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wildwood that clustered thick over the
clear, refreshing fountain we now see
only the plain, ordinary spring of our
common fields. Wagon loads of stone
together with alluvial deposits of other
soil, have almost covered the large
original basin, and the white sand of
the original Sandy Spring exists only
in history. To-day, however, the pure,
cold water of this excellent spring is
in daily use. The spring is now walled
up and the arch over it bears the inscription
"Sandy Spring-1746"

As we have learned where Sandy
Spring is, as well as something of its
characteristics and the source of its name,
let us take a survey of its early history.

It is greatly to be regretted that the
name of the discovery of this particular
region has never been ascertained with
any degree of certainty.

According to the earliest Land Records,
The first settlements were made soon
after the beginning of the eighteenth
century. One tract of land was dated