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  Encyclopedia: Potomac River
The river forms part of the borders between MD and Washington, D.C. (the District of Columbia) on the left bank and the State of West Virginia (WV) and the Commonwealth of Virginia (VA) on the right bank.
Mill Creek is a tributary of the South Branch Potomac River, belonging to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds.
This encompasses the river from the confluence of North and South Branches to Great Falls of the Potomac River A confluence is the merger or meeting of two or more objects (or subjects) that seem to inseparably bind their respective forces or attributes into a point of junction.
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 Harford County Chronolgy of Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It is near Havre de Grace in the Susquehanna River.
The town of Old Baltimore on the east bank of the Bush River was established.
It was claimed that it was the largest roller mill east of the Ohio River.
www.harfordhistory.net /timeline.htm   (4646 words)

  
 First Blood in Baltimore
When the last train from Philadelphia arrived at the President Street Station around 3:00 A.M., Trimble, commanding a contingent of a militia unit known as the City Guards and a detachment of police officers, boarded the train and took command of it.
The train was then taken north to the Bush River where the bridge there was burned.
The train then moved to the Gunpowder River where that bridge was burned as well.
www.civilwarinteractive.com /ArticleFirstBloodBaltimore.htm   (4761 words)

  
 The First Lord Baltimore (from Lords Baltimore) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Baltimore is Maryland's largest city and economic centre and constitutes the northeastern hub of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.
county, north-central Maryland, U.S. It almost surrounds (but excludes) the city of Baltimore and is bounded by Pennsylvania to the north, the Gunpowder River and Chesapeake Bay to the southeast, and the Patapsco River to the south and southwest.
The county contains Patapsco Valley State Park in the southwest and the various parts of Gunpowder Falls State Park in the...
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-197182?ct=   (959 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Gunpowder River, Maryland (MD) - (estuary) - Facts and Information
Gunpowder River, N Md., estuary (c.9 mi/14.5 km long) receiving Gunpowder Falls and Little Gunpowder Falls (streams); flows through Hartford and Baltimore cos., enters Chesapeake Bay in Aberdeen Proving Ground, c.15 mi/24 km ENE of Baltimore.
The 2 most popular explanations for the name are that Native Americans buried gunpowder along the banks thinking it would grow and a miller ground charcoal here for gunpowder.
Capital city or county seat is shown by the symbol
reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/G/G06412-gunpowder-river.html   (171 words)

  
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