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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Montgomery County, Maryland
Rockville is the county seat for Montgomery County
Adjacent to Montgomery County, Maryland
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Near Zion Road south of Sundown Road, on the right when traveling north.
The streams of Montgomery County's Piedmont Region run faster and deeper than those of the Coastal Plain. Steam power fueled the early industrial age in Montgomery County in the late-18th and 19th centuries. Mills along the Hawlings River stream . . . — — Map (db m114415) HM
On Market Street (Maryland Route 97) west of Water Street, on the right when traveling north.
Greenbury Murphy, Brookeville's first blacksmith, built this exceptionally fine Federal style house about 1807, financing its construction and that of a blacksmith shop with a mortgage from local merchant Caleb Bentley. The brick house, a . . . — — Map (db m114389) HM
On Georgia Avenue (Maryland Route 97) at Brookeville Road, on the right when traveling south on Georgia Avenue.
In 1800, Thomas Moore, Jr. and his wife, Mary Brooke Moore sold to David Newlin four acres inherited from Mrs. Moore's father, Roger Brooke IV, described as "standing below Newlin's Mill dam". Initially, Newlin operated an oil mill on this site, . . . — — Map (db m369) HM
Near High Street (Maryland Route 97) south of Market Street, on the right when traveling north.
Newlin's Mill was located on the west side of Brookeville in the vicinity of Brookeville Road and Market Street (Route 97) and was operated from the early 19th century to the early 20th century. This versatile mill sawed lumber, pressed oil from . . . — — Map (db m367) HM
On Brookeville Road, 0.3 miles east of Grayhaven Manor Road, on the right when traveling east.
This log structure, acquired as part of Reddy Branch Stream Valley Park, was once part of Oakley Farm. Built before or just after emancipation, the cabin is representative of slave or tenant housing and is a rare surviving example. Reddy Branch, . . . — — Map (db m5415) HM
Near Zion Road south of Sundown Road, on the right when traveling north.
Until World War II, Montgomery County's economy and landscape were primarily agricultural. The American Indian tribes of the county grew corn, squash, and beans on their villages near streams. The earliest settlers from Europe grew tobacco for . . . — — Map (db m114417) HM
On Market Street, 0.1 miles east of North Street, on the left when traveling east.
Known as the Miller's House, this modest stone structure was likely built by the town's founder Richard Thomas, Jr. in the 1790s for the operator of his mill, which stood adjacent to this house, along Reedy Branch of the Hawlings River. The house . . . — — Map (db m76416) HM
On Market Street (Maryland Route 97) west of Water Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Moore built this worker's cottage, probably in the late 1790s. Moore was married to Mary Brooke, one of Deborah Thomas's sisters, and the Moores lived on a farm adjacent to Brookeville. Moore was a farmer, inventor, engineer and entrepreneur who . . . — — Map (db m114390) HM
Near Zion Road south of Sundown Road, on the right when traveling north.
In 2004, this trail corridor was named in honor of the mother of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson. When complete, the Rachel Carson Greenway Trail will be 25 miles long, connecting the Anacostia Trail System in Prince George's . . . — — Map (db m114413) HM
On Market Street east of South Street, on the right when traveling east.
Richard Thomas, Jr. and his wife, Deborah Brooke Thomas, the founders of the town of Brookeville, built their large frame house here ca. 1801. In 1814, they were living here with their five children. The town was established on land that Deborah . . . — — Map (db m114394) HM
On Market Street (Maryland Route 97) south of Brookeville Road, on the left when traveling north.
The original section of what is known as the Valley Mill House (on the right) consisted of a single-story, one-room stone cottage with a large open hearth and stair to a sleeping loft. David Newlin built it about 1800, adjacent to his mill complex, . . . — — Map (db m114391) HM
On MacArthur Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
Guests at the Bobinger brothers’ Cabin John Hotel entered the grounds by way of an ornate iron foot bridge crossing Cabin John Creek and ascended along manicured paths to the garden entrance shown here. The place was extravagant in every way, . . . — — Map (db m164232) HM
On MacArthur Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
In the late 19th century the scenery and climate were so renowned that people traveled from distant points seeking the serenity and pleasures that Cabin John offered. They came for the fishing and to view the largest stone arch in the world, an . . . — — Map (db m164234) HM
Near Clara Barton Parkway, 1 mile east of Capital Beltway Inner Loop (Interstate 495).
It shall be the duty, at all hours, by night as well as day, to pass all boats and floats presenting themselves at their locks. — Charles Mercer, President, C&O Canal Company
Every time his boat passed through a . . . — — Map (db m103222) HM
On MacArthur Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
"… in our midst exists one of the most imposing and wonderful structures which engineering skill could devise …"
--William T.S. Curtis, November 1, 1897, from a paper read before the Columbia Historical Society.
As late as the mid-19th . . . — — Map (db m22636) HM
The “drop gate” on this lift lock was a technological advance over the more common swing-gate lock. It was faster and could be more easily operated by a single employee.
Only a few drop-gates were installed on the canal, most of . . . — — Map (db m103200) HM
Near Clara Barton Parkway, 1.5 miles Capital Beltway Inner Loop (Interstate 495), on the right when traveling east.
After being neglected for nearly a decade, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal received new life with the New Deal programs in the late 1930s. Two African American Civilian Conservation Corps camps were setup at nearby Cabin John and Carderock to . . . — — Map (db m105328) HM
Near Clara Barton Parkway, 2 miles east of Capital Beltway Inner Loop (Interstate 495), on the right when traveling east.
Most canal locks were "swing-gate" locks, opened by pulling or pushing long balance beams that projected from the gates.
Stone for the Seven Locks (locks 7 through 14) was cut and finished by stonemasons who were paid by the "piece." Arrows, . . . — — Map (db m125187) HM
Near Clara Barton Parkway, 2 miles east of Capital Beltway Inner Loop (Interstate 495), on the right.
A long blast on a tin horn followed by the boatman's shout of "Hey-ey-ey! Lock! Aw, Lock!" summoned the lock-keeper to duty. Lock-keepers were hired to "attend constantly and diligently by day and night," during the nine month boating season. They . . . — — Map (db m125189) HM
Near Susanna Lane, 0.2 miles east of Jones Mill Road, on the right when traveling north.
This Spring is on the site of Clean Drinking, a land grant surveyed for Col. John Courts in 1699. Descendants of Courts, the Jones family, lived at nearby Clean Drinking Manor for many years.
Placed by the National Society of the Colonial Dames . . . — — Map (db m61517) HM
On Meadowbrook Lane, 0.2 miles south of East-West Highway (Maryland Route 410), on the right when traveling south.
Hailed as one of the finest saddle clubs in the East when it opened in 1934, Meadowbrook Stables is a handsomely detailed Colonial Revival style house barn with accompanying club unit reportedly modeled after a tavern in Charlottesville, Virginia. . . . — — Map (db m140241) HM
Original Federal
Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Place 1791 - 92
Protected by
Patriots' Memorial Chapter
Daughters of the
American Revolution
1965 — — Map (db m154771) HM
Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed - 1791 - 1792
Protected by the Margaret Whetten Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916 — — Map (db m154774) HM
Near Connecticut Avenue (Maryland Route 185) south of Thornapple Street, on the right when traveling south.
I pledge my head to clearer thinking,
my heart to greater loyalty,
my hands to larger service,
and my health to better living,
for my club, my community
my country and my world.
Responding to the 1918 national contest, Otis Hall, . . . — — Map (db m116017) HM
Near Connecticut Avenue (Maryland Route 185) south of Thornapple Street, on the right when traveling south.
W.K. Kellogg Hall commemorates this breakfast cereal pioneer and his personal commitment to 4-H. It was made possible by generous contributions from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, a major supporter of 4-H educational programs. The foundation's . . . — — Map (db m116016) HM
On Jones Mill Road, 0.5 miles south of Woodhollow Drive, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
The Woodend Manor House was designed in Georgian style by John Russell Pope in 1927, on what was once the hunting grounds for Algonquin Indians. The house was originally the residence of Chester and Marion Wells, who wanted the house to recreate the . . . — — Map (db m61560) HM
Near Western Piedmont Trail, 4.9 miles west of Clarksburg Road, on the left when traveling west.
James “Jim” Wims, who acquired this land in 1919 operated a farm with an orchard on this land. In an effort to provide a local place for his children to play ball, Jim took acrage out of crop production and converted it into the . . . — — Map (db m95723) HM
Near North Frederick Road (Maryland Route 355) just south of Stringtown Road.
Artifacts from the Site Tell the Story
The Dowden's Ordinary site tells archaeologists use the tools of historical archaeology to uncover rural tavern life in Montgomery County. Historical records indicated when the tavern was built, who . . . — — Map (db m69741) HM
On North Frederick Road (Maryland Route 355) south of Stringtown Road, on the right when traveling south.
On April 15, 1755 a British seaman wrote in his diary:
On the 15th: Marched at 5 in our way to one
Dowden's, a Publichouse ... and encamped upon
very bad ground on the side of a hill. We got our
tents pitched by dark when the wind shifted . . . — — Map (db m167055) HM
On North Frederick Road (Maryland Route 355) just south of Stringtown Road, on the right when traveling south.
"This elephant, a female, is ten Years old, 8 feet 6 inches high. Her tusks have been broken off, but are growing again, having lengthened about an inch in the last 3 Months. . . . She takes a whip and cracks it, eats 2 Bushels of corn in [sic] the . . . — — Map (db m50927) HM
Near Hyattstown Mill Road, 0.2 miles east of Frederick Road (Maryland Route 355), on the right when traveling east.
In operation since 1798, Hyattstown Mill was known for its “fine stone-ground white and yellow cornmeal." Destroyed by fire in 1918, the new mill was quickly rebuilt on the old foundation and remained a crucial local business until the . . . — — Map (db m99498) HM
On North Frederick Road (Maryland Route 355) near Stringtown Road.
The Role Of Taverns
In early America, taverns or "ordinaries" offered food and shelter. both for travelers and their horses. The term "ordinary" originally applied to a tavern meal regularly offered at a fixed price, but later designated . . . — — Map (db m144318) HM
This area was named in honor of the large and loud frog population around Little Bennett Creek. Before Kingsley School was built, white children living on nearby. were sent to neighboring community schools. With no bus transportation, students had . . . — — Map (db m95137) HM
On North Frederick Road (Maryland Route 355) 0.1 miles north of Prescott Road, on the right when traveling north.
During the Civil War, most women attempted to live “normally,” maintaining homes, attending to children, and even taking over traditional male responsibilities on the farm. Yet the war brought severe hardships to most absent family men, limited . . . — — Map (db m90435) HM
"Everything We Put Our Hand To Prospered"
For nearly 60 years, this land was part of the Commonwealth Farm, home to a women's commune that began in Belton, Texas in the late 1860s under the leadership of Martha McWhirter (1827-1904).
Women's . . . — — Map (db m234598) HM
On Main Street (Maryland Route 108) west of Woodfield Road (Maryland Route 124), on the left when traveling west.
The "Town of Damascus" was founded in 1816. This marker stands on one of the original 14 lots laid out by the founder and first postmaster, Edward Hughes. The earliest part of the town was located in the southwestern corner of "the Pleasant Plains . . . — — Map (db m129441) HM
Near Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) just east of Seneca Road (Maryland Route 112), on the left when traveling east.
The thriving crossroads community of Darnestown during the 1880s looked much different than it does today. Photographs from that time, however, help us understand what someone traveling through Darnestown might have experienced.
Darnestown grew . . . — — Map (db m69722) HM
The years following the Civil War were a booming time for Darnestown. Local residents repaired damages from the war and returned to their daily means of livelihood. Andrew Small was a C&O Canal contractor and became familiar with Darnestown during . . . — — Map (db m69716) HM
Near Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) east of Seneca Road (Maryland Route 112), on the left when traveling east.
Military Hardships
Before becoming soldiers with military spirit, the men endured a series of hardships and deprivations. Even with their close proximity to Washington D. C. the men of Banks' division suffered shortages of clothing, . . . — — Map (db m69839) HM
Several recorded accounts identified that 20 to 30 individuals, including members of the Darne family, were buried here. Given the high infant mortality rates until the mid-19th century even the youngest residents of Darnestown were vulnerable to . . . — — Map (db m69787) HM
On Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) 0.4 miles west of Seneca Road (Maryland Route 112), on the right when traveling west.
On June 25-27, 1863, the Federal Army of the Potomac used two temporary pontoon bridges to cross the Potomac River from Virginia back into Maryland at Edwards Ferry. On the evening and morning of June 27-28, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart led 5,000 . . . — — Map (db m1684) HM
Near Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) at Seneca Road (Route 112), on the right when traveling west.
By the summer of 1861, the Union recognized Darnestown as an ideal location for establishing a major division headquarters. The town was strategically situated at the intersection of roads leading to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and to Washington, . . . — — Map (db m69731) HM
Near Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) east of Seneca Road (Maryland Route 112), on the left when traveling east.
Soldiers feared bullets and bayonets on the battlfield, but the greater danger was the invisible presence of bacteria in both Union and Confederate camps. By 1865, 620,000 men were casualties of war; the bulk succumbed to communicable diseases like . . . — — Map (db m69818) HM
Near River Road (Maryland Route 190) 0.4 miles east of Petit Way, on the right when traveling east.
Troops stationed in Montgomery County did not sit idle while waiting to fight. In addition to preparing for battle, they also had to combat many deprivations, including proper food, clothing and shelter. Life as a soldier was difficult on all counts . . . — — Map (db m74711) HM
Near Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) at Seneca Road (Maryland Route 112), on the left when traveling east.
Although no major battles were fought in Darnestown, major troop movements occurred throughout the war.
April 14, 1861 - - Fort Sumter falls
April 15 1861 - - Lincoln calls out 75,000 state militia
May 3, 1861 - - Lincoln calls . . . — — Map (db m201501) HM
Near Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) 0.4 miles west of Seneca Road (Maryland Route 112), on the right when traveling west.
Climb high
Climb far
Your goal the sky
Your aim the stars
On January 31, 1991, Captain Thomas Clifford Bland, Jr., U.S.A.F. of Darnestown, gave his life in the Persian Gulf, in tribute to his outstanding courage and valor while serving . . . — — Map (db m141320) WM
Near Darnestown Road (Route 28) just east of Seneca Road (Route 112), on the left when traveling east.
Darnestown Road is one of the oldest roads in Montgomery County. Once an old trail, the route dates back to 1600 when it was used by the Seneca Indians. Native Americans Established villages, planted maize, and fished along the Potomac Palisades. . . . — — Map (db m69645) HM
Near Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) east of Seneca Road (Maryland Route 112), on the left when traveling east.
A Signal Corps station and training camp was established near Darnestown in 1861. Signaling with flags was invented by army surgeon Albert J. Meyer and first used against the Navahos in border warfare before the Civil War. Signaling with flags . . . — — Map (db m69854) HM
On Rock Creek Park Road, 0.3 miles north of Muncaster Road, on the right when traveling north.
Magruder-Bussard Farm
In 1734, John Magruder established a tobacco plantation on this property. Tobacco cultivation continued with his son, Nathan and grandson, Isaac, both of whom were active patriots during the American revolution. Otho . . . — — Map (db m105112) HM
On Piccard Drive west of Pleasant Drive, on the right when traveling west.
"Peace is possible ... it can begin simply, over a game of chess and a cup of tea."
Mattie J.T. Stepanek
July 17, 1990 - June 22, 2004
Mattie enjoyed public speaking and worked with Former President and First Lady Jimmy and . . . — — Map (db m129439) HM
On Frederick Road (Maryland Route 355) south of Indianola Drive / Watkins Pond Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
Officer, 4th Battalion, Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
Brigadier General of Maryland Militia, 1794; member of 4th United States Congress, 1795–96. — — Map (db m20931) HM
Near Needwood Road, 0.1 miles north of Jousting Terrace, on the right when traveling east.
The original Needwood land patent of 1000 acres granted to John Cooke in 1758, became part of a prosperous farm established on this site by his granddaughter, Harriet Cooke Robertson and her husband, William, their son, William George Robertson, . . . — — Map (db m197912) HM
Near Rock Creek Park Road, 0.6 miles north of Muncaster Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
A small grouping of houses and outbuildings near this spot became a kinship-based community known as Newmantown. There were numerous post Civil-War African American communities in Montgomery County similar to Newmantown. There were also several . . . — — Map (db m105151) HM
On Rock Creek Park Road, 0.6 miles north of Muncaster Road, on the left when traveling north.
Compared to areas further south, Maryland was welcoming to freed people who wished to purchase land. Such was the case for Albert and Mary Newman, who following their manumission left Virginia and settled "Newmantown" as a kinship-based . . . — — Map (db m197859) HM
On Rock Creek Park Road, 0.6 miles north of Muncaster Road, on the left when traveling north.
Newmantown was named after the Newman family, and the collective members of the family all worked together to sustain the community. The family raised hogs and chickens and grew vegetables for their own use. They also tended their own fruit . . . — — Map (db m197861) HM
William Lawson King and his family moved here in 1925. For over 60 years this property was part of their dairy operation, which was the largest in the county with 450 registered Holstein cows. At this farm, over 100 cows were milked twice daily, 365 . . . — — Map (db m140435) HM
Near Old Hundred Road (Maryland Route 109) at Comus Road, on the left when traveling north.
Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4-6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. George . . . — — Map (db m76266) HM
On the White’s Ferry parking lot near White"s Ferry Road (Maryland Route 107).
Fresh from the victory at the Second Battle of Manassas
General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 1-6, 1862,
to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. . . . — — Map (db m167962) HM
On Whites Ferry Road (Maryland Route 107) at River Road, on the left when traveling west on Whites Ferry Road.
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The canal and towpath are dedicated to Justice William O. Douglas of White Ferry. — — Map (db m810) HM
On Dickerson Road (Maryland Route 28) at Mouth of the Monocacy Road, on the left when traveling north on Dickerson Road.
Largest of eleven C&O aqueducts. Finished 1833, Alfred Cruger, Principal Engineer. Constructed of quartzite from Sugarloaf Mountain. It served until 1924, when after a flood, commercial operations ceased.
Administered by the National . . . — — Map (db m15016) HM
Near Whites Ferry Road, 0.1 miles west of River Road, on the right when traveling west.
After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through . . . — — Map (db m808) HM
Near Martinsburg Road, 0.2 miles north of Wasche Road, on the left when traveling north.
Prior to 1840, virtually all Montgomery County farms produced tobacco and corn primary crops of the era. In 1845, the emergence of guano fertilizer allowed farmer to introduce a new cash crop grain which provided feed for livestock.
The 1873 . . . — — Map (db m146207) HM
Near Mouth of Monocacy Road at Dickerson Road (Maryland Route 28).
Confederate Gen. D. H. Hill’s division crossed the Potomac at Point of Rocks on September 4, 1862, and marched south to clear Union forces from the area. His men breached and drained the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at several places, burned canal . . . — — Map (db m65210) HM
On Old Hundred Road (Maryland Route 109) north of Comus Road, on the left when traveling north.
Sugarloaf Mountain Rises before you. There, the long running cavalry fight that began in the late afternoon on September 9, 1862, in Barnesville came to a halt. By the next morning the 8th Illinois and 3rd Indiana Cavalry were tangling with the 7th . . . — — Map (db m237323) HM
On Mouth of Monocacy Road, 1.3 miles west of Dickerson Road (Maryland Route 28), on the right when traveling west.
Springing Over the Monocacy
Captain William McNeill of the U.S. Topographical Engineers called this aqueduct “...a work which, while it is highly ornamental, unites...in its plan and execution, ‘the true principles of economy, . . . — — Map (db m714) HM
On Whites Ferry Road, 0.1 miles west of River Road, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing.
To
Our Heroes
of
Montgomery Co.
Maryland
That We Through Life
May Not Forget to Love
The Thin Gray Line
Erected A.D. 1913
1861 CSA 1865 — — Map (db m182686) WM
On Whites Ferry Road, 0.1 miles west of River Road, on the left when traveling west.
The original ferry was probably a flat-bottomed-wooden craft guided across the river using poles and ropes. Its design was much like the ferry boat shown below: a long, low structure with a ramp at both ends for loading and unloading cargo. . . . — — Map (db m182685) HM
On Darnestown Road (State Highway 28) 3 miles south of Martinsburg Road.
Thomas Sprigg, Jr., patented in 1725 as "Woodstock" 1,102 acres here, inherited in 1782 by Sprigg's three granddaughters, Sophia, Rebecca, and Elizabeth. Sophia married John Francis Mercer (later Governor of Maryland, 1801-1803.) in 1794. Nearly . . . — — Map (db m151719) HM
Near Whites Ferry Road (Maryland Route 107) at River Road.
Before you is the last operating ferry on the Potomac River. Early settlers recognized these relatively still waters would provide an ideal location for a ferry. The first known ferry operation here was Conrad’s Ferry in 1817. After the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m741) HM
Near Whites Ferry Road, 0.1 miles south of River Road, on the right when traveling west.
The serenity of the Maryland countryside was
shattered on September 4-6, 1862, as 35,000 Confederate soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia
waded across the Potomac River. Gen. Robert E. Lee, hoping to rally support in the divided
state, sent . . . — — Map (db m173131) HM
Near Martinsburg Road, 2.5 miles west of Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28), on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
A wing of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Gen. James Longstreet, as well as part of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry, crossed into Maryland just south of here on September 5-6, 1862. Other parts of the 40,000-man force, . . . — — Map (db m812) HM
Near Martinsburg Road, on the right when traveling south.
During the Civil War, White's Ford on the Potomac River was employed by Confederate troops on three separate occasions. Lee's troops crossed here in their invasion of Maryland, September 4-7, 1862. General Jubal A. Early's II Corps, after an . . . — — Map (db m10145) HM
Near Martinsburg Road, 1.2 miles west of Wasche Road, on the right when traveling west.
After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's smashing victory over Union Gen. John Pope at the Second Battle of Manassas, Lee decided to invade Maryland to reap the fall harvest, gain Confederate recruits, earn foreign recognition of the . . . — — Map (db m237612) HM
On Beallsville Road (State Highway 109) just south of Hillrise Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Built about 1930 as the first metering station for the Washington area gas supply, this building was saved from imminent destruction by concerned citizens dedicated to both the preservation of the visible past and revitalization of the railroad. . . . — — Map (db m139683) HM
On Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) 1.1 miles north of Beallsville Road (Maryland Route 109), on the right when traveling north.
Family Farming
Dr. William Brewer acquired 583 acres in a land grant known as “Woodstock Manor,”
in 1838. Woodstock was two miles from Dr. Brewer's primary residence, Aix-La-Chappell where he provided medical treatment to the local . . . — — Map (db m86904) HM
Near Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) 1.1 miles north of Beallsville Road (Maryland Route 109), on the right when traveling north.
Importance of Horses
Horses were brought to this continent by Spanish explorers in the 16th century. Their speed and endurance were invaluable in the New World. In early America. specific breeds were relatively unknown. Horses were . . . — — Map (db m86431) HM
Near Wasche Road, 0.3 miles north of Farm Road Trail, on the right when traveling north.
Restoring History
This circa 1800 stable was built either by the Young family or the Fisher family of Seneca sandstone most likely quarried nearby on the Potomac River. Seneca stone was prized for its ruddy variegated color, local abundance, . . . — — Map (db m86368) HM
Near Old Hundred Road (Maryland Route 109) at Comus Road (Maryland Route 95), on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
You are looking at Sugarloaf Mountain, where the running cavalry fight that began in the late afternoon on September 9, 1862, in Barnesville came to a halt. By the next morning, the 7th and 9th Virginia Cavalry had been brought to bay here at the . . . — — Map (db m1683) HM
On Whites Ferry Road (State Road 107) at Martinsburg Road on Whites Ferry Road.
The Warren Historic Site is dedicated to preserving three historic buildings erected at this location on the grounds of the Warren United Methodist Church. These buildings served as the nucleus of a small rural African-American community known as . . . — — Map (db m4613) HM
On Whites Ferry Road (Maryland Route 107) at Martinsburg Road, on the left when traveling west on Whites Ferry Road.
About 2 miles northwest was White’s Ford. This Potomac crossing was used by Gen. R. E. Lee entering Maryland in September, 1862, and Generals J.E.B. Stuart and Jubal A. Early returning to Virginia in 1862 and 1864, respectively. — — Map (db m811) HM
On The Hills Plaza at South Park Avenue, on the left when traveling north on The Hills Plaza.
The name McAuliffe on the officer's badge honors a prominent former resident of the Village, Colonel James S. McAuliffe, Sr., who served as Montgomery County Chief of Police for 16 years and was a police officer for 42 years. Col. McAuliffe was a . . . — — Map (db m123681) HM
Near South Summit Avenue just south of East Diamond Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
In July of 1889, John A. Belt, a leading merchant in Gaithersburg, purchased the southwest corner of Diamond and Summit Avenues for $200. On this site, Belt built a general store with a large upstairs public room, known as Norman Hall. The building . . . — — Map (db m3355) HM
On DeSellum Avenue, 0.1 miles west of George Street, on the right when traveling west.
Each night an observer would conduct a series of tasks as they made and recorded their observations; including rotating, aligning, and leveling the telescope, taking numerous readings of stars, weather and other factors.
A typical night at the . . . — — Map (db m128815) HM
On South Summit Avenue south of East Diamond Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
The Gaithersburg Railroad Station and freight house were built in 1884 as handsome replacements for the adjacent small frame structure which served as a freight depot when the Metropolitan Branch of the B & O Railroad was extended to Gaithersburg . . . — — Map (db m1039) HM
Near Rock Creek Park Road, 0.5 miles north of Muncaster Mill Road, on the right when traveling north.
This is called a bank barn because it is built into a slope or bank of a hill. In the early 1800's this type of barn was commonly called a Switzer barn, a reference to its Swiss German origins. In the fall hay would have been loaded into the upper . . . — — Map (db m197911) HM
On Shady Grove Road south of Gaither Road, on the right when traveling south.
Bechtel, one of the world's largest engineering and construction firms, built its first Washington area engineering office on this site. Located here between 1961 and 1992, the Gaithersburg office grew from 40 employees to more than 3,000. — — Map (db m202633) HM
On Brookes Avenue at Russell Avenue on Brookes Avenue.
The Brookes and Russell Subdivision was platted in 1892
J.W. Walker subdivided his farm in 1904
Both subdivisions were part of the original "Deer Park" Land Grant — — Map (db m157231) HM
On Summit Avenue just south of East Diamond Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The completion of the railroad and the city's incorporation in the 1870's established a solid base upon which Gaithersburg could grow and flourish. Following the City's incorporation in 1878, Henry Ward became the president of the town's . . . — — Map (db m128819) HM
Near Rock Creek Park Road, 0.5 miles north of Muncaster Road, on the right when traveling north.
This building would have housed the family carriage and its accoutrements such as carriage poles, harnesses, horse collars, wheel jacks, and fly nets that would hang on the horses in the summer. Most farms would have a buckboard—a single seat with a . . . — — Map (db m197903) HM
On Chestnut Street at Meem Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Chestnut Street.
Martha Meem's 200 Acres, part of the 1793 Zoar Land Grant, was further subdivided as Meem's subdivision in 1896. The district preserves late 19th and 20th century structures, along with the Metropolitan Branch of the B&O Railroad, which drove town . . . — — Map (db m101847) HM
On Rock Creek Park Road, 0.5 miles north of Muncaster Mill Road, on the right when traveling north.
What was enslavement like for a young child of African descent? Only the men and women who endured slavery and lived to share their experiences either in published autobiographies or in recorded oral histories could answer that painful question. . . . — — Map (db m197907) HM
Near South Frederick Ave (Maryland Route 355) close to Fairbanks Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Gravestone Inscriptions
James DeSellum // Born June 14 1773 // Died June 27 1847 // Aged 74 years // A useful citizen and sincere Christian. Cathrine DeSellum // Born July 20 1770 // Died June 20 1856 // Aged 88 years // Her . . . — — Map (db m1725) HM
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