The Historic National Road
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". . . so many happy people, restless in the midst of abundance." —Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840.
Americans are an adventurous people. Frompast to present, they have used feet, horses,wagons, stagecoaches, canals, railroads,bicycles, automobiles, tru…
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"After the exhilaration of a gallop down the mountain without breaks, what appetite would not be set on edge, what refinement of palate displeased by venison cutlets, or even ham and eggs?"Harper's Magazine, 1879
By 1840, Hancock was a major stop on the …
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Moving GoodsSince 1729, Baltimore has owed its existence to its deepwater port. The city looks east to the Chesapeake Bay and ports around the world. It also looks west with access to markets in America's heartland. It began with local farmers bringing in t…
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Following Jonathan Hager's arrival in 1739, German and Scots-Irish immigrants settled in Maryland's Great Valley, developing prosperous farms. By the mid 1790's,agriculture was booming and the region needed a way to get its products to market. Community lea…
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". . . so many happy people, restless in the midst of abundance." —Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840.
Americans are an adventurous people. Frompast to present, they have used feet, horses,wagons, stagecoaches, canals, railroads,bicycles, automobiles, tru…
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"The citizens at all times aim to be surpassed by no other town in the County." -Martin Lehr, Clear Spring historian, 1890's.
In 1821, Martin Myers chose a site that straddled a "clear spring" at the foot of Fairview Mountain to lay out a village he call…
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Built in 1819, this five-arch structure, named for nearby village, was first stone bridge in Washington County. Erected by Silas Harry at cost of $12,000, it was a major improvement to road system between Baltimore and Cumberland, providing continuous smoot…
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"Keep these bridges in proper repair and they will last as long as any. They have stood many hard knocks for a long time." —Elmer E. Piper, Washington County Surveyor, 1920s.
This graceful, five-arch structure, spanning historic Conococheague Cree…
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The portion of this highway from the west end of the Conococheague bridge to Cumberland (40 miles) was built between 1816 and 1821. The banks of Maryland financed it by purchase of the stock.
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Ellicott City's Main Street is the NationalPike, part of the road system that movedAmericans west. Only two decades after theroad was constructed, a new transportationrival appeared. In 1831, America's firstrailroad, the Baltimore & Ohio, introducedsteam en…