Mules for Sale near Ellicott City, MD

About Ellicott City, MD

In 1766, James Hood used the "Maryland Mill Act of 1669" to condemn 20 acres (8.1 ha) for a mill site adjacent to his river-side 157-acre (64 ha) property. His gristmill was built on the banks of the Patapsco River where the Frederick road (later known as the National Road, then U.S. Route 40, then Maryland Route 144) crossed the river. The site was later known as "Ellicott's Upper Mills". : 7 His son Benjamin rebuilt the corn grinding mill after one of the frequent Patapsco floods in 1768.