Parking is free. Admission is free. A garden themed watercolor exhibit and sale is included, as is an afternoon garden tea at the Episcopal Church. There are activities for the children and street vendor shopping for adults. Admission is free.
Admission is free.
George Washington, seeking a solution for transporting passengers across the Potomac River, encouraged James Rumsey to develop a steamboat using jet propulsion. In 1787, Rumsey first demonstrated his invention in Shepherdstown, as crowds lined the river bank cheering at the successful launch. Despite Rumsey's success, Robert Fulton is credited as the inventor of the steamboat, and James Rumsey was long forgotten. In the 1980s a small group of Shepherdstown residents built a half-scale working model of James Rumsey's steamboat. The Rumseian Experiment as the replica is called is typically on display behind The Entler Hotel.