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Issued RARE Maryland DAR Medal Noble Dryden 793208 Head of Elk Chapter 

Presented 1987 , engraved M.M.W. to P.W.J.

Head of Elk became historic in the American Revolutionary War as the focal point for the transportation of troops, food, animals, and armaments, being, as Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart stated, “in a key position, geographically speaking, to the armies of the northern and southern colonies and was a thoroughfare for the troops of both sides, traveling by land or water; it was a frequent stopping place for officers – Washington, Lafayette, Rochambeau, Howe, and others – who were authentically recorded visitors in the town.”

A large 1735 map shows very clearly the origin of the name. The courses of two streams, Big and Little Elk Creeks, converge to form the Elk River, and bear a striking resemblance to the horns of the elk. The point marked landing was the point of embarkation for American and French troops enroute down the Elk River and the Chesapeake Bay.

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