Signature Collections

Chesapeake and Ohio (C & O) Canal in Washington County

Collage of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - Washington County, Maryland

About: Possible canal workers' cemetery

Other topics within this collection:

A brief history of the C&O Canal

Canal workers from 1850-1920 census

Possible canal workers' cemetery

Canal families at work

Boatmen and Lockkeepers

Canal Company operations

Business along the canal

Floods and canal repairs

Slaves and the canal

Canal during the Civil War

Canal artifacts

Resources consulted

The canal in the newspapers

National Park Service (NPS) resources

Canal terminology

Saving the Canal

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Photo of cemetery headstone with writing, "John Adams"

Cemetery near Canal at Dargan

Photo of trees on hill in winter month; 2 people walking through debris near hill

Cemetery near Dargan

Two small upright gravestones in the Dargan Road cemetery

Dargan Road Cemetery

Large rock, this gravestone has "M.K." scraped into it

Gravestone at Dargan

Large rock, this gravestone has "D.S." scraped into it

Gravestone near Dargan - D.S.

Large rock, this gravestone has "M.W." scraped into it

Gravestone near Dargan - M.W.

Large rock, this gravestone has "L.D." scraped into it

Gravestone near Dargan Bend

Cemetery headstone of John Adams

John Adams' gravestone

Illustrated Map from 1877, title of "Sandy Hook"

Possible canal worker cemetery