ROCKVILLE IS A MARYLAND CITY NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS ARE CLUSTERED AROUND ROCKVILLE TOWN SQUARE, WITH ITS LAWN AND SEASONAL ICE-SKATING RINK.

Rockville was an excellent refuge for native Americans as early 8000 BC. By 1000 AD, some of these groups had settled down into year-round agricultural communities that exploited the rich flora including sunflower and marsh elder.

The Montgomery Indians lived in the area around present day city for centuries, but they were eventually pushed out by Europeans. Archaeologists have found six prehistorical sites and tens of thousands artifacts dating back to 2000 BC that are still being studied today.

The indigenous population carved a path on the high ground, known as Sinequa Trail which is now downtown Rockville. Years later Maryland Assembly set the standard for main roads to be 20 feet wide and designated that Great Road would need to follow these standards. In 18th century Lawrence Owen opened an inn at this location with more people arriving in town due to increased trade area along Rock Creek Main Road or what we know today as “Great” road.

The local Native American tribes cut down trees from hillsides using them like logs when they dragged them back through tunnels dug into creek beds so their passage was not detected by hostile neighbors who might want it all for themselves—the whole thing became known locally then nationally (and internationally) as “

Legend has it that General Braddock stopped at Owen’s Ordinary on his way to push British claims of the western frontier. The location near Rockville Pike is strategically located, making for year-round dry ground and a perfect stop over point!