 The original plan was for Baltimore to be founded on Whetstone Point. How different would the city’s development have been if the city had first come to life on that peninsula? “At this time the idea of laying out a new town was conceived…the point between the middle and south branches of the Patapsco was regarded by the inhabitants as the most eligible situation; and application was made to Mr. John Moale, the owner, a merchant from Devonshire, for ground upon which to lay out a town…but he, preferring to work the iron ore, with which the spot abounded, refused the application of the people, defeated the measure in the Assembly, and thus made it necessary for the founders of the new town to seek another, location.” (See: Baltimore Wholesale Business Directory and Business Circular for the Year 1845, Volumne 528, page 6-7) |
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