BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Historic National Road @ Mt. Airy

MD -- Historic National Road @ Mt. Airy:

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[1] NRAIRY_080211_03.JPG	[2] NRAIRY_080211_06.JPG	[3] NRAIRY_080211_17.JPG	[4] NRAIRY_080211_19.JPG	[5] NRAIRY_080211_23.JPG	[6] NRAIRY_080211_25.JPG	[7] NRAIRY_080211_30.JPG
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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. NRAIRY_080211_03.JPG: One of the original stone mileage markers
2. NRAIRY_080211_19.JPG: "30 M To B" -- 30 miles to Baltimore
3. NRAIRY_080211_30.JPG: The Historic National Road: The Road That Built the Nation: Parrsville & Ridgeville: Two Towns at the Four Corners: Here at Milestone 31, about 130 feet southeast of its original location, the Baltimore and Frederick-Town Turnpike created two towns as it moved west. Both Parrsville and Ridgeville are now a part of Mount Airy. Parrsville, to the east, was named for a nearby spring that creates the headwaters of the Patapsco River, flowing east into Baltimore Harbor. Parr's Spring, an important landmark for early surveyors, is the point of four corners between Carroll, Montgomery, Howard and Frederick Counties. Just west, Ridgeville is located on a 830-foot tall ridge, the highest point on the National Pike between Baltimore and Braddock Heights. Traveling over this ridge after 1831, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad hitched up horses to pull cars up two inclines on the east side. Brakemen would guide the train rolling down two more inclines on the west side. After a tunnel was constructed in 1901, travel by rail eclipsed travel by road.
4. NRAIRY_080211_41.JPG: The Historic National Road: The Road That Built the Nation: Mile Stones of the Old National Pike: Looking more like an ancient tombstone, the stone marker at the bottom of the hill before you, tucked inside the guardrail, was once used to denote mileage to Baltimore along the Baltimore and Frederick-Town Turnpike, also known as the old National Pike. Long before automobiles sped along this corridor and synthetic materials were used for highway signs, mileage signs were literally carved in stone! Although it had worn away over time, hand-chiseled letters and numbers once read 35 M To B, and meant 35 miles to Baltimore. This tradition dates back over 2,000 years to the road builders of the Roman Empire, and it continued in 19th century America. Forty-five markers were placed along the turnpike from Baltimore to Frederick, one mile apart, primarily on the north side of the road. Mile stones were a welcome sign for a weary traveler plodding along at a slow pace in a horse-drawn carriage or wagon. Heavily laden wagons often covered only a few miles a day. Although built to last, the permanency of some mile stones has been usurped by road improvements that accommodated modern travelers. Only a few remain in their original places. Look for remaining mile stones on your journey along the Historic National Road. Traffic Jam are Nothing New: This stretch of the National Pike once bustled with merchants and farmers transporting raw materials and farm products in horse-drawn wagons to markets in the east. James Buckingham, an early traveler on the road, described his fellow passengers as "being farmers, country-dealers, and speculators, passing from town to town" and noted a "spirit of natural forbearance and good nature."
5. NRAIRY_080211_46.JPG: You can see the stone marker behind the guardrail just to the left of the power line on this side of the street.
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