Up This Road

Up this road

2600 British Troops marched

July 7th 1779

under command of General Tyron

and burned Fairfield

Marker is at the intersection of Beach Road and Sunnieholm Drive, on the left when traveling west on Beach Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Bethlehem Pharmacy

First Bethlehem

Pharmacy,

In Clergy House

1743 - 1752

Established at this

stand,

1752.

Marker is on Main Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

"A Very Neat Chapel"

The little white chapel that stood here was built by soldiers of the garrison and held 150 people. Different ministers came from Richmond each week to preach. A small burial ground was located just 50 yards beyond the chapel—a reminder ...

Pioneer Aztalan

Pioneer Aztalan was settled in 1836 by Thomas Brayton and others at the junction of the Milwaukee-Mineral Point and Janesville-Fond du Lac territorial roads. By 1837 Aztalan had Jefferson County's first post office and by 1842 was its leading business ...

The C.C.C. Builds Our Park

The Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy

"There is much to be discovered way of beautiful scenery account of lack of trails and time this parkwill be one of the nicest in this part of the county." - Tell W. Inspector for the ...

The Baltimore County Water and Electric Company

The basin in front of you and the house beside you are remnants of the Baltimore County Water and Electric Company that operated here from 1910 to 1922. the company, founded by Victor G. Bloede, supplied pressurized water to parts ...

Drinking Water for the Public

Demands for cleaner drinking water in Baltimore City and County compelled Catonsville banker and philanthropist Victor G. Bloede to organize and Baltimore County Water & Electric Company in 1909.

In 1910, Bloede's company purchased the abandoned Avalon Iron & Nail ...

Powering the Patapso Valley's Industries

This inconspicuous ditch is a remnant of the Avalon millrace. Originally dug in the 1700s, it supplied water from the Patapsco River to Dorsey's Forge. The millrace later served the Avalon Iron & Nail Works and the Baltimore County Water ...

Tubac Presidio

Here stood the original Spanish presidio or fort established as San Ignacio de Tubac after the Pima uprising of 1751. Captain Juan Bautista de Anza was in command in 1775, when he led his famous expedition to California to found ...

Patapsco Valley

"Along this section of the valley, where once the vibrant hum of a thriving industry could be heard... now the silence of the tomb prevails. The gods of progress direct its movements in mysterious ways." - L.S. LeRendu, W.J. Dickey ...