Catoctin Mountain Park: A Historic Resource Study
Wehrle EF. 2000. Catoctin Mountain Park: A Historic Resource Study. Historic Resource Study. National Park Service
Present-day Catoctin Mountain Park encompasses 5,770 acres, nestled in the hills of western Maryland. To visitors the site is both majestic and serene. No matter how crowded the park, a hiker can always find long stretches of trail to him or herself. The quiet and peace of the park today, however, masks a long and complex history. Since settlers first arrived in the region in the 1740s, the park area has witnessed both subsistence and commercial farming, industry, tourism, recreational hunting, and military usage (both during the Civil War and World War II).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wehrle, Edmund
- Date of Issue
- 2000-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CATO , HIST , NCR
- Keywords
- acquisition, Civil War, ehistory, Exploration, French and Indian War, historic resource study, Historic Resources, History, history program, Maryland, Native Americans, Revolution, Settlement