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Featured Collections
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
The C&O Canal, 78 miles of which are located in Washington County, provided a variety of employment opportunites and a transportation corridor for the county's produce and minerals from the 1830s to 1924.
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John Brown in Washington County
John Brown launched his attack on the armory at Harpers Ferry from Washington County. This website documents his stay in a hotel in Hagerstown and the local newspapers respsonse.
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Illustrated Atlas of Washington County 1877
The 1877 Illustrated Atlas of Washington County shows the landowners of many parcels of land in the county, as well as businesses.
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Military Lots, Garrett County, 1787
Soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War were rewarded with land "west of Fort Cumberland". The map of "military lots" assigned in 1787 shows the land grants in Garrett County, Maryland.
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Washington County Taxes, 1803-1804
The 1803-1804 Tax records for Washington County, Maryland list the names, land holdings and possessions of those owing taxes. People were taxed on land, silver, stills, farm animals, furniture, carriages and slaves.
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Allegany County African American History
A list of the historically important African American individuals, groups and organizations of Allegany and surrounding counties, created by Al Feldstein, Western Maryland historian and author.
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Sheriff's Records, Washington County, 1804-1806
The jail and other law enforcement records of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, Sheriff of Washington County, Maryland, 1804-1806
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Marble Quarry, Washington County
The marble quarry near Rohrersville, south Washington County was in operation from at least 1902 to 1909. This collection of photographs shows the quarrying of the stone.
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