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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VLN_waters-mill-historical_Germantown-MD.html
In the 1780s, the Waters family acquired acreage known as the William and Mary tract, described in tax records as "wooded saplin land, 30 miles from Georgetown." Around 1810 Zachariah Waters built a saw and grist mill on a portion of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BAZ_reflections-of-old-germantown_Germantown-MD.html
This lane of trees once led to the Madeline Waters House, built by Lloyd Dorsey in 1902 (see historic marker on Wisteria Drive north of Maryland Route 118). This house was typical of villa-style homes built on the outskirts of rural railroad towns…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B9H_liberty-mill_Germantown-MD.html
"Feed the Liberty Way" was the slogan of Liberty Milling Company, mainstay of the little farming community of Germantown for many years. In its heyday, Liberty Mill put out 24,000 lbs. of flour each day and 9,000 lbs. of cornmeal each week, plus …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17V_middlebrook-mills_Germantown-MD.html
Abraham Faw built a grist mill here on Seneca Creek about 1790. By 1795 the mill had four pairs of grinding stones. There was also a saw mill and a tavern on the site. The mills were bought in 1797 by James McCubbin Lingan who named the area Middl…