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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XL7_rockville-town-square-historical_Rockville-MD.html
Rockville started in the 1750s as a tiny Village Crossroads. It was called Owens Ordinary, Hungerford's Tavern, Montgomery Court House, Williamsburgh, and finally in 1803 Rockville. § Route 355 began as an Indian path that later became a colonial…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XEO_baseball-field-historical_Rockville-MD.html
The practice field for Rockville's African American baseball team was located between North Washington Street and present-day Hungerford Drive.
The team played around the county and in Washington, D.C. from the early 1900s through the 1950s, la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XCN_rockville-town-square-historical_Rockville-MD.html
In 1784 William Prather Williams divided part of his farm into 85 building lots, making "Williamsburgh" the first subdivision in Rockville. § 15 Cemeteries can be found with Rockville's borders. The oldest known burial — that of J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XA6_clinton-a-m-e-zion-church-historical_Rockville-MD.html
In 1867, several of Rockville's African American families left Jerusalem Methodist Episcopal Church to start the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church under the leadership of Reverend Charles Pipkins.
In 1890, Pipkins and his congre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X7D_the-confederate-monument-a-war-memorial_Rockville-MD.html
To
Our Heroes
of
Montgomery Co.
Maryland
That We Through Life
May Not Forget to Love
The Thin Gray Line
Erected A.D. 1913
1861 CSA 1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JRJ_dr-thomas-sprigg-wootton_Rockville-MD.html
A local resident, member of Maryland's first Constitutional Convention and first speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, Wootton introduced a bill to divide Frederick County into three jurisdictions. The bill passed on September 6, 1776, creat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GXD_boundary-stone_Rockville-MD.html
This stone, dated 1803 and located on this site, marked the southeast corner of the original town of Rockville. The letters "B.R." on its face stand for "Beginning of Rockville"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1969_hungerford-tavern-site_Rockville-MD.html
On above date aroused Patriots resolved that every lawful means be used to procure relief from oppressions of the English Parliament and that the most effectual way to secure American Freedom would be to break off all commerce with Great Britain.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM123H_hungerford-tavern_Rockville-MD.html
Hungerford Tavern was the site of some of the most important events in the history of Montgomery County. Three [illegible] prior to the Continental Congress in 1774, local citizens met at Hungerford Tavern to protest oppressive actions of the Brit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM123G_prettyman-house_Rockville-MD.html
For many African Americans emancipation from slavery meant transitioning from a household slave to a paid domestic servant.The Johnson-Prettyman family lived in this 1841 house for five generations. During their ownership they transitioned from ow…