Montgomery

Brookeville, MD

August 26, 1814 In this village President Madison and members of his official family found refuge in the home of Caleb Bentley, first...

White's Ferry, MD

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.

Damascus, MD

Damascus The "Town of Damascus" was founded in 1816.

Silver Spring, MD

Daniel Carroll of Rock Creek July 22, 1730 - May 7, 1798 Near this spot was the home of Daniel Carroll, member of the second Continental...

Rockville, MD

Dr. Thomas Sprigg Wootton c. 1740-1789 A local resident, member of Maryland's first Constitutional Congress and the first Speaker of the...

Potomac (vicinity), MD

Early Blacksmith Shop Originally a blacksmith shop, this home was built in the middle of the eighteenth century.

Poolesville, MD

Edward's Ferry A major crossing of the Potomac River guarded by Union troops throughout the Civil War.

Sunshine, MD

Elton Birthplace of Ridgely Brown, CSA 1833-1864 May 15, 1862, with seventeen young Marylanders he organized first Maryland Calvary.

Gaithersburg, MD

General Edward Braddock In April 1755, accompanied by Gov. Horatio Sharpe of Maryland, traveled this road in a coach and six horses, on...

Potomac, MD

Gold Mining in Maryland Most gold found in Maryland came from the Potomac area.

Gaithersburg, MD

Near this spot lived and lies buried Jeremiah Crabbe (1760-1800) Officer, 4th Battalion, Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;...

Seneca (vicinity), MD

Planetary Radio Emissions Discovery Site In 1955 Scientists Bernard Burke and Kenneth Franklin from the Carnegie Institution of...

Rockville, MD

Born in Ireland; served in the British Army in the French & Indian War.

Rockville, MD

Rockville Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate Calvary occupied Rockville June 28, 1863, and captured 150 U.S. wagons along the Washington Road.

Seneca, MD

Rowser's Ford This crossing of the Potomac River was used by Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart on the night of June 27, 1863, to enter...

Dickerson, MD

So called in 1710 by a Swiss nobleman-Baron Graffenried who ascended it in search of silver mines with Martin Chartier-a remarkable...

Glen Echo, MD

The Clara Barton House Early headquarters of the American Red Cross and home of Clara Barton, founder and first president, who lived here...

Dickerson, MD

Washington's Farm 519 Acres owned 1794-1799 by the first president Thomas Sprigg, Jr., patented in 1725 as "Woodstock" 1,102 acres here.

Dawsonville, MD

White's Ferry 12 miles An old ferry and ford across the Potomac River often used during the War Between the States by Confederate forces...

Martinsburg, MD

White's Ford About 2 miles northwest was White's Ford.