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Hoyles Mill Road, an exceptional rustic road shown here after being freshly graveled, was named for
established by John Hoyle on Little Seneca Creek by 1865. This section of the road lies within Hoyle
Park and is o

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 The Harvey White Farm was established just before 1900 and is representative of the era (from t
known as the Golden Age of Farming. It is located on Westerly Road, a rustic road w

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 Prescott Road, a rustic road in Little Bennett Regional Park, was established by 1879. On opposi
near Little Bennett Creek are ruins of Zeigler’s Saw and Bone Mill and a sumac mill; the sumac was
Clarksburg. Hike the road to see barred owls, numerous uncommon butterflies, maidenhair ferns a

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 Haviland Mill Road, a rustic road north of Ashton, crosses the Hawlings River as it passes through P
Park and into Howard County; this is an unidentified house in the park on the edge of

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 Dustin Road is a rustic road on the far northeastern tip of Montgomery County. It terminat
Watershed and Rocky Gorge Reservoir, and Waters’ Gift, a mid-18th century log house (the house c

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 The Sandy Spring Friends Meeting House, a Federal style structure built in 1817, has been in conti
construction. It is located on Meeting House Road, an exceptional rustic road, which continues pas
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 River Road is believed to follow a trail established by Native Americans before European settlemen
Edwards Ferry Road to Whites Ferry Road, River Road is an exceptional rustic road. In this photo,
Beshers Wildlife Management Area, trees enclose the road; further north, views open up across farm

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 This is the ford at Ten Mile Creek at low water on West Old Baltimore Road, an exce
One of the oldest roads in Montgomery County, West Old Baltimore Road was already in use wh
established in 1747; the road was certified and

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 At its north end, River Road, an exceptional rustic road, appears on an 1865 map, followi
southward. By 1879, the road had shifted eastward to the approximate alig

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 Slidell Road, a rustic road west of Clarksburg, winds through fields toward Barnesville R
commissioned in 1875 by early Montgomery County farmers: Carlin, Hershey, Reid, Knott, and Th
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 Martinsburg Road, an exceptional rustic road, was established in 1838 following a petition b
businessmen seeking access to local mills and the C & O Canal. Sections of the stone walls built sho
remain. The road is named for the Martinsburg community at Whites Ferry Road, an important bi-
crossroads village with a church, a school and a benefit society lodge; the b

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From Purdum Road, an exceptional rustic road, a headstone can be seen in a cluster of trees that has
in a field. Bethesda Church Road is just to the north and the Burdette/Riddle House and Barn are

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 Mountain View Road, a rustic road established in the mid-1800s, passes through the historic Purdum
two miles west of Damascus. Houses, a church, businesses and farms cluster close to the

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