The Mount Vernon Cultural Walk is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/

Located at 2 North Charles Street

Transcript: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was the world’s first long-distance commercial railroad, founded in 1827 by Baltimore business leaders in a daring bid to compete with other eastern cities in forging a trade route to the west. Its construction was a series of firsts: from the first railroad station (current site of the B&O Museum) to the first railroad to cross the Appalachian Mountains and reach the Ohio River.

The B&O turned Baltimore into a leading commercial center, as businesses sent goods west and brought raw materials back to feed growing industries. Its partnership with a German steamship line made Baltimore the nation’s second largest immigrant port for many years. Its investors—including Johns Hopkins, Enoch Pratt, and William Walters—used their proceeds to build the institutions that bear their names.

After the Great Fire of 1904 destroyed its offices, the B&O opened a new headquarters in 1906. The structure’s imposing size made a statement about the company’s power and wealth, while the Beaux-Arts architecture typified the buildings that arose after the fire. Sculptures of Mercury (the Roman god of commerce) and an allegorical figure representing Progress (cradling a locomotive) top the entrance.

Mount Vernon Cultural Walk: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Building

Railroad crossings across southeast Mississippi are becoming increasingly dangerous for drivers. Steep approaches — created by ongoing rail maintenance — are blamed for causing vehicles to stall on tracks, sometimes leading to deadly collisions. 

Mississippi railroad crossings pose danger to drivers, spark call for action

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Few scenes capture the American experience so eloquently as that of a lonely train chugging across the vastness of the Great Plains, or snaking through tortuous high mountain passes. Although this vision was eclipsed for a time by the rise of air travel and trucking, railroads have enjoyed a rebirth in recent years as profitable freight carriers.

A fascinating account of the rise, decline, and rebirth of railroads in the United States, John F. Stover’s American Railroads traces their history from the first lines that helped eastern seaports capture western markets to today’s newly revitalized industry. Stover describes the growth of the railroads’ monopoly, with the consequent need for state and federal regulations; relates the vital part played by the railroads during the Civil War and the two World Wars; and charts the railroads’ decline due to the advent of air travel and trucking during the 1950s.

In two new chapters, Stover recounts the remarkable recovery of the railroads, along with other pivotal events of the industry’s recent history. During the 1960s declining passenger traffic and excessive federal regulation led to the federally-financed creation of Amtrak to revive passenger service and Conrail to provide freight service on bankrupt northeastern railroads. The real savior for the railroads, though, proved to be the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, which brought prosperity to rail freight carriers by substantially deregulating the industry. By 1995, renewed railroad freight traffic had reached nearly twice its former peak in 1944.

Bringing both a seasoned eye and new insights to bear on one of the most American of industries, Stover has produced the definitive history of railroads in the United States.

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In 1978 Governor Dixy Lee Ray established the Department of Ambience as part of the Washington State government. Initially mocked as a campaign stunt to pull in youth votes, Ray envisioned Washington becoming a cultural powerhouse in new media, with the department providing support and guidance for budding artists. Having a budget smaller than the average gas station, the department relies on part time art students who operate out of the basement of the State Archives building.

The "Be Here" storytelling project, in conjunction with the Peale, Baltimore's Community Museum, and the Smithsonian's Stories from Main Street initiative, is an effort to gather and distribute stories about community life and places across the United States. The first version of this project began in 2011 with the Stories from Main Street storytelling initiative,  the brainchild of the Smithsonian's Museum on Main Street (MoMS) team. Today, the Peale is partnering with Museum on Main Street to continue the storytelling campaign, often connected thematically to MoMS' traveling exhibitions about topics like work history, waterways, food culture, traditional music, hometown sports, etc. Anyone with an interest in life in America’s towns and communities can add their own experiences to the archive.

The "Be Here" program is an effort to diversify the voices of American cultural stories, stories especially about places that are important to people. To leave a story, download the "Be Here Stories" app on the App Store. Learn more at https://www.thepealecenter.org/bherebmore/

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