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Re: Brickfest Questions
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Wed, 7 Jun 2000 05:57:32 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.wamalug, Will Middelaer writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.wamalug, Marc Nelson, Jr. writes:
> > 5)Anybody else coming from Mobtown that wants to carpool?
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> Mobtown? I haven't heard that name for Baltimore. I have heard Charm City
> and "The City that Reads", but never Mobtown.
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> Is that a name for a part of Baltimore or is it for the town as a whole?
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> Will
It's a name for Baltimore that came from the 19th century. Baltimore was a
pretty violent place then (oh wait, it still is), mostly from political
conflicts. Every election was like a huge battle in the streets between rival
factions, which had names like "Plug Uglies" and such. The American
(Know-Nothing) Party was a pretty big deal in Baltimore, and one the
Know-Nothing mayors turned cannons on the mobs once. Edgar Allen Poe died in
Baltimore after being filled full of booze and dragged to the polls during one
election. Also, some of the first violence in the Civil War happened when
Lincoln's Train came through Baltimore and was assaulted by mobs who were then
engaged by Federal troops. Mobtown sounds tougher than Charm City, and The City
That Reads is a bad joke.
-Marc
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| (...) Thanks for the very cool local history. I knew Baltimore was a tough town now but I had not idea that its violent history went so far back in time. My personal nickname for it would more likely be "The city that kicks my Butt everytime I go up (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| (...) Mobtown? I haven't heard that name for Baltimore. I have heard Charm City and "The City that Reads", but never Mobtown. Is that a name for a part of Baltimore or is it for the town as a whole? Will (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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