Harris Creek, 1869

ID: 841 ~ Source: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division ~ Creator: E. Sachse & Co. ~ Date: 1869
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Harris Creek, 1869

Image of Harris Creek excerpted from "E. Sachse, & Co.'s Bird's Eye View of the City of Baltimore, 1869."

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By Eli Pousson
At the close of the eighteenth century, the far eastern edge of Baltimore was marked by Harris Creek, a modest tributary of the Patapsco that spilled into the River near where Boston Street and Lakewood Avenue in Canton today. In an area of…