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Bronze plaque № 55544

Monkton, MD, United States

Pleasant Valley, Maryland Pleasant Valley, roughly half a mile north of Monkton, was a 19th Century railroad settlement, built around mining operations. The settlement is mentioned by name in Civil War records of 1864. It is shown in the 1877 Hopkins Atlas, which indicates buildings, a bridge over G

unpowder Falls, and a road leading west to Hereford. The village was established to mine iron ore and soapstone. The iron ore deposits, like others along the railroad at such points as Glencoe, Padoni

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