — First Commercial Railroad Right-of-Way in America — The War Came by Train —

30► Maryland (Baltimore), Pigtown — James L. (Jim) Caskey, Jr. — (1945-1999) —

31► Maryland (Baltimore), Pigtown — Main Line Electrification of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) 1895 — IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing —

32► Maryland (Baltimore), Pigtown — Site of Old Relay Station and Hotel — Baltimore & Ohio Railroad —

33► Maryland (Baltimore), Pigtown — Working for the Railroad: Women —

34► Maryland (Baltimore County), Catonsville — Bringing Trade to Baltimore —

35► Maryland (Baltimore County), Catonsville — Patapsco Superlative: — "The Premiere Flour" —

36► Maryland (Baltimore County), Ellicott City — Ellicott’s Mills —

37► Maryland (Baltimore County), Halethorpe — The Relay House —

38► Maryland (Baltimore County), Relay — A Rural Vacation Spot —

39► Maryland (Baltimore County), Relay — Masterpiece of the Early B&O Railroad —

40► Maryland (Baltimore County), Relay — The Thomas Viaduct —

41► Maryland (Frederick County), Brunswick — The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad — The Railroad... Past and Present — Brunswick —

42► Maryland (Frederick County), Brunswick — Train No. 286 Bell Memorial —

43► Maryland (Frederick County), Frederick — B & O Railroad Station — "No malice in my heart" — Antietam Campaign —

44► Maryland (Frederick County), Frederick — The Lower Depot Neighborhood / The Frederick Brick Works —

45► Maryland (Frederick County), Mount Airy — The Mount Airy Rail Yard — Historic Downtown Mount Airy —

46► Maryland (Frederick County), Mount Airy — The Mount Airy Station — Built in 1875 and Enlarged in 1882 — Historic Downtown Mount Airy —

47► Maryland (Frederick County), Point of Rocks — Battle at Point of Rocks —

48► Maryland (Frederick County), Point of Rocks — Lockhouse 28 —

49► Maryland (Frederick County), Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks — Confederates Capture Train — Gettysburg Campaign —

50► Maryland (Frederick County), Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks During the War —

51► Maryland (Garrett County), Deer Park — Cleveland Cottage —

52► Maryland (Garrett County), Deer Park — Deer Park Hotel —

53► Maryland (Garrett County), Friendsville — 13 — The Railroad Era and Hotels —

54► Maryland (Garrett County), Mountain Lake Park — You Were Gone Before We Knew It — The Children’s Monument —

55► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — 1884 Oakland Train Station —

56► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — 1955 B&O Railroad Caboose —

57► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — A Bit of History - The Fireside —

58► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — B&O Mile Marker —

59► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — Fort Alice — Railroad Bridge Destroyed —

60► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — Garrett Memorial Church — (St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church) —

61► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — Oakland — Confederate Railroad Raid —

62► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — Oakland, the B&O, and the Jones/Imboden Raid —

63► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — Our Benefactors —

64► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — Railroad Street —

65► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — Rasche Blacksmith Shop —

66► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — Site of Oakland Hotel —

67► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — The Glades Hotel —

68► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — The Oakland Hotel —

69► Maryland (Garrett County), Oakland — Tradition of Washington Spring —

70► Maryland (Garrett County), Swanton — Altamont — Confederate Railroad Raid —

71► Maryland (Howard County), Elkridge — Elkridge Furnace Inn — "Neighborhood Parlor" for Healing —

72► Maryland (Howard County), Elkridge — Elkridge Landing — Growth and Prosperity, 1800-1900 —

73► Maryland (Howard County), Ellicott City — B&O Railroad Station — Keep Supplies Moving —

74► Maryland (Howard County), Ellicott City — B&O Railroad Station — Keep Supplies Moving —

75► Maryland (Howard County), Ellicott City — Ellicott City Station, 1831 — The B&O Railroad Museum —

76► Maryland (Howard County), Ellicott City — Road Versus Rails — The Rivalry Begins — The Historic National Road - The Road That Built The Nation —

77► Maryland (Howard County), Ellicott City — The Freight House —

78► Maryland (Howard County), Ellicott City — Turntable & Track — Ellicott City Station —

79► Maryland (Howard County), Ellicott City — Turntable & Track —

80► Maryland (Howard County), Savage — Bollman Iron Truss Bridge — 1869 —

81► Maryland (Montgomery County), Bethesda — The Georgetown Branch Railroad —

82► Maryland (Montgomery County), Gaithersburg — Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station — Built: 1884 —

83► Maryland (Montgomery County), Gaithersburg — Chestnut/Meem Historic District — Designated November 17, 1997 — By the City of Gaithersburg Historic District Commission —

84► Maryland (Montgomery County), Gaithersburg — The Gaithersburg Wye —

85► Maryland (Montgomery County), Garrett Park — Garrett Park Waiting Room —

86► Maryland (Montgomery County), Garrett Park — Garrett Park, Md. — Incorporated 1898 —

87► Maryland (Montgomery County), Germantown — Reflections of Old Germantown —

88► Maryland (Montgomery County), Norwood — Woodlawn —

89► Maryland (Montgomery County), Potomac — Potomac River — — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — —

90► Maryland (Montgomery County), Rockville — Rockville — County Seat of Montgomery (formerly part of Frederick) County —

91► Maryland (Montgomery County), Silver Spring — A Community Grows — Wayne Avenue Landmarks — Silver Heritage Georgia Avenue —

92► Maryland (Montgomery County), Silver Spring — A Downtown is Born — Local Institutions — Silver Heritage Georgia Avenue —

93► Maryland (Montgomery County), Silver Spring — Canada Dry Building —

94► Maryland (Montgomery County), Silver Spring — Silver Spring B & O Railroad Station —

95► Maryland (Montgomery County), Silver Spring — Springing Up — Masonic Temple — Silver Heritage Georgia Avenue —

96► Maryland (Montgomery County), Takoma Park — Early Takoma — Laurel and Carroll Avenues —

97► Maryland (Montgomery County), Takoma Park — The Metropolitan Branch and Takoma Park —

98► Maryland (Prince George's County), Beltsville — When the Iron was Hot: African America Ironworkers of Muirkirk —

99► Maryland (Prince George's County), Berwyn Heights — Charlton Avenue —

100► Maryland (Prince George's County), Laurel — Laurel Railroad Depot —