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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25YS_oysters-vital-to-nature-vital-to-our-future_Annapolis-MD.html
"State sets new record for oyster restoration; 750,000,000 spat placed in rivers that feed the Bay." The Capital, 2009 Vital to Nature The native Eastern or American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is a keystone species in the Chesapeake Bay. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25YR_from-this-spot-you-can-see-1998-annapolis-americas-sailing-capital_Annapolis-MD.html
In the 20th century, overharvesting, disease, pollution and the dramatic growth of the Bay region's human population led to the decline in commercial fishing for oysters, crabs and other seafood species. As a result, the number of wooden boats wor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25YQ_from-this-spot-you-can-see-1919-oysters-the-bays-white-gold_Annapolis-MD.html
At the turn of the 20th century, eight or more oyster houses surrounded Annapolis City Dock and harbor. Oysters were shucked, packed and shipped all around the country by steamboat and railroad. The market for "Chesapeake white gold" was so lucrat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25YP_from-this-spot-you-can-see-1887-the-age-of-steam_Annapolis-MD.html
Robert Fulton launched the first commercially viable steamboat on the Hudson River in 1807, although a Marylander named James Rumsey demonstrated a working steamboat on the Potomac River as early as 1784. Steamboats started running on the Chesapea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25YO_from-this-spot-you-can-see-1774-the-annapolis-tea-party_Annapolis-MD.html
The brigantine Peggy Stewart, named after the daughter of the owner, Annapolis merchant Anthony Stewart, sailed by here on her return from England on October 14, 1774. Like other Maryland merchants, Stewart had agreed not to import tea in order to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25YN_from-this-spot-you-can-see-1672-providence-settlement-on-the-severn_Annapolis-MD.html
The first English settlers were a group of Puritans who established Providence, a settlement at the mouth of the Severn River, in 1649. The Puritans probably used Captain John Smith's Bay map to navigate here from Virginia. Their settlement was no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25YM_from-this-spot-you-can-see-1608-captain-john-smiths-chesapeake-voyages_Annapolis-MD.html
You're looking out across the mouth of the Severn River where it meets the Chesapeake Bay. In the summer of 1608 Captain John Smith sailed within sight of this spot four times during his "voyages of discovery" up and down the Chesapeake Bay. His j…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25Y9_14cm-3-5-inch-gun_Annapolis-MD.html
14cm 3.5 inch gun from Spanish armored cruiser Vizcaya Battle off Santiago Cuba July 3 1898
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25Y8_made-from-uss-lexington-recycled-plastic-waste_Annapolis-MD.html
Manufactured for the U.S. Navy's David Taylor Research Center by National Waste Technologies under a joint project sponsored by the Naval Sea Systems Command and The Council for Solid Waste Solutions November 1990
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25Y7_leahy-hall_Annapolis-MD.html
Class of 1897, United States Naval Academy USS Oregon, Battle of Santiago, 3 July 1898 Chief, Bureau of Ordnance, 1927-1931 Commander, Destroyers, Scouting Force, 1931-1933 Chief, Bureau of Navigation, 1933-1935 Vice Admiral, Commanding Battl…
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