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historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-6836b_the-sandy-spring_Ashton-Sandy-Spring-MD.html
The Sandy Spring community took its name from this spring, which provides fresh water filtered through the sandy soil. In 1745, the spring was located on what was once known as "Snowden's Manor" and later known as "Harewood". I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YUS_quakers-practicing-their-faith-in-montgomery-county_Ashton-Sandy-Spring-MD.html
The Civil War profoundly affected county residents because of their proximity to Washington, D.C. —the Union Capital— and Virginia, the northern reach of the Confederate States of America. No community in Montgomery County was immune t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A3D_history-of-the-sandy-spring-friends-meeting-house_Ashton-Sandy-Spring-MD.html
1753:?Sandy Spring Friends Meeting established ?????????? on this site by three or four families who had ????????? ?moved here from first Friends Meeting on?????????? Western Shore of Chesapeake Bay.1770:?James Brooke conveyed one acre of land????…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A33_sandy-spring-friends-meeting-site_Ashton-Sandy-Spring-MD.html
1753First Sandy Spring Meeting of Record of The Religious Society of Friendsheld in this grove1817Present Building Erected1953Bicentennial CommemorationbySandy Spring Meeting United God dwells not in temples made with handsbut in human hearts"???…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A1B_woodlawn_Ashton-Sandy-Spring-MD.html
??Built by the Thomas Family in the early 1800s,this property, formerly known as Woodlawn, has national significance. In 1816, Samuel and Anna Thomas established a Friends Boarding School here. Francis Scott Key frequently visited his daughters wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXPE_the-holland-red-door-store_Honea-Path-MD.html
In 1860 James Holland purchased this land and built the general store that still stands today. Located at the intersection of the toll roads to Baltimore and Olney, the store was at the heart of a community that became known as Holland's Corner.
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