Interesting Facts about Baltimore Maryland
Origin: Baltimore City was incorporated in 1796 (Chapter 68, Acts of
1796). The City name was derived from the Proprietary's Irish Barony. As
a governmental unit, the City separated from Baltimore County in 1851
Baltimore can be found in the mid-Atlantic region of North America
just off the Chesapeake Bay along the Patapsco River estuary.
Both the Star-Spangled Banner and Babe Ruth were born here. Edgar
Allen Poe died here and H.L Menken and the Duchess of Windsor lived
here. Baltimore has a number of firsts: the first railroad, the first
telegraphic communication, the nation's first Catholic cathedral with
the first archbishop and the first synagogue in Maryland.
Sometimes referred to as Charm City and Crabtown, fondly referred
to as the Clipper City, still it can not be denied, we are the great
sporting home of the Baltimore Orioles and our new birds, the Ravens.
Baltimore is a college town. It is also a museum town with the
Walters the American Visionary Art Museum the Baltimore Museum of Art
the Railroad Museum and the Museum of Denistry
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