A Selected Timeline of the Monocacy Area

pre- 1715	Native Peoples
1715-1790	Arrival of European Explorers and Traders
1729	Wett Work tract patented by John Abbington
1730	Urbana and the surrounding area settled
1740	Locust Level tract patented by Daniel Dulaney
1745	Town of Frederick established
ca. 1748	Middle Ford Ferry crossing established over the Monocacy River
ca. 1780	James Marshall builds the main house on Wett Work (today's Thomas Farm)
1790-1860	The Post-Revolutionary War Era
ca. 1794	Earliest portion of main house on L'Hermitage (today's Best Farm) constructed
1805	Georgetown Pike chartered by state of Maryland
1827	John Brien purchased L'Hermitage from the Vincendières
1831	Baltimore & Ohio Railroad completed to Monocacy Junction.
1848	The Georgetown Pike was macadamized.
ca. 1852	Griffin Taylor builds the brick farmhouse on Clifton (today's Worthington Farm)
1860-1890	Civil War and Reconstruction
1860	John T. Worthington purchases Clifton farm
1862-1863	Two blockhouses built by the Union Army to guard the railroad and the turnpike bridge over the Monocacy River
1864	July 9, the Battle of Monocacy is fought
ca. 1872	The Gambrills build the Edgewood mansion
1890-1934	Commemoration and Memorialization
1907	New Jersey Monument dedicated
1908	Pennsylvania Monument dedicated
1914	UDC Monument dedicated; the Geisbert family purchases the Baker Farm
1915	Vermont Monument dedicated
1934-Present	Establishment and Development of the National Battlefield
1934	Monocacy National Military Park authorized by an act of Congress, but no funds are appropriated for land purchase
1950-1952	U.S. 240 (today's Interstate 270) constructed
1964	Maryland Monument constructed; centennial of battle commemorated.
1973	Battlefield designated as a National Historic Landmark
1975	Battlefield placed on the National Register of Historic Places
1976	Name changed to Monocacy National Battlefield; funds are appropriated for land acquisition
1991	Visitor center established at Gambrill Mill as park opens to the public on July 13
1981-2001	National Park Service purchases six component properties that comprise the park
2001-2010	Archeological and historic research projects are conducted to investigate park resources
2006	Ground is broken for a new visitor center.
2007	The new Monocacy National Battlefield Visitor Center opens on June 27, 2007.
2010	Slave Village Discovered at Best Farm