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Below is a brief history of Cottage City, MD, you may find interesting.

A Brief Hisatory of Cottage City, Maryland

Before there was a presidential retreat at Camp David there was the Friendship House, and before there was a Las Vegas, there was "Jimmy's Place," both within what is now Cottage City.

Cottage City, bounded by Eastern Avenue, the Baltimore and Ohio (CSX) Railroad, the Anacostia River and Bladensburg Road, was once swamp land described by Captain John Smith in 1608 as being inhabited by native warriors and their families. This swamp land was located on the Eastern Branch of the Anacostia River, which derives its name from one of the tribes which settled upon it, the Anacostian tribe.

By 1697 references were being made to settlement in the area, which by that time was known as "Yarrow." A plantation owner reported that one of his slaves had been shot in the back by a group of about 10 natives. The incident apparently stemmed from a trade dispute the owner, who was also a trapper, had with several of the tribes located in that area.

Just across the Anacostia River from Yarrow was the bustling port at Garrison's Landing, which later became Bladensburg. Ships were constantly arriving and departing to and from England and elsewhere, taking out produce and tobacco and bringing in many staple items not being produced locally at the time.

Sometime between 1722 and 1726, Richard Bennett located and built a three-story, two-wheel, water-powered grist mill on a little over seven acres of land near what is now the comer of Bunker Hill Road and 43rd Avenue. He also purchased land for a farm and an upstream dam, which was used to help power the water wheel. At the time of its construction, the mill reportedly was the first grist min in this part of Maryland. It was constructed of the stone used as a ballast for ships coming from abroad. The corn and wheat it ground was used by the local residents and also was shipped from nearby Garrison's Landing to England and to other ports.