Discover Colonial Rockville!
Trails, Taverns, and The Road to War

In April of 1755, Major General Edward Braddock and his British army  marched
up the Great Road (present day Route 355) on their way to the first large battle
of the French and Indian War at Fort Duquesne (near present-day Pittsburgh).
Along the way, they camped at Owen's Ordinary, a settlement named after
a tavern at the crossing of two roads that had originally been Indian trails.
Today we know the place as Rockville and the roads as Rockville Pike and Route 28.

Plaque by the Red Brick Courthouse commemorating Braddock's 1755 march through Owen's Ordinary.

Discover what our town looked like 250 years ago and what sort of people lived here. Learn why the French and Indian War is the "war that  led to Revolution" and how the  people of Rockville responded to the growing call for independence 19 years after Braddock's march.

Web exhibit--Trail, Taverns, and The Road to War

Living History Event, May 29-30, 2005

Further Reading

Learn more about the French and Indian War at  www.frenchandindianwar250.org