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Gravestone near Dargan Bend

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Possible canal workers' cemetery

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ItemID
wcco270
IDEntry
7092
Creator
Eugene Slatnick
Date
1976-03-13
Collection Location
Washington County Free Library
Coverage
Maryland, 1830-1940
Body

This gravestone has "L.D." scraped into it. This and the other small stones in the cemetery near the canal at Dargan's Bend are all from local stone. They were about 15 -20 inches in diameter, but considerable longer and were deeply and firmly embedded.