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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBO_emmitsburg-longrifles_Emmitsburg-MD.html
The longrifle was a distinctly American weapon developed on the frontier for accuracy and distance. Produced mainly in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, it became known as the "Kentucky" rifle after a popular song commemorated its use by a regi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBN_catoctin-furnace_Thurmont-MD.html
An important iron furnace during the revolution owned by Governor Thomas Johnson and his brothers. Furnished 100 tons of shells used at Yorktown.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBK_frenchtown_Elkton-MD.html
Frenchtown, one mile west of this marker, was an important link in the north-south travel route during the 18th and 19th centuries. As a depot, it was burned by the British under Admiral Cockburn on April 29, 1813.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBH_ladew-topiary-gardens-and-pleasant-valley-house_Monkton-MD.html
Henry Scarff acquired land here about 1747 and soon built a four-room house. Descendants added the three story center section by 1849. Harvey S. Ladew bought the house and property known as Pleasant Valley Farm from a Scarff descendant in 1929. La…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBG_19th-century-backpacker_Boonsboro-MD.html
An unnamed citizen of Frederick City said the following of the Confederates he had beheld marching through his hometown: "I have never seen a mass of such filthy strong-smelling men. Three in a room would make it unbearable, and when marching in c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBF_1862-antietam-campaign_Boonsboro-MD.html
Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4-6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. George…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBD_battle-at-south-mountain_Boonsboro-MD.html
The Battle of South Mountain erupted on September 14, 1862, when elements of the Union army tried to drive the Confederate rear guard from Crampton's, Fox's, and Turner's Gaps and break through to the western side of the mountain to attack Confede…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAR_the-susquehanna-and-tidewater-canal_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
The 45-mile long Susquehanna (PA) and Tidewater (MD) Canal ran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania to Havre de Grace, Maryland. The canal was built between 1835 and 1839 in order to improve commerce on the Susquehanna River. The new canal would connec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAQ_how-a-lock-works_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
Instead of following the slope of the land, as rivers and streams do, a canal periodically takes a vertical step between long stretches of flat water. Locks were constructed at each vertical step to accomplish moving barges up and down between eac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAP_the-lock-house_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
The Lock House is located at the southern terminus of the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal, which operated from 1840-1897. The canal was pivotal in the development of the Lower Susquehanna River Valley. It connected with the Pennsylvania Canal at C…