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Appalachian Trail

The roughly three-mile section of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail that runs along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park towpath from Weverton, Maryland, to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, […]

Weverton and Casper Wever

This is the story of an ambitious surveyor/ engineer and a namesake town that never really reached its potential. Casper Wever was born in 1786 in Lancaster, PA. He worked […]

Frederick-Washington County Line

The ridge of South Mountain is Maryland’s dividing line between Frederick and Washington counties. Just below Harpers Ferry, the ridge dips to the Potomac River and rises again as Short […]