Highlandtown

Released on by Gary Helton
preview-18

  • Highlandtown Book Detail

  • Author : Gary Helton
  • Release Date : 2006
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 130
  • ISBN 13 : 0738543381
  • File Size : 54,54 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Highlandtown by Gary Helton PDF Summary

Book Description: Highlandtown's strong roots are nourished by old world traditions of family, culture, and faith. Settlement of the area first known as Snake Hill dates to the 19th century's expansion of the waterfront communities of Fell's Point and Canton. Farms and slaughterhouses soon emerged, relying heavily on immigrant laborers from Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, and Ireland. Fort Marshall was established atop the area's highest point, the present site of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. A military hospital emerged in Patterson Park, which began as a six-acre gift to the city from merchant William Patterson in 1826. After being renamed Highland Town" in 1862, Baltimore City annexed the town from Baltimore County and changed its spelling. By 1915, much of the retail district had been built along Eastern Avenue among row houses. Streetcars traveled down roadways of dirt or cobblestone, passing theaters, bowling alleys, horse-drawn wagons, and first-generation American children at play. Bakeries, barbers, grocers, and bars were on every corner, along with churches that worshipped in European tongues. There was no need to ever leave Highlandtown, and some folks never did."

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Highlandtown books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Highlandtown

Highlandtown

File Size : 81,81 MB
Total View : 1085 Views
DOWNLOAD

Highlandtown's strong roots are nourished by old world traditions of family, culture, and faith. Settlement of the area first known as Snake Hill dates to the 1