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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/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/HM2DQ_the-first-iron-rails_La-Vale-MD.html
The first iron rails made in the United States were manufactured in 1844 at Mount Savage. Before that time all iron rails were imported from England.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DG_the-national-road_La-Vale-MD.html
Was the first of the internal improvements undertaken by the U.S. Government. Surveys were authorized in 1806 over the route of "Braddock's Road," which followed "Nemacolin's Path," an Indian trail, over which George Washington traveled in 1754 to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D7_the-la-vale-toll-house_Cumberland-MD.html
Toll houses were built along the National Road as a result of a 25 year national debate as to whether or not the federal government should be responsible for funding road improvements. While there was agreement on the idea that those who used the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CX_first-toll-gate-house_Cumberland-MD.html
First toll gate house on the old National (Cumberland) Road. Erected about 1833 after this portion of the road was turned over to the State of Maryland by the United States government. There was one other toll gate in Maryland on this Road.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23W_jane-frazier_Cumberland-MD.html
Wife of Lieut. John Frazier was captured by Indians near this spot in October 1755 and taken to the Miami River. She escaped after eighteen months and made her way back to her home.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPI_spendelow-camp_La-Vale-MD.html
General Braddock's 1st camp on the march from Fort Cumberland to Fort Duquesne, June 11th to 13th, 1855. After building a road over Wills Mountain, Spendelow, an engineer, discovered a route by "The Narrows" and Braddock's Run and a second road wa…