Historical Markers and War Memorials in Indian Head, Maryland
La Plata is the county seat for Charles County
Indian Head is in Charles County
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On Hawthorne Road (Maryland Route 225) 0.4 miles east of Chicamuxen Road (Maryland Route 224), on the right when traveling east.
The widow Eilbeck, mentioned in Washington’s diary, lived here. Her daughter, Ann Eilbeck, married Col. George Mason of Gunston Hall, Virginia. Araby built about 1700. — — Map (db m128784) HM
On Riverside Road (Maryland Route 224) at Budd's Ferry Place, on the left when traveling north on Riverside Road.
Site of a Union Battery, November, 1861 to March 1862. The movements of Confederate troops across the Potomac River in Virginia were observed from a balloon above this point. — — Map (db m19569) HM
Maintained headquarters here at Chicamuxen Methodist Church from October, 1861, to March, 1862, when over 12,000 Union troops were camped along the Potomac River in Charles County. — — Map (db m14774) HM
On Indian Head Highway (Maryland Route 210) at Lackey Drive on Indian Head Highway.
In Honor and Memory of our Charles County veterans who sacrificed their lives due to enemy action to preserve freedom and peace.
(List of names in column #1)
Allen Alvey, Robert Austin, Francis H. Barnes, Benjamin Baum, Vernon Billingsley, . . . — — Map (db m128959) WM
On Indian Head Rail Trail east of Mattingly Street.
The Naval Base, [then] known as “The Naval Proving Ground”, was established in the town of Indian Head in 1890. Its main purpose was to test guns, powder, fuses and other naval ordnances as well as producing smokeless powder. The Naval . . . — — Map (db m70905) HM
On Metropolitan Church Road east of Laurel Acres Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Charles County's first "Black" public high school was established on this site in 1922. The land was deeded by the Joshua Lodge No. 65, Independent Order of Good Samaritans. A two story frame building was erected which housed elementary and high . . . — — Map (db m131657) HM
Near Mattingly Avenue, 0.2 miles south of Indian Head Highway (Maryland Route 210), on the left when traveling south.
The Indian Head White Plains Railroad, which became the current rail trail, connected to an internal railroad system at the Indian Head Naval Proving Ground. The existing railroad system at Indian Head reflects four periods: of development: Naval . . . — — Map (db m98545) HM
Near Livingston Road (Maryland Route 224) 0.5 miles east of Hawthorne Road (Maryland Route 225), on the left when traveling east.
Who would ever have imagined that a railroad track, once built with a focus on war, would one day be the source of such peace…
The Indian Head – White Plains Railroad was built during World War I in an effort to meet increased . . . — — Map (db m98546) HM
