Here we see the Jericho Covered Bridge in Harford County, just outside Gunpowder Falls State Park HQ near Rt. 1. (Some people say it crosses into Baltimore County, but my map firmly drops in Harford. You can discuss.) The bridge skillfully crosses the little gunpowder falls. It was built just a bit after 1860 and is the last covered bridge still standing in the area, though not in the state. It was renovated in 1980 to handle modern car traffic and to restore some of its exterior features.
You can take a walk along the nature trails near the bridge and the markings on the trails suggest that if you have a horse, you can apparently take it for a walk on the trails too.
Of course, while exploring the bridge, the www.Marylanddailyphoto.com (tell your friends) staff was warned not to enter the bridge as it is supposedly haunted. As this warning was not accepted, it is possible that I have now been haunted, as well as my camera and the website. So I’m just putting that out there as a warning for you.
What’s also interesting about the bridge is that it’s located right next to a cluster of historic buildings in the Jerusalem Mill Village, which you will get to see in tomorrow’s post.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Jorg Haider // Feb 20, 2008 at 10:39 AM
MDP I come to this website to see Maryland pictures not haunted pictures not a haunted website with ghosts!! I told you no more ghosts and youput ghost pictures on the internet! This is a very beautiful bridge very ornate! But if it has ghosts then it means that something terrible happened there like a killing or a murder or suicide! That’s why ghosts stay in places to warn people and scare away people from places that have bad feelings there! You dont seem to realize or acknowledge why there are ghosts in these places but you put these places on the internet and you dont care that some people dont like ghosts! Please MDP do not put more ghost pictures on your website I won’t come here anymore to see your wonderful pictures but no pictures with haunted places or haunted ghosts!
2 Elvis // Feb 20, 2008 at 10:55 AM
We ghosts do appreciate our solitude.
3 Winner // Jul 24, 2008 at 1:37 PM
It is haunted. I have experienced the ghost first hand.
4 Needed info. // Oct 27, 2008 at 8:44 PM
this web page is good for looking up information but it doesn’t have solid information which I need for a report
5 Nicole // Dec 12, 2008 at 3:57 AM
Terrible things did happen there.
Which would explain the claims of a haunting.
During the Civil War it was a place for lynching.
Black people were hung from the rafters of the bridge.
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