maryland+fun+facts

SOME FUN FACTS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND!!
 * The Maryland State House is the oldest building in the U.S. still in legislative use.
 * The first woman in the new world to demand the right to vote was Mistress Margaret Brent, St. Mary's City, 1648.
 * The first telegraph message, "what hath God wrought," was sent from Baltimore to Washington, D.C. on May 24, 1844.
 * The first African American scientist, Benjamin Banneker, was a Marylander who in 1791 became the first African American employee of the federal government.
 * In 1923, Maryland's Attorney General ruled it illegal to permit a trained bear to operate an automobile on the public highways of the state.
 * In 1831, the B&O Railroad set a speed record at an incredible 30 miles per hour!
 * The ouija board, patented in 1892, was invented by Isaac and William Fuld of Baltimore.
 * On June 10, 1892, Wilbert Robinson of the Orioles hit 7 for 7, a record never matched in a nine inning major league game. The final score: Orioles 25, St. Louis 4.
 * The country's first bookmobile, the idea of Miss Mary Titcomb of the Washington County Free Library, began operating in 1907.