Washington Monument National Monument Photos

900 Ohio Drive SW

Washington, DC 20024 (map)

In Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, President Andrew Jackson boards a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train for a pleasure trip to Baltimore in 1833. Jackson, who had never been on a train ...
 user image
Share your thoughts…
Leave a comment after signing in or joining.
Description
In Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, President Andrew Jackson boards a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train for a pleasure trip to Baltimore in 1833. Jackson, who had never been on a train before, was the first president to take a ride on the "Iron Horse," as locomotives were known then.

Added by evdb on () (permalink)

Promote your events

Feedback