Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve Driving Tour
By Heritage Montgomery
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Podcast Description
Spend your weekend exploring, discovering and learning about Montgomery County's famous Agricultural Reserve. Historic images, coupled with contemporary shots, allow you to stand in the landscape today and imagine life long ago. Broken into five chapters, this 61-mile scenic tour drives along many of this county’s rural and rustic roads, which lead to historic crossroads communities and along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Civil War activity figures prominently in many of the chapters.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoIntroduction: How to use this iPod Tour | Learn what you can expect from this driving tour and how to use it. | 5/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoChapter 1: The Agricultural History, Dairy Farming, Rural Roads | Beginning at the King Barn Dairy MOOseum in Germantown, this chapter orients you to agricultural history in this part of Montgomery County and presents a visual feast of rural landscapes. It ends at Lewis Orchards farm stand in Dickerson. | 5/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoChapter 2: The Civil War, Monocacy Aqueduct, Sugarloaf Mountain | Moving on from Lewis Orchards, this chapter presents an overview of Civil War activity by stopping at the Monocacy Cemetery and Chapel. From there it passes through the town of Dickerson and on to the Monocacy Aqueduct, part of the 184.5 mile long Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. An exquisite view of the Agricultural Reserve can be seen from the top of Sugarloaf Mountain, this chapter’s ending point. | 5/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoChapter 3: Comus, Barnesville | This chapter begins at the Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard and moves on to the crossroads towns of Comus and Barnesville, both of which exemplify the rich heritage of the Agricultural Reserve. Both towns grew because they were situated at a once well-traveled crossroad. Both experienced Civil War activity. And both offer a glimpse of rural life that endures today, which is evident at this chapter’s ending point: Dancing Leaf Farm. | 5/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoChapter 4: Poolesville, Warren Historic District, Whites Ferry | Driving from Dancing Leaf Farm, this chapter leads to Poolesville. Once the second largest city in Maryland, Poolesville is rich with historic and contemporary sites of interest. While there, follow a mini-walking tour through the town streets. From Poolesville, the tour drives first to the Warren Historic District, a formerly African American community, and then to Whites Ferry, this chapter’s ending point. | 5/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoChapter 5: The C&O Canal, Edward's Ferry, Seneca | This chapter leaves Whites Ferry and travels along the historic Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towards Seneca. Along the way, stops are made at Edward’s Ferry, the Seneca Schoolhouse and Riley’s Lockhouse. The tour ends at Poole’s General Store in Seneca. | 5/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 6 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Very nice
Well done. Good overview. Easy directions. To follow. Wanted more!
