Filed Quarter Trail

This path leads to the Field Quarter, an area that was once home to at least eighty enslaved African–Americans. A series of illustrated signs near expose building foundations at the site help you to “see” what life was like for ...

Site of Charters Hotel

John Charters operated a large tavern on this site from the late 1820's to November 1835. Under the name, "Sign of the Green Tree," it was operated by Thomas Redmond until 1838.

Marker is at the intersection of Gallatin Street and ...

Schwartz House / City Hall Built 1895

The house that would one day become City Hall was built for Henry Miller, an active businessman in early Gaithersburg, and his wife Rosa. In 1913, the house was bought by Edward P. Schwartz, a Washington, DC real estate broker. ...

Departure Point of The Donner Party

Lincoln Square marks the Departure Point of the Donner Party on April 15, 1846 for thier ill-fated trip to California.

Marker is on East Adams Street west of Sixth Street, on the left when traveling west.

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Heart of a Trading Empire

Look around you. The scenic spot where you now stand was once the heart of one of the busiest shipping ports west of the Rocky Mountains. From 1825 to 1846, Fort Vancouver's waterfront served as the western economic artery of ...

Fort McArthur Cemetery

Approximately 1000 feet east of this marker lies the graves of sixteen American soldiers from Fort McArthur who gave their lives during the War of 1812. The fort, a one-half acre timber stockade containing huts, was built in the summer ...

William Bartram Trail

Traced 1773-1777

William Bartram, botanist, artist, naturalist, humanist, explored this area and headquartered near here in 1774.

Marker can be reached from Twigg Street near Moseley Avenue.

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William Bartram Trail

Traced 1773-1777

"In 1774, William Bartram, famed

Naturalist, camped near here

and identified a wide variety

of native plants and wildlife."

Marker can be reached from Interstate 4 at milepost 96, 2.5 miles east of State Road 434, on the right when traveling east.

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Martin G. Brumbaugh

World War I Governor from 1915-19, one of the most prominent educators of the State, was born a few miles SW, April 14, 1862. Buried in Valley View Cemetery in the same neighborhood. In 1895-1906; 1924-30, he was President Juniata ...

Glen Echo’s Art Deco Arcade

Beginning in 1940, a new Art Deco arcade was added to Glen Echo park. Designed by the firm of Edward Schoeppe of Philadelphia, also the chief architect of the Crystal Pool and Spanish Ballroom, the arcade was constructed in stages ...