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Park Head, MD
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Park Head Church on the old National Road. First section built 1833. (MAP IT)
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Plaque on Park Head Church
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Graves at Park Head Church Cemetery. Earliest graves have birth dates in the late 1700s'
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Grave of John Hardy - "A Slave". Park Head Church Cemetery.
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Licking Creek Bridge - Old National Road. Immediately east of Park Head Church. Built 1938. The original bridge was just north of this bridge.
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Fort Mills Historical marker. West side of Licking Creek Bridge
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Road running between the old Western MD track bed and the C&O Canal. The National Road followed a similar route just west of here. See map
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Park Head Level Cemetery between WMD track bed and C&O Canal
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Park Head Level Cemetery Marker
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The truck is on I-70 East. To the south is the WMD Rail Trail, the cemetery, the access road, the C&O Canal and then the Potomac River. (MAP IT)
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National Road east between Millstone and Parkhead. The National Road ran between the railroad tracks and the canal before about 1916. (Burr Collection)
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Big Pool, MD
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Big Pool Garage & General Store. According to a resident, the garage closed about 35 years ago. (MAP IT)
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Outdoor pit for working on cars.
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Facility for "Ladies" at Big Pool Garage. The garage itself had two indoor bathrooms.
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Former tourist cabins at Big Pool Garage
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This structure is now a church but it looks like it could have been a school at one time.
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Indian Springs, MD
When traveling the old Road through Indian Springs, make sure you stop by the store. The owners have done a great job restoring the interior and have a selection of goodies including Hersheys ice cream and beer. They also can tell you about the history of the store and the original adjoining stone house. (Circa 1830s)
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Indian Springs Store. The original store was attached to a stone house which was destroyed by fire. (MAP IT)
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The Store has two springs on the property.
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One of two requisite outhouses on the store property... As noted, the outhouses are now closed.
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These two structures adjoin the store property. May have been a restaurant/bar and tourist cabin.
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This Fort Frederick marker is just west of the store at Big Pool Rd. and the old National Road
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Fairview Mountain
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Former restaurant/bar west side of Fairview Mtn. on the old National Road
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Mountain Plaza gas station - Summit of Fairview Mountain. Eleven miles west of Hagerstown. Deja View
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The Mountain Plaza gas station today. (Old alignment of the National Road at summit of Fairview Mountain.)
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Historical marker at summit of Fairview Mountain
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