Maryland During The Frontier Age
In 1839, the United States' first passenger railway service opened between Baltimore and nearby Ellicott City. As the railway expanded westward to Cumberland and Chicago, it competed for business with the earlier 189 miles (304 km) Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the National Road.
The United States Naval Academy was founded in Annapolis in 1845, and the Maryland Agricultural College was chartered in 1856, growing eventually into the University of Maryland.
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