Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal Historical Markers

By Richard E. Miller, February 12, 2011

A Canal to the West - Tide Lock Marker Panels

1► District of Columbia (Washington), Foggy Bottom — A Canal to the West —

2► District of Columbia (Washington), Foggy Bottom — Godey's Lime Kilns — 1833 - 1908 —

3► District of Columbia (Washington), Foggy Bottom — Tide Lock —

4► District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — An Industrial Georgetown — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

5► District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — At All Hours — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

6► District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — Canal House —

7► District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — Chesapeake & Ohio Canal —

8► District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal — National Historical Marker —

9► District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — Creating a National Park — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

10► District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — Francis Scott Key Park — A Place With It Own History —

11► District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — Georgetown and the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal —

12► District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — Mule Power — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

13► District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — The Duvall Foundry — 1050-30th Street, N.W. —

14► District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — The Georgetown House —

15► District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — The History of Canal Square —

16► District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — Tide Lock and Rock Creek Basin — Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

17► District of Columbia (Washington), Glover Park — Holy Rood Cemetery — Established 1832 —

18► District of Columbia (Washington), Palisades — Abner Cloud House — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

19► District of Columbia (Washington), Palisades — Abner Cloud Mill — Echoes of Millstones — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, National Park Service —

20► District of Columbia (Washington), Palisades — Georgetown Incline Plane — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

21► District of Columbia (Washington), The National Mall — Lock Keeper’s House — Formerly the Eastern Terminal of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal — Erected about 1835 —

22► District of Columbia (Washington), The National Mall — The Canal Connection —

23► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — A Canal Boat Replica—The Cumberland —

24► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — A Home on the Boat—The Captain's Cabin —

25► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Alteration of the Site — Fort Cumberland Trail —

26► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Boat Building at the Cumberland Basin — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

27► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — C&O Canal Terminus — C&O Canal N.H.P., Maryland — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

28► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Church of St. Patrick, Cumberland —

29► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Civil War in Allegany County — Strategic Location —

30► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Crossroads of America Mural —

31► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland — Strategic Center —

32► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland — Strategic Center —

33► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland — Town Map and Directory — Cumberland - The Place To Visit, The Place To Live —

34► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland — Town Map and Directory —

35► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland —

36► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland Gateway Westward — Fort Cumberland Trail —

37► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland Terminus: Yesterday and Today — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

38► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Cumberland Terminus: Yesterday and Today — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

39► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Explore a Trail Network — Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Towpath Cumberland Maryland — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, National Park Service —

40► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Irish Laborers —

41► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — Life on the Canal — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

42► Maryland (Allegany County), Cumberland — McNeill’s Raid — Capture of Crook and Kelly —

43► Maryland (Allegany County), Keifers — Breaking Through a Mountain — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

44► Maryland (Allegany County), Keifers — Paw Paw Tunnel Hill Trail — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park —

45► Maryland (Allegany County), Oldtown — Oldtown and Lock 70 — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

46► Maryland (Frederick County), Brunswick — Aqueduct Stones —

47► Maryland (Frederick County), Brunswick — Berlin —

48► Maryland (Frederick County), Brunswick — Brunswick — Formerly Berlin — Gettysburg Campaign —

49► Maryland (Frederick County), Brunswick — Catoctin Aqueduct — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

50► Maryland (Frederick County), Brunswick — One Time Rivals — B&O Railroad and C&O Canal —

51► Maryland (Frederick County), Brunswick — The Beautiful Aqueduct —

52► Maryland (Frederick County), Brunswick — Water Power —

53► Maryland (Frederick County), Myersville — C&O Canal —

54► Maryland (Frederick County), Point of Rocks — A Lockkeeper's Life —

55► Maryland (Frederick County), Point of Rocks — Battle at Point of Rocks —

56► Maryland (Frederick County), Point of Rocks — Lockhouse 28 —

57► Maryland (Frederick County), Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks During the War —

58► Maryland (Frederick County), Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks —

59► Maryland (Montgomery County), Bethesda — A Way for Fish — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

60► Maryland (Montgomery County), Bethesda — Inlet Locks — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

61► Maryland (Montgomery County), Bethesda — Lockhouse 6 — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

62► Maryland (Montgomery County), Brookmont — A Canal Home — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

63► Maryland (Montgomery County), Cabin John — Cabin John —

64► Maryland (Montgomery County), Cabin John — Drop Gate Locks —

65► Maryland (Montgomery County), Cabin John — Lockhouse 10 — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

66► Maryland (Montgomery County), Cabin John — The Lock-Keepers —

67► Maryland (Montgomery County), Carderock — Unexpected Benefits in the CCC — Chesapeake & Ohio National Historical Park —

68► Maryland (Montgomery County), Carderock — Working Hard To Survive — CCC Creates Jobs for America's Unemployed — Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park —

69► Maryland (Montgomery County), Darnestown — Darnestown — Confederate Visit — Gettysburg Campaign —

70► Maryland (Montgomery County), Darnestown — Darnestown: A Strategic Point of Defense — The Civil War —

71► Maryland (Montgomery County), Darnestown — The Origins of Darnestown — Darnestown —

72► Maryland (Montgomery County), Dickerson — Chesapeake & Ohio Canal —

73► Maryland (Montgomery County), Dickerson — Chesapeake and Ohio Aqueduct — Across the Monocacy River —

74► Maryland (Montgomery County), Dickerson — Monocacy Aqueduct — Too Tough To Crack — Antietam Campaign 1862 —

75► Maryland (Montgomery County), Dickerson — Springing Over the Monocacy / The Enduring Aqueduct — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

76► Maryland (Montgomery County), Dickerson — White’s Ferry — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

77► Maryland (Montgomery County), Dickerson — White’s Ferry — Invasion or Liberation? — Antietam Campaign 1862 —

78► Maryland (Montgomery County), Dickerson — White’s Ford — Crossing the Potomac — Antietam Campaign 1862 —

79► Maryland (Montgomery County), Dickerson — White's Ford — A Civil War Crossing and a Desperate Escape — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park —

80► Maryland (Montgomery County), Great Falls — A Lift Lock — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park —

81► Maryland (Montgomery County), Poolesville — An Ideal Crossing —

82► Maryland (Montgomery County), Poolesville — At the Junction of War and Peace: — Lockhouse 25 and Edwards Ferry — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park —

83► Maryland (Montgomery County), Poolesville — Edwards Ferry — Strategic Crossing — Gettysburg Campaign —

84► Maryland (Montgomery County), Potomac — Boats Passing By — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Historical Park —

85► Maryland (Montgomery County), Potomac — Creating a National Park — [Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park] —

86► Maryland (Montgomery County), Potomac — Great Falls of the Potomac — → —

87► Maryland (Montgomery County), Potomac — Great Falls Tavern — Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

88► Maryland (Montgomery County), Potomac — Great Falls Tavern —

89► Maryland (Montgomery County), Potomac — Lockhouse 22 — Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

90► Maryland (Montgomery County), Potomac — Potomac River — — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — —

91► Maryland (Montgomery County), Potomac — Repairing the Breach at Anglers —

92► Maryland (Montgomery County), Potomac — Welcome to Great Falls —

93► Maryland (Montgomery County), Seneca — Rowser’s Ford — 5,000 Confederate Cavalrymen Crossed — Gettysburg Campaign —

94► Maryland (Montgomery County), Seneca — Seneca — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

95► Maryland (Montgomery County), Seneca — Seneca Mill —

96► Maryland (Montgomery County), Seneca — The Seneca Aqueduct —

97► Maryland (Montgomery County), Seneca — Watering the Canal —

98► Maryland (Montgomery County), Silver Spring — A Downtown is Born — Local Institutions — Silver Heritage Georgia Avenue —

99► Maryland (Montgomery County), Silver Spring — Finding a Niche — Early Family Businesses — Silver Heritage Georgia Avenue —

100► Maryland (Montgomery County), Silver Spring — Spirited Entertainment — West Side Development — Silver Spring Heritage - Georgia Avenue —