Cheap Things To Do in Hancock, Maryland

The Panther Playground Project was formed in April 2006 to renovate the playground at Hancock Elementary School. A committee consisting of parents, teachers, and school administrators was formed. Our mission is to provide ALL children ... More on KaBoom.org

Features exhibits on canal life and a 23-minute movie on history of the canal. More on Search.visitmaryland.org

Inscription. Fort Coombe, a Maryland stockaded fort of 1755–56 located north of this point. One of the frontier forts during the French and Indian War. The survey of the Mason and Dixon Line during 1763–68 placed it in ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Lieut. Stoddert and twenty men erected and garrisoned a block house and stockaded fort near here on the property of Evan Shelby in 1755 after Braddocks defeat. It was abandoned in 1756-7 after Fort Frederick was completed. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Cumberland Extension of the Western Maryland Railway reached Hancock by December of 1904. The Hancock Station was a combination passenger and freight station that was constructed in 1904–1905. Passenger service ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The significance of this structure lies both in its history and architecture. It is one of the few remaining “toll houses” along the old National Road. The National Road was chartered between Hancock and Cumberland ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Maj. James Breathed was born near present-day Berkeley Spring, W. Va. on December 15, 1838, and moved while young with his family to Washington Co. Md. He attended St. James School in Lydia, where his father John Breathed ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Hancock and its surrounding area during the main span of the 20th century was one of the largest fruit producers in the nation. In 1886 Edmund Pendleton Cohill began the cultivation of fruit crops. Over the years his ... More on HMDB