The Patapsco: Baltimore’s River of History

by Paul Joseph Travers

Long the main resource on this key American river, this book’s expanded second edition includes dozens of new photos and maps, updates, and six new chapters recording the twenty-first century’s most recent developments on the Patapsco River. Along with insightful narration of its impact on its watershed and on Baltimore in particular, the book contains the entire recorded history of the Patapsco River. It moves from the early Native American camps on its shores, through the late twentieth-century revitalization of its harbor, and to the environmental and economic changes the Patapsco has been a part of during these first decades of the twenty-first century. The Patapsco’s story contains some of the most important and fascinating events of Maryland’s past, and this book allows the reader to dip at will into the exciting and unexpected blend of people, places, and events that have had such great impact on the state of Maryland and the nation.

220 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1990

Reviews

[Dan Eisenreich · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. Ive been hiking the paths along the Patapsco river for the past 40 years now. This book gives me the past 400 years of history, the reason for the names of the dozen towns along the river, and details behind the history of the ruins of the houses, factories and roads that I see. An excellent book and a quick read.