Frederick Douglass

Born on Tuckahoe Creek, Talbot County; lived as a slave in St. Michaels area, 1833-1836. Taught self to read and write, conducted clandestine schools for blacks here. Escaped north, became noted abolitionist orator and editor. Returned 1877, as U.S. Marshal ...

Old Frederick Road

A Short Night’s Rest

Late in June 1863, the Union Army of the Potomac pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia as it invaded the North for the second time in as many years. On Sunday, June 28, Union ...

Clark County / Frederick County

(West Facing Side): Clark County

Area 171 Square Miles

Formed in 1836 from Frederick and added to from Warren. Named for George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the Northwest. Lord Fairfax and General Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary hero, lived in this county.

(East Facing Side): ...

Clark County / Frederick County

(North Facing Side): Clark County

Area 171 Square Miles

Formed in 1836 from Frederick and added to from Warren. Named for George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the Northwest. Lord Fairfax and General Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary hero, lived in this county.

Prince Frederick Library “Firsts”

The west wing of this library was built in 1903 on Main Street as the County’s first bank. In 1913, it was replaced, moved and became the County’s first library; 1916 County’s first Boy Scoot Troop met there; 1921 it ...

Frederick County / Shenandoah County

(South Facing Side): Frederick County

Area 485 Square Miles

Formed in 1738 from Orange, and named for Frederick, Prince of Wales, Father of King George III. Several battles were fought in the vicinity of Winchester, 1862-1864.

(North Facing Side): Shenandoah ...

Frederick Remann

Apr. 10, 1807 - June 17, 1873

Born in Hanover. Member of Ernst Colony. Merchant. Paymaster in Blackhawk War 1832. Division Quarter Master in Illinois Militia - Colonel 1834. House of Representatives 1846-48.

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Clustered Spires of Frederick

John Greenleaf Whittier immortalized Barbara Fritchie and the town of Frederick in his poem about the elderly Frederick resident who supposedly displayed the Union flag as Southern soldiers marched by on September 10, 1862.

On July 9, 1864, Confederate General Jubal ...

Frederick County Va. / West Virginia

(West Facing Side): Frederick County Va.

Area 435 Square Miles

Formed in 1738 from Orange and named for Frederick, Prince of Wales, father of King George III. Several battles were fought in the vicinity of Winchester 1862-1864

(East Facing Side): West Virginia

West Virginia ...

The Lower Depot Neighborhood / The Frederick Brick Works

(North Facing Side): The Lower Depot Neighborhood

The railroad transformed 19th century America, facilitating long-distance travel and the efficient transfer of raw materials to factories and agricultural and manufactured goods to markets. For Frederick this transformation began in 1831 when the ...