Hagerstown: Bringing Farm Products to Maryland's Great Valley - Hagerstown, Maryland - U.S. 40 - The National Road on Waymarking.com

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Hagerstown: Bringing Farm Products to Maryland Great Valley

Following Jonathan Hager's arrival in 1739, German and Scots-Irish immigrants settled in Maryland's Great Valley, developing prosperous farms.  By the mid 1790's, agriculture was booming and the region needed a way to get its products to market.  Community leaders proposed construction of a good road from Hagerstown to Baltimore.

Almost thirty years later, a new "National Road" reached Hagerstown.  The town expanded as a freight center and stagecoach destination.  An endless stream of Conestoga Wagons carrying freight east and west launched the small community to a new era.

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