In the 1860’s, instead of the calm, open waters of today, the Potomac River was the frontline of battle. It was the main lifeline out of Washington D.C. and for the federal government it was the ...

While the Supreme Court Justices soak up arguments presented by both Maryland and Virginia concerning rights to access water from the Potomac River ... have to fight a Civil War over the Potomac.

From its headwaters in West Virginia to its estuary in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac River was a frontline during the Civil War. On the banks of the river at Harpers Ferry, a federal ...

The Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary holds not only remains of the “ghost fleet” of WWI vessels, but also Civil War-era shipwrecks, and Native American archaeological sites ...

This $615 million project is key to cleaning up the Potomac River. When heavy rain strikes ... Some of them date back to the Civil War. Pushed to clean them up, communities have been building ...