1830: America's first native locomotive loses a smackdown race to a draft horse. Embarrassment does not alter the course of history.
From Houston it is usually quite a distance to one of the major antique bottle shows on the East and West coasts. For this reason, I typically plan my weekend around a bottle show with museum tours, sightseeing and business.
This past weekend, prior to the Baltimore Antique Bottle Show (read A Salute to the Baltimore Antique Bottle Show) Elizabeth and I, along with Jerry and Helen Forbes from Carmel, California had the opportunity to visit the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in downtown Baltimore on the Friday before the show. This is one of my all-time favorite museums to visit. I am also from Baltimore which gives me some pride. It was fun to see some of the early equipment and locomotives that are replicated on early American Historical Flasks.
My point with the museum tour is that it is really fun to ‘build’ your visit around other historical attractions to make a complete weekend. On the same Friday, we were also able to see the famous Washington Monument (read The Washington Monument – Baltimore) in Mt. Vernon Place in Baltimore. This monument is represented on a number of early American glass pieces. Completing our Friday, was a tour of the great Geppi’s Entertainment Museum in Camden Yards.
"Success To The Railroad" With Horse And Cart - Eagle With Stars Historical Flask, Coventry Glass Works, Coventry, Connecticut, 1830-1848. - Heckler Auction 98
SUCCESS TO THE RAILROAD - Horse Pulling Cart
GV-1, "SUCCESS TO THE RAILROAD" - Ed & Kathy Gray - GreatAntiqueBottles.com
RAILROAD / LOWELL eagle with stars, GV-10, pint, America c. mid-19th century.
B&O Railroad Museum - Baltimore, Maryland
Entrance view in to B&O Railroad Museum Roundhouse
The War Came by Train Exhibit - B&O Railroad Museum
Horse Pulling Cart - B&O Railroad Museum
Tom Thumb replica - Wes Barris photograph
Atlantic - The first running B&O Locamotive
Baltimore & Ohio R.R. - John Hancock
Lafayette - B&O Railroad Museum
4-6-0 Thatcher Perkins Built in 1863, weighing 67,800 lbs.
