Historical Markers and War Memorials in La Vale
La Vale, Maryland and Vicinity
▶ Allegany County (192)
▶ Garrett County (126)
▶ Washington County (835)
▶ Bedford County, Pennsylvania (69)
▶ Fulton County, Pennsylvania (22)
▶ Somerset County, Pennsylvania (73)
▶ Hampshire County, West Virginia (72)
▶ Mineral County, West Virginia (46)
▶ Morgan County, West Virginia (102)
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▶ Garrett County (126)
▶ Washington County (835)
▶ Bedford County, Pennsylvania (69)
▶ Fulton County, Pennsylvania (22)
▶ Somerset County, Pennsylvania (73)
▶ Hampshire County, West Virginia (72)
▶ Mineral County, West Virginia (46)
▶ Morgan County, West Virginia (102)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| 1► Maryland (Allegany County), La Vale — “Spendelow Camp” — Also Called “Camp at the Grove” — |
| General Braddock’s 1st camp on the march from Fort Cumberland to Fort Duquesne, June 11th to 13th, 1855. After building a road over Wills Mountain, Spendelow, an engineer, discovered a route by “The Narrows” and Braddock’s Run and a . . . — — Map (db m2083) HM | |||
| 2► Maryland (Allegany County), La Vale — First Toll Gate House — |
| First toll gate house on the old National (Cumberland) Road. Erected about 1833 after this portion of the road was turned over to the State of Maryland by the United States government. There was one other toll gate in Maryland on this Road. — — Map (db m442) HM | |||
| 3► Maryland (Allegany County), La Vale — The La Vale Toll House — The Historic National Road - The Road That Built The Nation — |
| Toll houses were built along the National Road as a result of a 25 year national debate as to whether or not the federal government should be responsible for funding road improvements. While there was agreement on the idea that those who used the . . . — — Map (db m443) HM | |||
| 4► Maryland (Allegany County), La Vale — The National Road — (Called The Cumberland Road) — |
| Was the first of the internal improvements undertaken by the U.S. Government. Surveys were authorized in 1806 over the route of “Braddock’s Road,” which followed “Nemacolin’s Path,” an Indian trail, over which George . . . — — Map (db m444) HM | |||