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6. The Old Mill-Lick Run Plantation (On Rt. 5, 1.2 miles East of Rt. 11) The Great Lick had both salt and sulphur deposits attracting early settlers and animals. Morgan Bryan, an early area settler, had established a mill here by 1730. Peter Light, a Revolutionary War soldier, built the stone house on the property. Major Henry Bedinger built the mill in 1816. |
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7. Falling Waters Bridge and Waterfall (On Rt. 11/4, 0.1 miles East of Rt. 11) This bridge over the falls at a bend in the Potomac River is near the site of the pontoon bridge across the Potomac River used for the Civil War retreat from Gettysburg. The falls provided power for an early flour mill operated by Thomas Shearer, a wood craftsman.The Shearer family arrived in this area before 1740. |
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8. Owen Tudor Hedges House (On Rt. 8/1, 0.3 miles North of Rt. 8 and 8/1 intersection) This brick mansion, with its basement kitchen, was completed in 1861. Its young owner, Owen Tudor Hedges, an enlisted Confederate Army soldier, was shot during the Battle of Gettysburg. He died three days later. A remodeled slave house stands southeast of the house. Owen Tudor Hedges is buried in the Mt. Zion Episcopal Church Cemetery. |
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9. Harlan Spring Historic District (On Rt. 1 at Rt. 1 and 8/1 intersection) The Harlans, an early Quaker family, settled here in the 1740s. The spring creates one of the most picturesque settings in Berkeley County. The Harlan mansion, Spring Hill, is on the south hill. The early lean-to kitchen was built in the 1750s. The stone Lingamfelter house is on the east hill. |
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10. Hughes-Cunningham House (On Rt. 1, 2.2 miles North of Rt. 9) Abner Hughes, a Quaker from Pennsylvania, built the log section of the house in 1771. Hugh Cunningham, a member of the prominent southern Cunningham family of the area, added the stone wing in 1800. Hugh's grandson, James Long Cunningham, built a house nearby which was burned by the North during the July 2, 1861, Battle of Falling Waters. |
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