The Headless Horseman Bridge

Described by Irving in The

Legend of Sleepy Hollow

formerly spanned this

stream at this spot.

Marker is at the intersection of N Broadway (U.S. 9) and Sleepy Hollow Avenue, on the right when traveling north on N Broadway.

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Moor Mud Baths Hotel

John Weber purchased this property with its black “moor” earth and a spring in 1899. The hotel, patterned after European spas, and the springhouse opened in 1911. Spring water and warm mud baths, promoted as therapeutic, were available at the ...

Sandy Mount United Methodist Church

1827-1977

An original one acre was deeded in 1827 by Allen and Susannah Baker. Civil War issues divided the congregation in 1856 and Pleasant Grove Church was founded. A log meeting house was replaced in 1867 by a stone structure built ...

The “Regular” Methodist Conference

Close by, May 18, 1779, “at Roger Thompson’s, near the Broken-Back Church,” began the “Regular” Methodist Conference composed of some of the most devoted and successful Methodist preachers, a large majority of the whole. Assent was given to the insistent ...

Alleghany County / Rockbridge County

(obverse)

Alleghany County

Area 458 Square Miles

Formed in 1822 from Bath, Botetourt, and Monroe, and named for the Alleghany Mountains. At Fort Mann in this county a battle took place between settlers and Indians led by Cornstalk, 1763.

(reverse)

Rockbridge County

Area 616 Square Miles

Formed ...

Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Marines of African and Asian-Pacifi

Cooks, Stewards, and Messmen

In memory of all U.S. Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Marines of African and Asian-Pacific Descent who honorably served officers as cooks, stewards and messmen on U.S. Navy ships and bases and who valiantly manned battle stations during ...

Andre Captured

Here in 1780 three honest

militiamen arrested Major

John Andre Adjt-Gen. British

Army, disguised, preventing

disaster to the American cause.

Marker is on N Broadway (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling north.

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Baltimore Slave Trade

Although the United States banned the Transatlantic Slave Trade in 1808, a domestic trade from the Upper South to the emerging cotton-growing regions of the Deep South thrived until the 1860's. Baltimore-based dealers supplied the trade, operating slave pens at ...

This Memorial is Dedicated to all the Men and Women of the Caton

This memorial is dedicated to

all the men and women of

the Catonsville area who served

their country in the armed force

to preserve freedom for

future generations.

Some did not return.

May they all be long remembered.

Marker is on Frederick Road (Maryland Route 144) near Ingleside ...

The Dutchman’s

George Washington on his way to Frederick, August 5,

1785 dined in a building on this site known as The

Dutchman's

One mile south of here is Noland's Ferry

frequently used by Washington on his travels.

Marker is on Tuscarora Road (Maryland Route ...