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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P5_j-c-lore-sons-oyster-house_Solomons-MD.html
Joseph C. Lore, Sr., began shipping seafood from Solomons Island in 1888 and established a packing house at this site in 1912. Three generations of Lore family packed and shipped Patuxent River oysters, crabs and fish until 1978. Present building …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3_drum-point-lighthouse_Solomons-MD.html
This lighthouse, installed in 1883, originally stood 125 yards offshore at the entrance of the Patuxent River to the Chesapeake Bay. The foundation on which the cottage living quarters rest consist of seven wrought iron screw piles, hand bored int…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P2_chesapeake-biological-laboratory_Lusby-MD.html
Founded by R.V. Truitt, 1925. Sponsored by Maryland Conservation Department since 1931, in cooperation with Carnegie Institution, Johns Hopkins and Maryland universities, Goucher, St. John's, Washington, and Western Maryland colleges "to afford a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P1_st-johns-holiness-church_Prince-Frederick-MD.html
On this site stood St. John's Holiness Church. Dedicated 1900. Removed 1936. Rededicated to Prince Frederick Methodist Cemetary Corporation 1986.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P0_prince-frederick-library-firsts_Prince-Frederick-MD.html
The west wing of this library was built in 1903 on Main Street as the County's first bank. In 1913, it was replaced, moved and became the County's first library; 1916 County's first Boy Scoot Troop met there; 1921 it was County's first high school…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OZ_joseph-james-wilkinson_Prince-Frederick-MD.html
Joseph Wilkinson was colonel in the Revolution and a legislator. His younger brother James, an adventurer, first attained general's rank in 1777 at the age of 20. James built a grist-mill nearby, became General-in-Chief of the army, was Military G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OY_battle-creek-cypress-swamp_Prince-Frederick-MD.html
A Bald Cypress Reserve and amphibian sanctuary. One of the last remaining stands of Bald Cypress in Maryland, and the most northerly growth in the Country. Registered as a National Landmark, 1965.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OX_arthur-storer-planetarium_Prince-Frederick-MD.html
Arthur Storer (c. 1642-1686), the first astronomer in the American Colonies, came to Calvert County from Lincolnshire, England. He was among the first observers to sight and record data describing Haley's comet on its return in 1682. His observati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OS_veitchs-cove_Port-Republic-MD.html
James Veitch, born 1628 in Roxburghshire, Scottland. Settled at Veitch's Cove, later known as Veitch's Rest, an orginal land patent granted by Lord Baltimore in 1649. Sheriff of Calvert County 1653-1657. Died 1685.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OR_one-room-school_Port-Republic-MD.html
Port Republic School No. 7, built about 1870 and closed in 1932. One teacher usually taught seven grades. Children walked to school from as far as three miles away. In the 59 similar schools throughout Calvert County, enrollment averaged about 30.…