RgrF wrote: How could you be, nothing original (aside from TV crime drama concepts) come from Baltimore. Philly on the other hand...
Oh, Roger, Roger, Roger, you are so far off base.
First professional sports organization in the United States - Maryland Jockey Club
First US stage coach route - Baltimore to Philadelphia
First Post Office System in the United States
First independent corps in the Revolutionary War Army- organized by Count Casimir Pulaski
First dredger in the world - the Baltimore Mud Machine, was invented by Andrew and John Ellicot.
First balloon ascension in the US with a person on board - Edward Warren
First Methodist church in America- Lovely Lane Meeting House
First general meeting of the Quakers
First church of the United Brethren
First Catholic diocese in the U.S.
First Roman Catholic seminary in the U.S. – St. Mary’s Seminary
The first monument to Columbus in the United States
First water company chartered in the United States - Baltimore Water Company.
First Sunday newspaper in America- Monitor
First sugar refinery in the U.S. - founded by Garts and Leypoldt
First US war ship to capture an enemy vessel - Constellation
First fort built by U.S. Government – Fort McHenry
First investment banking house in America- founded by Alexander Brown
First electric refrigerator- invented by Thomas Moore
First stationary store- Lucas Brothers
First U.S. company to import and consumer package teas – Martin Gillet and Company
Birthplace of the Star Spangled Banner - written by Francis Scott Key at Fort McHenry
First manufacturers of silverware in the United States - Samuel Kirk Company
The first permanent monument to George Washington was built.
First city to illuminate streets with hydrogen gas
First independent Unitarian church- formed at 21 Hanover Street, home of Henry Payson
First annual conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church
First Odd Fellows lodge in the U.S.- organized by Thomas Wildey and others
First gaslight company in the country- Gas Light Company of Baltimore
First canning of oysters- by Thomas Kennett
First American umbrella factory - William Beehler
First railroad for commercial transportation of passengers and freight B & O railroad
First black Catholic religious order of nuns- Oblate Sisters of Providence
First coal burning steam locomotive built - Tom Thumb
First operating railroad depot in the US - Mt. Clare Station
First national nominating convention for President of the United States
First regular steam vessel to cross the Atlantic from the U.S - “City of Kingston”
First car ferry used in the U.S. was built in Baltimore for the Susquehanna River
First commercial canning of corn
First dental college in the world- Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
First steam boating company in the U.S. - Baltimore steam packet Co.
First public supported high schools for girls - Eastern High School and Western High School
World's first telegraph line established between Baltimore and Washington - Samuel Morse
First ice cream freezer - patented by W. G. Young
First teachers college for women - Baltimore Female College (Goucher College)
First Radial heater for the home - at Mansion Alexandrffsky
First Jewish Community Center I the U.S. - (YMHA) Young Men’s Hebrew Association
First Elevator to be operated by electrical power - invented by James Bates
First YMCA - Pratt and Schroeder Streets
First American horse drawn street car line was done so in Fell's Point
First black labor union - Colored Businessmen’s Association, organized by Isacc Meyers
First candy factory to produce licorice - J.S. Young Company
The first monument to Edgar Allan Poe
First animal welfare association - American Humane Society
First synthetic sweetening agent - Saccharine, developed at Johns Hopkins University
First public financed vocational school in the U.S. - Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
First typesetting machine in the world - invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler
First commercial electric street car line - Baltimore to Hampden
First public Library System with branches - Enoch Pratt Free Library
First steam tanker built in America The Maverick by W.T.Malster
First commercial stomach antacid seltzer - Bromo-Seltzer, made by Captain Isaac E. Emerson
First bottle caps with crown cork in the U.S.- Crown Cork and Seal
First Ouija board - invented and patented by Isaac and William Fuld
First Catholic college for women - Notre Dame College
First electronic railway locomotive in the world - put in service by the B&O
First Multi-store shopping center building in the country - Roland Park Marketplace
First country day school in the U.S. - Gilman School
First practical submarine in the US - "Argonaut," invented by Simon Lake
First time duck bowling introduced - at Diamond Bowling Alleys
First woman professor at a U.S. medical School - Dr. Florence Rena Sabin
First city magazine- Baltimore Magazine
First international women’s volunteer organization - Hadassah, founded by Henrietta Szold
First portable electric drill with pistol grip - Black & Decker
First municipal orchestra supported by public funds - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
First gas station with pumps enabling a driver to see the amount of gasoline being pumped
First factory to manufacture stainless steel - Rustless Iron & Steel Company
First National Guard Air Squadron started - Logan Field
First black musical on Broadway - written by Baltimorean Eubie Blake, Shuffle Along
First nationwide presidential radio broadcast - by President Warren G. Harding
First triple combination fireboat in service - operated by Baltimore City Fire Dept
First producer of venetian blinds in the United States - Eastern Venetian Blind Company
First black newspaper chain- Afro-American Newspaper
First photograph of earth from space - produced at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
First Mobile microwave television tower
First Permanent Building in the U.S to have a revolving restaurant - Holiday Inn, Downtown
First baseball player to be named MVP in both leagues - Frank Robinson
First African-American to serve on the US supreme Court - Baltimorean Thurgood Marshall
First native born U.S. Citizen to be canonized as a saint - Elizabeth Seton (born 1809)
First African American wax museum - The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum