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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KY_washingtons-road_Cumberland-MD.html
By order of Colonel Bouquet, George Washington's troops opened this road from Fort Cumberland to Reas-town (Bedford, Pa.) during July 1758. Bouquet and Washington conferred half way between these places July 30, 1758.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3DZ_mount-savage-iron-works_Mt-Savage-MD.html
In 1844, the first iron rails made in the United States were produced on this spot by the Mount Savage Iron Works. Erected in 1839, the iron works contributed extensviely to the development of the Mount Savage Community.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2PX_site-of-bridge-1834_Cumberland-MD.html
Built byThomas FealyLieut. Jno. Pickell U.S. EngineerH. M. PettitAss't Supd't.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2PW_the-narrows_Cumberland-MD.html
One of the most picturesque spots around Cumberland, discovered by Spendelow after the road over Wills Mountain had been constructed by General Braddock. Adopted as the route of the Cumberland Road (The National Road) 1833. The old stone bridge ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2PV_the-narrows_Cumberland-MD.html
At first, the National Road climbed west from Cumberland up and over Haystack Mountain. In the 1830s, when the road was rebuilt, a new route was chosen. It would be a mile longer but the grade was substantially decreased so that horse teams could …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2PR_martins-mountain_Flintstone-MD.html
The National Road enjoyed a revival from about 1910-1960, with the rising popularity of the automobile. Tourist travel began in earnest when cars became reliable enough for the average person to take a long trip. "Waysiders," people who catered…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2P9_capture-of-generals_Cumberland-MD.html
A company of Confederates, young men from Cumberland, Maryland, Hampshire and Hardy Counties, West Virginia, captured several picket posts, obtained the countersign "Bulls Gap," rode into the city, captured two commanding Union Generals, Kelly and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2JP_bradys-crossing_Cresaptown-MD.html
In the early morning darkness on February 21, 1865, Lt. Jesse McNeill and his 66 Partisan Rangers (Confederate guerrillas) descended Knobly Mountain and stopped briefly at the residence of Felix R. Seymour, a Southern sympathizer. They then forded…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EG_michael-cresap_Oldtown-MD.html
He built his house, which can be seen nearby, about 1764. A trader, he cleared wilderness and fought Indians in "Cresap's War" in Ohio, 1774. As a Captain he led riflemen, some painted Indian-style, to Boston at the start of the Revolution. Becaus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E6_old-town_Oldtown-MD.html
Fording place for "Great Warriors Path" from New York to the South. Thomas Cresap built stockade fort here in 1741 used as a refuge during French and Indian War after Braddock's defeat. George Washington was here on his first visit to Maryland 174…
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