This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Monocacy Road and Frederick Valley History Unearthed
The Balti more Sun’s discussion traces the Monocacy Road from a Shawnee and Iroquois warpath to aPennsylvanian built wagon road into Frederick Valley. It details early settlements Monocacy and Frederick City Town, soil richness drawing settlers, and traffic shift to coastal Maryland routes reducing Monocacy usage. It notes soil erosion and a renewed soil conservation push framing Frederick Valley as a Maryland Wonder with views from High Knob and Sugar Loaf.
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Baltimore Sun
Maryland
Frederick Valley
Province of
Coastal Plain
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Hanover
Henting Creek
Frederick
Catoctin
South Mountains
Crampton's Gap
Potomac River
Potomac
Conococheague
Washington County
Williamsport
Edward S. Delaplaine
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Frederick County
Maryland Geological Survey
Monocacy Road
Monocacy
Hunting Creek
Monocacy River
Judge Delaplaine
Maryland “Roads of Survey
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Presen Frederick
High Knob
Gambrill
Catoctin Mountain
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Sugar Loaf
Monnocacy Road