Post by osprey on Apr 2, 2013 9:13:07 GMT -5
Thought some of you guys may be interested in checking this out. I don't have much info other than this press release, but I know I'll be heading up to check it out at some point!
FRONTIER EXHIBIT OPENS AT THE B&O RAILROAD MUSEUM’S ELLICOTT
CITY STATION FEATURING IMPORTANT 18TH & 19TH CENTURY LONGRIFLES
MADE IN MARYLAND
An important new exhibit opens at the B&O Railroads Museum’s Ellicott City Station on Saturday April 21, 2013 and runs through October 16, 2013 titled Maryland to the Frontier, An Exhibition of Maryland Longrifles. Presented by the Kentucky Rifle Foundation in conjunction with the B&O Railroad Museum Ellicott City Station this special limited engagement exhibit will feature more than 20 longrifles made in Maryland from private collections. Most have never before been on public exhibition.
Before the railroad came there were colonial roads, turnpikes and wilderness paths over which many men and their families traveled from the eastern regions of Maryland to the frontier territories of Western Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio and the Shenandoah Valley. An essential tool of that journey was the uniquely American “Kentucky” Longrifle. Considered one of America’s highest forms of folk art, these beautifully crafted rifles were a part of daily life on the frontier from before the Revolution through the mid-19th century. Finely carved stocks,
gracefully engraved brass furniture, and highly accurate long barrels were signature features of these everyday tools of survival.
This early industry established itself in and around Frederick, Hagerstown, Emmitsburg and Cumberland, among other locations, being located on or near the well-trodden routes of early settlers. Many of the rifles made in Maryland are considered among the most beautiful and significant art works ever produced.
Other elements of the exhibit will feature American colonial conflicts and the early development of the rifle, colonial roads, the development of the National Road and other artifacts associated with early migrants into the wilderness. The B&O Railroad Museum’s Ellicott City Station sits on the Frederick Turnpike in Ellicott City, Maryland, the Eastern leg of the National Road. Thousands of early Marylanders plodded their way West across this route before the coming of the railroad.
Saturday, April 21 – Wednesday, October 16, 2013
B&O Railroad Museum: Ellicott City Station
2711 Maryland Avenue
Ellicott City, MD 21041
410-461-1945
www.ecborail.org
FRONTIER EXHIBIT OPENS AT THE B&O RAILROAD MUSEUM’S ELLICOTT
CITY STATION FEATURING IMPORTANT 18TH & 19TH CENTURY LONGRIFLES
MADE IN MARYLAND
An important new exhibit opens at the B&O Railroads Museum’s Ellicott City Station on Saturday April 21, 2013 and runs through October 16, 2013 titled Maryland to the Frontier, An Exhibition of Maryland Longrifles. Presented by the Kentucky Rifle Foundation in conjunction with the B&O Railroad Museum Ellicott City Station this special limited engagement exhibit will feature more than 20 longrifles made in Maryland from private collections. Most have never before been on public exhibition.
Before the railroad came there were colonial roads, turnpikes and wilderness paths over which many men and their families traveled from the eastern regions of Maryland to the frontier territories of Western Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio and the Shenandoah Valley. An essential tool of that journey was the uniquely American “Kentucky” Longrifle. Considered one of America’s highest forms of folk art, these beautifully crafted rifles were a part of daily life on the frontier from before the Revolution through the mid-19th century. Finely carved stocks,
gracefully engraved brass furniture, and highly accurate long barrels were signature features of these everyday tools of survival.
This early industry established itself in and around Frederick, Hagerstown, Emmitsburg and Cumberland, among other locations, being located on or near the well-trodden routes of early settlers. Many of the rifles made in Maryland are considered among the most beautiful and significant art works ever produced.
Other elements of the exhibit will feature American colonial conflicts and the early development of the rifle, colonial roads, the development of the National Road and other artifacts associated with early migrants into the wilderness. The B&O Railroad Museum’s Ellicott City Station sits on the Frederick Turnpike in Ellicott City, Maryland, the Eastern leg of the National Road. Thousands of early Marylanders plodded their way West across this route before the coming of the railroad.
Saturday, April 21 – Wednesday, October 16, 2013
B&O Railroad Museum: Ellicott City Station
2711 Maryland Avenue
Ellicott City, MD 21041
410-461-1945
www.ecborail.org