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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5E_rock-run_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
Rock Run House, the home of Brigadier-General James J. Archer, who resigned from the United States Army to join the Confederacy. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg July 1, 1863, General Archer died in Richmond October 24, 1864, shortly after his e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5D_rock-run-landing_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
Part of "Land of Promise" tract. Original mill (1760), present grist mill (1794), first Susquehanna River Bridge (1818) and Barge Canal (1839) made through this hamlet a thriving commercial center. Surviving are Miller's House, the Mill, Toll Hous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5C_conowingo_Darlington-MD.html
An Indian name meaning "at the falls." Captain John Smith ascended the Susquehanna River in 1608, to the head of tidewater. He named the first rapids "Smiths Falls."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM59_medical-hall_Bel-Air-MD.html
Birthplace and home of Dr. John Archer, 1741-1810. First gradate of medicine in America, signer of the Bush Declaration March 22, 1775. Member of Congress 1802. One of the founder of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland. Father of five …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56_old-post-road-cokesbury-college_Abingdon-MD.html
Old Post Road Established 1666. The first Methodist college in the world established at Abingdon June 5, 1785 by Bishops Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury. Destroyed by fire December 4, 1796, located 175 yards east of this point.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM55_joppa-town_MD.html
County seat of Baltimore County from 1712 to 1768. Once a rival of Baltimore, an important point for shipping tobacco and a Port of Entry. Benjamin Rumsey, first Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals lived here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM54_rumsey-mansion_MD.html
The colonial home of Benjamin Rumsey, influential landowner and member of the First Continental Congress. Erected in 1720-24 with bricks imported from England. It remains an outstanding example of Colonial Georgian architecture.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM53_site-of-old-baltimore_Edgewood-MD.html
The first County Seat of Baltimore County, 1659 to 1700, was located on Bush River. In 1683 it was made a Port of Entry by the Maryland Assembly.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51_captain-john-smith_Edgewood-MD.html
Captain John Smith in 1608 ascended this river to this point. On his map he called it after his home in England "Willowbyes Flu" or river. Now Bush River.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM50_bel-air_Bel-Air-MD.html
On July 31, 1861, 300 men from the 12th Pennsylvania Infantry under Capt. Daniel Leasure marched into Bel Air to arrest Southern sympathizers and confiscate weapons from local militia units. The troops halted at the courthouse square, then dispers…