Ellicott City Volunteer Fire Department

Headquarters of Howard County Fireman’s Association

Incorporated 1927

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Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Project No MD 100-F

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Sponsors

Board of Commissioners

Howard County, Maryland

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Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Hill Street, on the right when traveling west ...

Fort Frederick Officers’ Quarters

A Ghost in the Ground.

Before you is the foundation of “The Governor’s House,” the building that served as the officers’ quarters, ceremonial hall and storeroom for Fort Frederick. What did that building look like? We know the size and general ...

Bayou Bartholomew

Beginning 10 miles northwest of Pine Bluff, this storied bayou flows 300 miles through 6 Arkansas counties and 2 Louisiana parishes before emptying into the Ouachita River in north Louisiana. Indian mounds dotted its banks. Immigrants travelled it by flatboat ...

James Maitland Stewart

(1908-1997)

Legendary American actor, born & raised in this town. During his long career, 1932-91, Jimmy Stewart achieved fame on stage, screen, and TV. He won an Academy Award for his role in "The Philadelphia Story." Other films included "Mr. Smith ...

Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion

July 21, 1861 2:00 p.m.

Army of the Potomac (Beauregard), CSA

Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion

Maj. John B. Walton

Three 6-pounder Smoothbores

Two 6-pounder Rifled Guns.

“We advanced by hand to the front until finally the battery was upon the crown of the hill, entirely ...

Cartecay Methodist Church

This church, Cartecay Methodist (South), was organized and a building erected in August 1834 on the property of Lewis D. Ellington. The first preacher was William Ellington, ordained in 1805 by Bishop Asbury. The first Sunday School was organized April ...

Stewart-Lee House

Built in 1844 for Norman Stewart, a Scottish tobacco merchant, the house was rented from his nephew, John Stewart, by Gen. Robert E. Lee's family during the Civil War. Following Lee's surrender at Appomattox, he lived here for just over ...

Warren County Purple Heart Monument

Combat Wounded Veterans

Military Order of the Purple Heart

1782 - 1932

Dedicated to all recipients of the Purple Heart, those wounded during our nation's wars and conflicts.

My stone is red for the blood they shed, the medal I bear is my country's ...

St. Maarten Gingerbread Market Stalls

The gingerbread surroundings for the Harbor Point Village market stalls are a typical feature of the St. Maarten/ St. Martin homes of the past. Lovingly crafted by hand, often with improvised tools, gingerbread designs took on folk art appeal on ...

Quarterpath Road

James Bray owned land nearby in Middle Plantation by the 1650s, and Quarterpath Road probably began as a horse path to one of Bray’s quarters or farm units. Over the years, the road was improved; it extended to Col. Lewis ...