The Baltimore area had been inhabited by Native Americans since at least the 10th millennium BC, when Paleo-Indians first settled in the region. One Paleo-Indian site and several Archaic period and Woodland period archaeological … See more

In 1797, Baltimore Town merged with Fells Point and incorporated as the City of Baltimore. Baltimore grew rapidly, becoming the largest city in the Southern United States. … See more

Political reform began in the mid-1890s with the defeat of the Arthur Gorman-Isaac Freeman Rasin Democratic machine.
Women's rights
Founded in 1894, the Maryland Suffrage Association was one of the first state suffrage … See more

In 1950, the city's population topped out at 950,000 people, of whom 24 percent were black. Then the white movement to the suburbs began … See more

The County of Baltimore was "erected" around 1659 in the records of the General Assembly of Maryland one of the earliest divisions of the Maryland Colony into counties when a … See more

Baltimore plot
Because of fear of assassination while passing through Baltimore on the way to his inauguration, … See more

Argersinger (1988) describes the loss of power by traditional Democratic leaders and organizations in Baltimore under the New Deal. The old-line Democrats operated in the spirit of traditional political bosses who dispensed the patronage. They were, at best, … See more