CHARM CITY HISTORY
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Test your knowledge of Baltimore’ s history by completing this crossword rd puzzle. Each answer is part of a milestone Baltimore first or achievement throughout hout history.
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TRIVIA TIME
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1 ] Baltimore-born and raised, Babe Ruth was one of five players to be inducted into the first class of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. He started his career playing for this Baltimore team, which at the time was a minor league team.
2 ] The first gas version of these in the U. S. was lit in 1817 at the corner of North Holliday and East Baltimore Streets.
3 ] This monument to the first American president was built 33 years before the one in Washington, D. C.
Answer Key:
Climb the 227 steps to the top for a panoramic view of Mount Vernon.
4 ] Baltimore claims this version of bowling with shorter and squatter pins as being invented by 1890s Orioles players. Try your hand at Mustang Alley’ s in Harbor East, or at Patterson Pins, a revival of one of the oldest lanes in the country.
5 ] A factory founded in Baltimore by German immigrant Francis Beehler in 1828 was the first of its kind to produce this object used to protect you from the rain.
6 ] In 1885, Baltimore made history with the first commercial electric line of this mode of transport. Learn more about this public transport relic at a museum dedicated to it in Station North.
7 ] The oldest continually operating public market in the U. S., this Baltimore market opened in 1782.
8 ] This occult board, also known as a witch board, was patented by Elijah Bond in Baltimore in 1891. They were made in Baltimore until 1966, when manufacturing moved to Salem, MA. Learn more at the Witch Board Museum in Hampden.
9 ] Baltimore is home to the oldest ___________ stand in the U. S. at Walther Gardens, now known as The Peggy. After picking up your sweet treat, visit the nursery and shop for all your gardening and home decor needs.
10 ] Baltimore is home to the first mile of track laid for the Baltimore & Ohio __________ line. You can ride that first mile at a museum in Pigtown that also houses nearly 200 locomotives in the historic roundtop.
1. ORIOLES 2. STREETLAMP 3. WASHINGTON 4. DUCKPIN 5. UMBRELLA 6. STREETCAR 7. LEXINGTON 8. OUIJA 9. SNOWBALL 10. RAILROAD
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