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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VLN_waters-mill-historical_Germantown-MD.html
In the 1780s, the Waters family acquired acreage known as the William and Mary tract, described in tax records as "wooded saplin land, 30 miles from Georgetown." Around 1810 Zachariah Waters built a saw and grist mill on a portion of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T9G_seneca-historical_Darnestown-MD.html
Eleven aqueducts were built from Georgetown to Cumberland to carry water over water. The aqueducts, literally "water bridges," carried the canal over large streams and rivers flowing into the Potomac River. This aqueduct enters directly …
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This lane of trees once led to the Madeline Waters House, built by Lloyd Dorsey in 1902 (see historic marker on Wisteria Drive north of Maryland Route 118). This house was typical of villa-style homes built on the outskirts of rural railroad towns…
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"Feed the Liberty Way" was the slogan of Liberty Milling Company, mainstay of the little farming community of Germantown for many years. In its heyday, Liberty Mill put out 24,000 lbs. of flour each day and 9,000 lbs. of cornmeal each week, plus …
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On June 25-27, 1863, the Federal Army of the Potomac used two temporary pontoon bridges to cross the Potomac River from Virginia back into Maryland at Edwards Ferry. On the evening and morning of June 27-28, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart led 5,00…