Historical Markers and War Memorials in Cockeysville, Maryland
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On Van Buren Lane, 0.1 miles north of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Located on Wesley Chapel Road, 0.3 miles west of Troyer Road, Monkton. Second church at the site built 1888, destroyed by fire c. 1900, rebuilt in 1901, dismantled in 1976 due to declining membership. Cemetery still maintained. . . . — — Map (db m188730) HM
Near Paper Mill Road (Maryland Route 145) 0.3 miles east of Arrowwood Road, on the left when traveling east.
In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen .Jubal A. Early’s corps from the Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter’s army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early . . . — — Map (db m201632) HM
On Shawan Road at Western Run Road, on the right when traveling west on Shawan Road.
Colonel Nicholas Merryman Bosley, builder, 1810, awarded silver tankard “by the hand of Lafayette” for best cultivated Maryland farm, 1824. Also home of John Merryman, early importer, 1848, of registered Hereford cattle, still, 1967, . . . — — Map (db m2280) HM
Near Paper Mill Road (Maryland Route 145) 1.2 miles east of York Road (Maryland Route 45), on the left when traveling east.
Lime Kilns in this area were built into hillsides for support. A fire was maintained at the bottom of the pit and crude lime from a nearby source was thrown on top of it. The heat from the fire would separate the pure powder form of the lime from . . . — — Map (db m53201) HM
White granite one-piece Cologne millstone from the Rhine valley, from the Fitzhugh Mill located on Fitzhugh Run, north of Dulaney Valley road near the Fishing Center, east of Jarrettsville Pike, Found on watershed property of Elmer R. Haile, Jr. and . . . — — Map (db m188729) HM
Near Paper Mill Road (Maryland Route 145) 1.2 miles east of York Road (Maryland Route 45), on the left when traveling east.
Completed in 1832, the North Central Railroad carried passengers and freight between Baltimore, York, and Harrisburg for 140 years. After the decline of the railroad, the railroad bed was converted to a rail trail in 1984. Today the Maryland portion . . . — — Map (db m53200) HM
Near Phoenix Road, 1 mile north of Paper Mill Road (Maryland Route 145), on the left when traveling north.
Phoenix, one of the many mill towns of the 1800s in Baltimore County, survives today as a secluded little village beside the Gunpowder River and the Northern Central Railroad 15 miles north of Baltimore. Today's Phoenix, with its big Victorian . . . — — Map (db m53202) HM
Originally erected on the southwest corner of Church Lane and York Road. House Taylors Hall was on Padonia Road within what became quarry property, relocated to Rockland by M. Azola 1985. — — Map (db m137192) HM
On Van Buren Avenue, 0.1 miles north of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Building constructed and furnished at cost of $60,000 from proceeds of sale of old Almshouse property under authority of County Commissioners granted by Acts of Maryland General Assembly, April 1, 1872. Site purchased from John Galoway. Structure . . . — — Map (db m2300) HM
From the railroad track bed of Baltimore & Susquehanna Railroad, below Padonia Road bridge. Cut out area in block is to hold rail track. Cockeysville marble, found during construction of the Light Rail.
Historical Society of Baltimore . . . — — Map (db m137189) HM
Furnace Construction
Careful planning and design along with experienced mechanics were required when constructing an iron smelting furnace. The furnace at Oregon Ridge was situated under the crest of a small bluff directly to your front. This . . . — — Map (db m219137) HM
Making it Work
Located on site were most of the resources necessary to support the production of pig iron, including iron ore, water, and marble stone. Anthracite coal transported on the North Central Railway from Pennsylvania was used as a . . . — — Map (db m219138) HM
Iron Master
The Iron Master was hired by the furnace owners to manage the original construction of the furnace and all related smelting operations. A good Iron Master had many skills including experience as a mechanical engineer, market analyst, . . . — — Map (db m219147) HM
If you had been standing here in 1850, you could have witnessed this scene. Mining of iron ore took place at the Oregon ore banks from 1820 to 1887.
"The Oregon Ore Pits"
The depression in front of you was one of three primary pits providing . . . — — Map (db m219163) HM
Under this bridge lies a part of Oregon Ridge's past. Around 1850 the small valley you see below, now covered in greenery and maturing trees, was an open quarry supplying ore to the Oregon Iron Furnace.
To learn more about the miners, the . . . — — Map (db m219258) HM
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500 million years ago limestone was forming in ancient seas. No plants or animals were found on the land at that time. Primitive plants and animals did live in the earth's oceans, and the molecular building locks for our very own . . . — — Map (db m219250) HM
The property comprising the present day Oregon Ridge Park was first patented in the early l8th century and was primarily used for agricultural purposes. During the 1830's iron ore and marble stone were discovered on the property and its agricultural . . . — — Map (db m219132) HM
During the 1800's, the land now known as the Oregon Ridge Park was an active mining village. Between the years of 1840-1870, The Oregon Mining Company mined iron and marble.
An industrial village was developed to house their Workers . . . — — Map (db m219154) HM
Furnace workers performed a variety of dangerous, dirty and hard tasks. The threat of a major furnace explosion was always possible.
Putting the Furnace in Blast
The first step in putting the furnace in blast was to build a coal fire in . . . — — Map (db m219142) HM
The furnace owners constructed a town composed of tenant and boarding houses, forge Stock house, spring houses, and company store (now the Oregon Grille Restaurant 2007) to support furnace operations and to house 200 residents.
Tenant . . . — — Map (db m219134) HM
The Colonial Forest of Baltimore County 1750
According to available records Baltimore's forests were composed of large tracks of mature trees, interspersed with grassy openings that the colonists called barrens.
Harvesting the Trees
In . . . — — Map (db m219263) HM
