The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Accident was one of the early settlements in the far west of Maryland. The name originates about the time of the 1786 land survey. Though the origin or meaning of the name is obscure, one popular story says that Brooke Beall and William Deakins, Jr., friends from Prince George's County, were conducting separate surveys in the area at the time and "by accident" Deakins claimed land already surveyed by Beall.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Accident’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Accident’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Accident, decade by decade
1 historic place in Accident
1 place in Accident is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.