Historical Markers in Knoxville, Maryland

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Historical Markers in Knoxville, Maryland

1 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Knoxville — Frederick County / Washington County —

[ South Facing Side: ]Frederick CountyNamed for Frederick 5th and last Lord Baltimore. Erected out of Prince George’s County in 1748. It then included Montgomery County and all of Maryland west to the West Virginia boundary. [ North . . . — — Map (db m41770) HM

2 ► Maryland, Washington County, Knoxville — Fort Duncan — Invasion Stalled — Early's 1864 Attack on Washington —

In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter's army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early invaded . . . — — Map (db m173618) HM

3 ► Maryland, Washington County, Knoxville — Israel Creek Bridge —

This one-arch stone bridge was authorized by the county commissioners on November 10, 1874. The contract for $550 was awarded to John Martin December 3. Mr. Martin was paid $250 on February 2, 1875, and the finished bridge was inspected and accepted . . . — — Map (db m168315) HM

4 ► Maryland, Washington County, Knoxville — Lock 34, Harpers Ferry — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior — Reported permanently removed

Lock 34 was often referred to as "Goodheart's Lock". Willard Goodheart was the last locktender at this location. Like nearby Lockhouse 33, the lockhouse at Lock 34 was destroyed in the great flood of 1936. Of the 1936 flood, Mr. Goodheart as quoted . . . — — Map (db m23872) HM

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