View of the Martinsburg Roundhouse and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
Five years after being destroyed by Stonewall Jackson and the Confederate army in 1861, the Baltimore & Ohio roundhouse and surrounding shops in Martinsburg began to rebuild. On July 14, 1877, after the B&O railroad cut wages for the second time in one year, workers went on strike. The governor attempted to suppress the uprising, but the strike spread to Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Chicago, in addition to other parts of the Midwest and western states, sparking the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. The strike lasted 45 days and eventually ended when President Hayes sent federal troops to break up strikes in each individual city.
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The Great American Rail-Trail promises an all-new American experience. Through 12 states and the District of Columbia, the trail will directly serve nearly 50 million people within 50 miles of the route. Across the nation—and the world—only the limits of imagination will limit its use.
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