Rich Hill (Bel Alton Maryland)
 Rich Hill near Bel Alton Maryland was owned by Colonel Samuel Cox during the US Civil War who harbored sympathies for the Confederate cause. Following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on April 14 1865 Cox hid assassin John Wilkes Booth and his companion David Herold in a swamp near Rich Hill. Booth and Herold left the property on April 21 crossing the Potomac River in a small boat.