A Journey from Roads to Rails Lecture & Book Signing
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The Chief Curator of the B&O Railroad Museum and author of A Journey from Roads to Rails, David Shackelford, will give a lecture exploring the early development and the importance of the Baltimore & Frederick Turnpike and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. How did land-based trade and travel shift to train tracks? How important were these trains to the growth of the Port of Baltimore? Learn these questions and more in David Shackelford's fascinating lecture. He will also be signing books.