Browse Exhibits (12 total)

Hagerstown

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Featured:

  • Jonathan Hager House (circa 1740)
  • Zion Reformed United Church (1770)
  • Jonathan Street Log Cabin (1830s)
  • Maryland Theater (1915)

Other places of historical interest in Hagerstown:

  • Miller House Museum (circa 1825)
  • Ebenezer AME Church (1865)
  • Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum
  • City Park Train Hub
  • Fairchild and the Hagerstown Airport

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Waynesboro

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Featured:

  • Farms at Renfrew Park
  • Geiser Manufacturing (1869)
  • Allison's Tavern (Greencastle, 1782)

Other places of historical interest in and around Waynesboro:

  • Oller House, Welty's Mill Bridge, and Harbaugh Reformed Church (Waynesboro Historical Society)
  • Frick Manufacturing (1860)

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Williamsport

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Places of historical interest around Williamsport, Maryland.

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Other places of historical interest in and around Williamsport:

  • Riverview Cemetery
  • Railroad Lift Bridge
  • Bollman Bridge

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Sharpsburg

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Featured:

  • Mount Pleasant/Joshua Newcomer Farm (1760s)
  • Sherrick Farm (1790s)
  • Antietam Ironworks (1806)
  • Ferry Hill Plantation (1812)

Other places of historical interest in and around Sharpsburg:

  • Van Swearingen/Potomac River Ferry site (1765)
  • Antietam National Battlefield (1860s)
  • Tolson's Chapel (1866)

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Boonsboro

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Featured:

  • Dahlgren Chapel (1881)
  • Old South Moutain Inn (late 18th or early 19th century)

Other places of interest in and around Boonsboro:

  • Washington Monument State Park (1827)
  • Gathland State Park and War Correspondents' Memorial

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Shepherdstown

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Featured: 

  • The Rumsey Monument (1916)
  • Entler Hotel and Historic Shepherstown Museum

Places of historical interest in Shepherdstown:

  • The old town hall (now McMurran Hall) (1859)
  • The Rumsey Steamboat Exhibit at Shepherdstown Museum.

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Harpers Ferry

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Points of interest in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia:

  • Harpers Ferry Historic District
  • B & O Railroad Bridge Ruins

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Frontiers and Throughways

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Features that organized, connected and divided communities in the region.

Featured:

  • The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
  • The "Bank Road" and the National Road
  • The Appalachian Trail in Maryland
  • Trolley Power: the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway
  • Kreider-Reisner and Fairchild

Upcoming Projects:

  • Navigation on the Potomac: Boats, Ferries and Portages
  • The Great Wagon Road
  • Mason-Dixon Mile and Crown Stones #90-106 (by 1767)
  • Bridges over the Antietam Creek
  • The Western Maryland Railway

Our Stories: Interviews and Storytelling

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Interviews, oral Histories, and storytelling recorded in the Antietam Creek Watershed region. 

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