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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A29_making-charcoal_Thurmont-MD.html
After building a triangular chimney and stuffing it with sticks, the collier stacked logs in concentric circles around the flue. The 12-foot-high stack consisted of 30 to 50 cords—two or three times the logs you see in this replica. The coll…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZSA_catoctin-iron-furnace_Thurmont-MD.html
Gettysburg CampaignWhen Union Gen. John F. Reynolds' I Corps marched by here on June 29, 1863, en route to Emmitsburg and soon to Gettysburg, his men were progressing "swimmingly." The workers of the Catoctin Furnace had little time to n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZS9_lewistown_Thurmont-MD.html
Gettysburg CampaignWhen the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Invaded Maryland in June 1863, the Army of the Potomac headed north in pursuit. On Monday, June 29, a "rainy, miserable day," the 15,000 men, 2,900 horses and mules and 47…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JPR_the-brotherhood-of-the-jungle-cock_Thurmont-MD.html
Creedof the Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock
We Who Love Angling, in order that it may enjoy practice and reward in the later generations, mutually move together towards a common goal - the conservation and restoration of American game fishes.
Tow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IL3_blue-blazes-still_Thurmont-MD.html
What the police discovered at the Blue Blazes Still was startling. This was not a small, family still but a big, commercial whiskey operation. Police found coils, cooling boxes, hoses, and eighteen 500-gallon-vats— the largest best equipped …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJY_a-fatal-shootout_Thurmont-MD.html
Near here on July 31, 1929, Deputy Sheriff Clyde L. Hauver was fatally wounded in a raid on the Blue Blazes Still. Police eventually tracked down several suspects, and two moonshiners were convicted in connection with the murder after several days…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190T_creeger-house_Thurmont-MD.html
Originally built in the 1820's this house was enlarged and brick cased in 1876 for Col. John R. Rouzer, Civil War hero. Purchased by Edwin Creeger in 1924 and deeded to the Thurmont Historical Society by Mrs. Ethel Creeger in 1990. Recognized in 2…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15MK_catoctin-iron-furnace_Thurmont-MD.html
The original Catoctin Furnace, located nearby on Little Hunting Creek, was in blast by 1776 and delivered 958 ten inch bombshells weighing over 31 tons to Washington's Continental Army in 1780. A great number were used in the siege of Yorktown a y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15MJ_isabella-and-casting-shed_Thurmont-MD.html
A Village and Its Resources: The quiet village of Catoctin Furnace was a bustling industrial community that began in the 1700's around the Iron-making complex James Johnson built the first furnace with financial assistance from Thomas Johnson, a g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15M6_cunningham-falls_Thurmont-MD.html
Big Hunting Creek begins just west of this spot in a series of seeps and springs atop the Foxville Plateau. The creek flows over the Falls into Hunting Creek Lake (also known as Cunningham Falls Lake) and along MD Route 77. The creek is designated…