Letter Boxer's Driving Tour of Bowie LbNA #35410
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Sep 29, 2007 |
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| City: | Bowie |
| County: | Prince George's |
| State: | Maryland |
| Boxes: | 12 |
| Planted by: | Moubiguin  |
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| Found by: | wood thrush (2) |
| Last found: | Jun 29, 2013 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Sep 29, 2007 |
I am placing this for my Nice ESPN This was her Girl Scout Silver Award Project. All Contact is through me
Boxes are down right now hoping to have them back up soon
1. Veterans Park: 10th & Zug Road, Bowie, Maryland
At the cannon where his honor guard still salutes, all those called home by the ultimate Supreme Commander, in Honor of Mr. Jim Pritchett called home Fall 2006.
From the flag pole take 6 paces to find me hiding among the bushes their.
(Make a right onto 9th Street from Zug, go .6 miles to find the next box.)
(Please be mindful not to letterbox during veteran’s ceremonies – Nov. 11, Memorial Day 11:00-1:00)
2. Old Train Station: 11th Street, Bowie, Maryland
Richard Peach’s 1777 farm became the Town of Bowie because of the railway. Governor Oden Bowie created the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Company from Baltimore to Southern Maryland. By 1872, it was completed, along with a spur to Washington. By 1880 the town’s name changed from Huntington City to the Town of Bowie to match the station name honoring the Governor. Houses, businesses, schools, clubs and places of worship grew around the rail junction.
By 1902, the Baltimore and Potomac was purchased by the powerful Pennsylvania Railroad. The town grew, and the WB&A trolley line arrived in 1908, Bowie State University opened in 1911, and the Bowie Race Track in 1914. In 1916, Bowie incorporated as the Town of Bowie, reincorporating as a City in 1961. Expansion of Bowie by William Levitt & Sons, Inc., in the 1960s, divided the city into named sections, and thus the original part of town became known once again as the Huntington section of Bowie.
Located at 8614 Chestnut Avenue in historic Old Bowie, the station was relocated from its original site across the railroad tracks and restored in the 1990’s. The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company built the first station in 1872 at the junction of rail lines into Washington, D.C. and Southern Maryland. The lines were later integrated into the Pennsylvania Railroad Company system. The Town of Bowie (originally Huntington City) grew up around the train station. The existing museum buildings were constructed in the early 1900’s, but closed in 1989. The Railroad Museum is supported by the City of Bowie and the Huntington Heritage Society. The Station is open to the public Tuesday - Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and for groups of 10 or more by appointment. The Station is accessible for people with disabilities and is free of charge. For additional information, or to schedule a group tour, call 301-809-3089.
While standing at the stairs move towards the front of the train and you will find me hiding in the trains under carriage.
(Return to 11th Street going 3.7 miles, to find your way, go through the light on your left you’ll find Yorktown)
As you head towards the next box you will pass another series called “Who let the Horses out?”
3. York Town Elementary: 7301 Race Track Road, Bowie, Maryland
One of Bowie’s oldest schools that always say’s “YES”
If you look in the bushes by our front door you will find me.
(As you return to Race Track road going left and once again left at the light 1.1 miles will be Sacred Heart Church & Cemetery)
4. Sacred Heart Graves: 16501 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Maryland
Some of Bowie’s oldest graves are here in this sacred place.
While thinking of those in our past, look at the plant box I am there in the left hand corner closest to 450.
(Turn right onto Annapolis Road (450) and once again to the right at the light going 3.7 miles to your next adventure stop)
As you head towards the next box you will pass another series called “Arborlogy Redux” at White Marsh Park.
5. RIP’s Country Inn: 3809 Blue Star Memorial Highway, Bowie, Maryland
This once upon a time horse stable is now the home to some of the finest Prime Rib in town.
As you read the day’s offerings, look behind the sign for a bush that has become my home.
(You will need to return once again to 301 going left from the light at about 1.2 miles you need to make a right turn going another .9 miles going through another light making a right turn into the first drive way)
6. Television/Radio Museum: 2608 Mitchellville Road, Bowie, Maryland
Explore radio from Marconi's earliest wireless telegraph to the primitive crystal sets of the 1920s, through Depression-era cathedrals and the post-War plastic portable radios, and finally, to the development of radio with pictures, called television
The museum is located in the 1906 Harmel House, an old storekeeper's residence in the village of Mitchellville, a section of modern south Bowie. A store occupied the site as early as the 1870s. The Edlavitch family, Russian Jews who immigrated to the rural Bowie area in 1888, lived in the house until 1925. The Harmel family later lived there, operating the old store as one of the earliest African-American businesses in the area until a 1985 fire destroyed it. The City renovated the house, and now has joined the Radio History Society in presenting the broadcasting history which so dramatically has shaped our lives from the 1920s to today.
The museum is open free of charge Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m., or by appointment for groups of 10 or more, and is accessible for people with disabilities. 301-390-1020
My front entrance is now closed, but I am still there at the left of the stairs.
(Return to Mount Oak Road turning left onto Mitchellville at the light, go 1.1 miles turning left at Northview Drive, drive until you see the Ice Rink entrance and park, across the parking lot is the building you are hunting for.)
7. Allen’s Pond Amphitheater: 3330 Northview Drive, Bowie, Maryland
This place was built by, one of the greatest men according to the Bowie Belle-Aires Twirling Corp and the SPRITE BEHIND BOWIEFEST. It is an honor to be able to use this stage for Bowie fest. This box is placed in Honor of Mr. Robert Setera
This great stage as seen many performers, if you look to the ramp; I am there for your finding.
(Exit at the rink drive, making a left turn onto Northview Drive, go 1.1 miles to Bowie Town Center making a right at Evergreen Parkway, and then a left into the 3rd entrance & parking at the Food Court parking lot.)
8. Bowie Town Center: 15606 Emerald Way, Bowie, Maryland
(Whistle Stop) At this mall find the train on its North Side is were I am.
Look in the 4th Flower Pot from the side you just walked up.
(As you leave the Mall, drive past the fountain (summer), Tree (winter), towards the light and onto Route 197 (Collington Road), make a left, go under and then over the bridges ahead, then 2 more lights before a right turn is your next way to go, continue for a total of 1.6 miles on your left will be our cities hall.)
9. City Hall: 2614 Kenhill Drive, Bowie, Maryland
This once school that is now home to this cities government.
As you face our cities hall from the street stands 2 trees lining the front the one on the right has a wonderful surprise. Make sure you look up to find the frosted pinecone.
(After a visit to this place of wondrous information your almost done, return to Kenhill Drive going left from this drive, when you can go no farther make a left till you find the tree archway, this is Belair Drive, turn right onto Sun Way and park, you have traveled .7 miles)
10. Tree Archway: Belair Drive, Bowie, Maryland
These Beech Trees were planted in 1923.
Find me standing near the corner of Belair & Sun Way. My eye is watching you. (Knot Hole)
If you’re really ambitious you can walk to the next clue by continuing on Belair Drive to our well kept Stables, .1 miles)
11. Belair Stables: 2839 Belair Drive, Bowie, Maryland
Owned and operated by William Woodward, Belair Stable was part of the famous "Belair Stud," one of the premier racing stables in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. Belair Stable was home to Gallant Fox and Omaha, father and son horses that won the Triple Crown, to Nashua, who was "Horse of the Year" in 1955, as well as too many other well-known race horses. Until its closing in 1957, Belair was the oldest continually operated horse farm in the United States, where horses were raised for racing purposes. Its history extends over two hundred fifty years. The Stable has been restored and is open as a museum. Heritage Day, a festival celebrating the history of Bowie, is held at the Stable as well as the other two city museums. The Stable is open free of charge to the public year round, Wednesday - Sunday noon - 4 p.m. The Stable is accessible to people with disabilities. Like the Belair Mansion, the Stable is supported by the City of Bowie and the Friends of Belair Estate. For more information, call 301-809-3089.
While looking at this stable of old turn to your right to find the tree out front and the farthest away is where you’ll find your box to claim.
(Return to your cars and make a left onto Tulip Grove going about .3 miles this is where you will find your last clue)
12. Belair Mansion: 12207 Tulip Grove Drive, Bowie, Maryland
Enjoy Bowie’s earliest history at the Belair Mansion (circa 1745), the beautiful five-part Georgian plantation house of Samuel Ogle, Provincial Governor of Maryland. Enlarged in 1914 by the New York architectural firm of Delano and Aldrich, the Mansion was also the home of William Woodward, famous horseman in the first half of the 20th century. Restored to reflect is 250-year old legacy; the Mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The house reflects the private occupants from 1747 to 1957. Featured among the collection are a number of important family objects. Paintings of the Four Seasons, owned by Governor Samuel Ogle (1694-1752), hang in the hall where they first hung 250 years ago. Painted by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760), principal painter to the Prince of Wales, they have a family tradition of having been a gift from Lord Baltimore, Proprietor of the Colony of Maryland. Also featured is silver, engraved "B.O." either for Governor Benjamin Ogle (1749-1809), Maryland State governor from 1798-1800, or his son, the owner of Belair from 1796 until his death in 1844. Other furnishings include pieces made by John Shaw of Annapolis, a craftsman employed by the Ogles, and a portrait of Anne Tasker Ogle’s brother, Col. Benjamin Tasker (1720-1760), painted by John Wollaston in Annapolis, circa 1752. Items from the Woodward period include privately issued prints of the famous Belair Stud Thoroughbred race horses, and a 1932 bronze of Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox by Eleanor Iselin Wade (b. 1910).
The Mansion is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon - 4 p.m., and for groups of 10 or more by appointment. A donation is requested at the door. To schedule a group tour, call the Mansion at 301-809-3089.
Head to where the OLD MAN once stood, (tree) before entering the stone archway look for me on your right.
REMEMBER TO PLACE ALL BOXES BACK WHERE YOU FOUND THEM. THANK YOU
Have fun & enjoy, But WATCH OUT FOR THE MUGGLES.
Boxes are down right now hoping to have them back up soon
1. Veterans Park: 10th & Zug Road, Bowie, Maryland
At the cannon where his honor guard still salutes, all those called home by the ultimate Supreme Commander, in Honor of Mr. Jim Pritchett called home Fall 2006.
From the flag pole take 6 paces to find me hiding among the bushes their.
(Make a right onto 9th Street from Zug, go .6 miles to find the next box.)
(Please be mindful not to letterbox during veteran’s ceremonies – Nov. 11, Memorial Day 11:00-1:00)
2. Old Train Station: 11th Street, Bowie, Maryland
Richard Peach’s 1777 farm became the Town of Bowie because of the railway. Governor Oden Bowie created the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Company from Baltimore to Southern Maryland. By 1872, it was completed, along with a spur to Washington. By 1880 the town’s name changed from Huntington City to the Town of Bowie to match the station name honoring the Governor. Houses, businesses, schools, clubs and places of worship grew around the rail junction.
By 1902, the Baltimore and Potomac was purchased by the powerful Pennsylvania Railroad. The town grew, and the WB&A trolley line arrived in 1908, Bowie State University opened in 1911, and the Bowie Race Track in 1914. In 1916, Bowie incorporated as the Town of Bowie, reincorporating as a City in 1961. Expansion of Bowie by William Levitt & Sons, Inc., in the 1960s, divided the city into named sections, and thus the original part of town became known once again as the Huntington section of Bowie.
Located at 8614 Chestnut Avenue in historic Old Bowie, the station was relocated from its original site across the railroad tracks and restored in the 1990’s. The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company built the first station in 1872 at the junction of rail lines into Washington, D.C. and Southern Maryland. The lines were later integrated into the Pennsylvania Railroad Company system. The Town of Bowie (originally Huntington City) grew up around the train station. The existing museum buildings were constructed in the early 1900’s, but closed in 1989. The Railroad Museum is supported by the City of Bowie and the Huntington Heritage Society. The Station is open to the public Tuesday - Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and for groups of 10 or more by appointment. The Station is accessible for people with disabilities and is free of charge. For additional information, or to schedule a group tour, call 301-809-3089.
While standing at the stairs move towards the front of the train and you will find me hiding in the trains under carriage.
(Return to 11th Street going 3.7 miles, to find your way, go through the light on your left you’ll find Yorktown)
As you head towards the next box you will pass another series called “Who let the Horses out?”
3. York Town Elementary: 7301 Race Track Road, Bowie, Maryland
One of Bowie’s oldest schools that always say’s “YES”
If you look in the bushes by our front door you will find me.
(As you return to Race Track road going left and once again left at the light 1.1 miles will be Sacred Heart Church & Cemetery)
4. Sacred Heart Graves: 16501 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Maryland
Some of Bowie’s oldest graves are here in this sacred place.
While thinking of those in our past, look at the plant box I am there in the left hand corner closest to 450.
(Turn right onto Annapolis Road (450) and once again to the right at the light going 3.7 miles to your next adventure stop)
As you head towards the next box you will pass another series called “Arborlogy Redux” at White Marsh Park.
5. RIP’s Country Inn: 3809 Blue Star Memorial Highway, Bowie, Maryland
This once upon a time horse stable is now the home to some of the finest Prime Rib in town.
As you read the day’s offerings, look behind the sign for a bush that has become my home.
(You will need to return once again to 301 going left from the light at about 1.2 miles you need to make a right turn going another .9 miles going through another light making a right turn into the first drive way)
6. Television/Radio Museum: 2608 Mitchellville Road, Bowie, Maryland
Explore radio from Marconi's earliest wireless telegraph to the primitive crystal sets of the 1920s, through Depression-era cathedrals and the post-War plastic portable radios, and finally, to the development of radio with pictures, called television
The museum is located in the 1906 Harmel House, an old storekeeper's residence in the village of Mitchellville, a section of modern south Bowie. A store occupied the site as early as the 1870s. The Edlavitch family, Russian Jews who immigrated to the rural Bowie area in 1888, lived in the house until 1925. The Harmel family later lived there, operating the old store as one of the earliest African-American businesses in the area until a 1985 fire destroyed it. The City renovated the house, and now has joined the Radio History Society in presenting the broadcasting history which so dramatically has shaped our lives from the 1920s to today.
The museum is open free of charge Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m., or by appointment for groups of 10 or more, and is accessible for people with disabilities. 301-390-1020
My front entrance is now closed, but I am still there at the left of the stairs.
(Return to Mount Oak Road turning left onto Mitchellville at the light, go 1.1 miles turning left at Northview Drive, drive until you see the Ice Rink entrance and park, across the parking lot is the building you are hunting for.)
7. Allen’s Pond Amphitheater: 3330 Northview Drive, Bowie, Maryland
This place was built by, one of the greatest men according to the Bowie Belle-Aires Twirling Corp and the SPRITE BEHIND BOWIEFEST. It is an honor to be able to use this stage for Bowie fest. This box is placed in Honor of Mr. Robert Setera
This great stage as seen many performers, if you look to the ramp; I am there for your finding.
(Exit at the rink drive, making a left turn onto Northview Drive, go 1.1 miles to Bowie Town Center making a right at Evergreen Parkway, and then a left into the 3rd entrance & parking at the Food Court parking lot.)
8. Bowie Town Center: 15606 Emerald Way, Bowie, Maryland
(Whistle Stop) At this mall find the train on its North Side is were I am.
Look in the 4th Flower Pot from the side you just walked up.
(As you leave the Mall, drive past the fountain (summer), Tree (winter), towards the light and onto Route 197 (Collington Road), make a left, go under and then over the bridges ahead, then 2 more lights before a right turn is your next way to go, continue for a total of 1.6 miles on your left will be our cities hall.)
9. City Hall: 2614 Kenhill Drive, Bowie, Maryland
This once school that is now home to this cities government.
As you face our cities hall from the street stands 2 trees lining the front the one on the right has a wonderful surprise. Make sure you look up to find the frosted pinecone.
(After a visit to this place of wondrous information your almost done, return to Kenhill Drive going left from this drive, when you can go no farther make a left till you find the tree archway, this is Belair Drive, turn right onto Sun Way and park, you have traveled .7 miles)
10. Tree Archway: Belair Drive, Bowie, Maryland
These Beech Trees were planted in 1923.
Find me standing near the corner of Belair & Sun Way. My eye is watching you. (Knot Hole)
If you’re really ambitious you can walk to the next clue by continuing on Belair Drive to our well kept Stables, .1 miles)
11. Belair Stables: 2839 Belair Drive, Bowie, Maryland
Owned and operated by William Woodward, Belair Stable was part of the famous "Belair Stud," one of the premier racing stables in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. Belair Stable was home to Gallant Fox and Omaha, father and son horses that won the Triple Crown, to Nashua, who was "Horse of the Year" in 1955, as well as too many other well-known race horses. Until its closing in 1957, Belair was the oldest continually operated horse farm in the United States, where horses were raised for racing purposes. Its history extends over two hundred fifty years. The Stable has been restored and is open as a museum. Heritage Day, a festival celebrating the history of Bowie, is held at the Stable as well as the other two city museums. The Stable is open free of charge to the public year round, Wednesday - Sunday noon - 4 p.m. The Stable is accessible to people with disabilities. Like the Belair Mansion, the Stable is supported by the City of Bowie and the Friends of Belair Estate. For more information, call 301-809-3089.
While looking at this stable of old turn to your right to find the tree out front and the farthest away is where you’ll find your box to claim.
(Return to your cars and make a left onto Tulip Grove going about .3 miles this is where you will find your last clue)
12. Belair Mansion: 12207 Tulip Grove Drive, Bowie, Maryland
Enjoy Bowie’s earliest history at the Belair Mansion (circa 1745), the beautiful five-part Georgian plantation house of Samuel Ogle, Provincial Governor of Maryland. Enlarged in 1914 by the New York architectural firm of Delano and Aldrich, the Mansion was also the home of William Woodward, famous horseman in the first half of the 20th century. Restored to reflect is 250-year old legacy; the Mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The house reflects the private occupants from 1747 to 1957. Featured among the collection are a number of important family objects. Paintings of the Four Seasons, owned by Governor Samuel Ogle (1694-1752), hang in the hall where they first hung 250 years ago. Painted by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760), principal painter to the Prince of Wales, they have a family tradition of having been a gift from Lord Baltimore, Proprietor of the Colony of Maryland. Also featured is silver, engraved "B.O." either for Governor Benjamin Ogle (1749-1809), Maryland State governor from 1798-1800, or his son, the owner of Belair from 1796 until his death in 1844. Other furnishings include pieces made by John Shaw of Annapolis, a craftsman employed by the Ogles, and a portrait of Anne Tasker Ogle’s brother, Col. Benjamin Tasker (1720-1760), painted by John Wollaston in Annapolis, circa 1752. Items from the Woodward period include privately issued prints of the famous Belair Stud Thoroughbred race horses, and a 1932 bronze of Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox by Eleanor Iselin Wade (b. 1910).
The Mansion is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon - 4 p.m., and for groups of 10 or more by appointment. A donation is requested at the door. To schedule a group tour, call the Mansion at 301-809-3089.
Head to where the OLD MAN once stood, (tree) before entering the stone archway look for me on your right.
REMEMBER TO PLACE ALL BOXES BACK WHERE YOU FOUND THEM. THANK YOU
Have fun & enjoy, But WATCH OUT FOR THE MUGGLES.