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    • Event Photos
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    • Board of Directors
  • 19th-Century Historic Village
  • Early Roads Transportation Museum
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    • Early Road Building
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Rural History Day

Biggs Ford, Maryland's Pre-Historic Past

​Saturday May 3rd      1:00pm -2:30pm 
Learn about the Biggs Ford Site  a large, well-preserved, multi-component Native American village site located on the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland. This possibly palisaded settlement was occupied by peoples of the Montgomery Complex (1000-1450 AD) and the Luray Complex (1300-1500 AD).
Picture
Dr. Lauren Lippiello, Program Manager History, Anthropolgy and Geography. Frederick Community College
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