Crawford's Adventure Spring

According to tradition, this spring was used by British troops marching along the Bladensburg-Marlboro Road as they returned to their ships in August 1814 after routing American troops at the Battle of Bladensburg and burning the U.S. Capitol and the White House. Its name derives from the 1685 land grant to James Cranford, called Cranford's Adventure, and over the years it became known as Crawford's Adventure. The spring also supplied water to the 150 acre Thomas Newman farmstead. On the tract since 1831, Robert Marshal bought most of that farm between 1920 and 1925 and retained the spring and park when he platted Section 7 of the town in 1925.

Cheverly, Maryland · United States