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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2R0_great-falls-canal-and-locks_Potomac-MD.html
National HistoricCivil Engineering LandmarkGreat Falls Canal and LocksConstructed 1785-1802. Operated until 1821———These works were the major featureof the first river navigation systemfor trade with the west.This pioneer waterwa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2HZ_warren-historic-site_Dickerson-MD.html
The Warren Historic Site is dedicated to preserving three historic buildings erected at this location on the grounds of the Warren United Methodist Church. These buildings served as the nucleus of a small rural African-American community known as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29X_historic-site-b-o-rr-station_Dickerson-MD.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22H_the-civil-war-in-silver-spring_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Just west of the Jesup Blair House was "Falklands," home of President Lincoln's Postmaster General, Montgomery C. Blair, and "Silver Spring," home of his father, Francis Preston Blair. During the attack on Ft. Stevens, July 11 and 12, 1864, Confed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22E_william-l-chaplin-arrested_Silver-Spring-MD.html
On August 8, 1850 a hired carriage was forcibly stopped in the middle of Brookeville Pike (Georgia Avenue) near this spot by a Sheriff's posse from Washington, D.C. and a shoot-out ensued. The carriage was driven by William Chaplin, who was unarme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XX_glen-echo-from-past-to-present_Glen-Echo-MD.html
For more than 100 years this land, now Glen Echo Park, has been dedicated to the people: first in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly, a center where people could participate in the sciences, arts, languages, and literature; second in 1899 as a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VN_olney-house_Olney-MD.html
Also known as "Little Olney". Built by Whitson Canby c. 1800. Roger Brooke acquired the property for his daughter Sarah and her husband Dr. Charles Farquhar in 1822. They named the home after the town of Olney, England, the hometown of their favor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V6_newlins-mill_Brookeville-MD.html
In 1800, Thomas Moore, Jr. and his wife, Mary Brooke Moore sold to David Newlin four acres inherited from Mrs. Moore's father, Roger Brooke IV, described as "standing below Newlin's Mill dam". Initially, Newlin operated an oil mill on this site, g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UX_brookeville-angel_Brookeville-MD.html
Sculptor Stefan Saal created the Brookeville Angel over a three-month period in 1994 from a white oak tree (Quercus alba) located on the east side of Georgia Avenue (Rt. #97) south of town. "Father Don" (Donald Van Alstyne) of the Marian Fathers N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UN_newlins-mill-millstone_Brookeville-MD.html
Newlin's Mill was located on the west side of Brookeville in the vicinity of Brookeville Road and Market Street (Route 97) and was operated from the early 19th century to the early 20th century. This versatile mill sawed lumber, pressed oil from c…