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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4U_methodist-preaching-place_Greenbelt-MD.html
Bishop Francis Asbury, builder of Methodism in America, recorded nine visits to this place. The farm, called "Wild Cat," belonged to Shadrick Turner, planter. He and his wife Sarah, zealous laymen, hosted many meetings. Several United Methodist ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4S_tudor-hall_Bel-Air-MD.html
The home of the noted actor Junius Brutus Booth, the elder. Birthplace of his children. His son Edwin Booth was born here November 13, 1833.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4A_saint-thomas-manor_Port-Tobacco-MD.html
4000 acres in Portobacco Hundred surveyed 25 October 1649 for Thomas Matthews, Esq., "to have hold use and enjoy within the said mannor a court leet and court baron with all to the said courts or either of them belonging by the law or custome of E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3N_rose-hill_Port-Tobacco-MD.html
Home of Dr. Gustavus Richard Brown who lies buried here. He was a close friend of George Washington and was one of the physicians in attendance at his death.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3F_town-of-boonsboro_Boonsboro-MD.html
The National Road from Baltimore to Cumberland was comprised of a series of privately funded turnpikes. By 1822, the road was complete except for the ten miles between Boonsboro and Hagerstown. In August of the year, under pressure from the state …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3E_washington-monument_Boonsboro-MD.html
During the Antietam Campaign, the U.S. Signal Corps used the stone structure in front of you and to your left as a signal station. On July 4, 1827, citizens of the town of Boonsboro paraded to the top of the mountain here and began building this f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3D_hager-house-and-museum_Hagerstown-MD.html
When German immigrant and founder of Hagerstown,Jonathan Hager, arrived in this country in 1736, westernMaryland area was frontier. Maryland's colonial governorwas offering cheap land to those willing to settle here. In 1739, Hager obtained 200 ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3B_hagers-fancy_Hagerstown-MD.html
Third dwelling was built by Jonathan Hager, founder of Hagerstown Maryland, 1762; Captain of Scouts, French and Indian War, 1755-1763; member of the Non-Importation Association and of the Committees of Safety and of Observation, 1775; member of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3A_battle-of-funkstown_Hagerstown-MD.html
The Confederate presence at Funkstown threatened any Union advance against Gen. Robert E. Lee's position near Williamsport and the Potomac River as he retreated to Virginia after the Battle of Gettysburg. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry, posted at Fu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM39_jonathan-hager-house_Hagerstown-MD.html
October 16, 1739, Jonathan Hager took up "Hager's Fancy" 200 acres in the valley of Antietam Creek. A year later he married Elizabeth Kershner for whom Elizabeth-Town (Hagerstown) was named and established his home here. In 1944 it was aquired by …