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The Way We Were: Bowie Station

The city of Bowie has its roots in the railroad, check out this photo of the original Bowie Station.

The story of Bowie began with the railroad. Chartered in 1874, the bustling city grew around the junction of lines heading to Pope's Creek, Washington and Baltimore.

In the photo above is Bowie Station, the heart of what was once Huntington City and is today “Old Bowie”.

The station has always been called “Bowie Station”, as it was named after Governor Oden Bowie—a local resident and early supporter of railroads in Prince George’s County.

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The photo shows the fence that separated the tracks, riders crossed a board walk to climb aboard the huge engines taking them north or south.

In 1910, a catastrophic fire destroyed many of the buildings in Huntington and severely damaged others including the station.

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It was quickly rebuilt, and was in use until the station at Bowie State University opened in 1989.

The City of Bowie purchased the buildings in Old Bowie and moved them across the tracks to their current location in 1992. They were restored in collaboration with the Huntington Heritage Society and are today a tangible link to Bowie’s early history.


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