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The Sandy Spring.
The local community took its name from this spring which provides fresh water fi ltered through a sandy soil. Every farm and home nearby had a path leading to this spring so it would have been a natural meeting place and trail marker for fugitives on the Underground Railroad.
The water feeds a creek which fl ows into the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River. The concrete archway over the spring was constructed by Asa Stabler in 1914. The date over the spring, 1745, refers to the time that the local Quakers first formed the Sandy Spring Friends Meeting. |