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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM281B_macalpine-farm_University-Park-MD.html
Three years after the death of his father, Charles Baltimore Calvert married Eleanor Mackubin (November 11, 1867). On the 203-acre portion of Riversdale that Charles inherited, the young couple built a farm they called MacAlpine, after the Mackubi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM280N_erco-and-calvert-homes_University-Park-MD.html
Aeronautical engineer Henry Berliner (1895-1970) founded the Engineering Research Corporation (ERCO) in 1930 and built its research and production facility just east of here in 1937. The company specialized in the design and production of a small,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM280M_macalpine-icehouse_University-Park-MD.html
You are standing near the remains of a 19th century icehouse. What is an icehouse? An icehouse is an underground facility designed to store ice during times of year when it is not easily available. Icehouses use the natural insulating qualities …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM280L_trolley_Riverdale-Park-MD.html
The Civil War (1861-1865) transformed Washington, DC, from a quiet southern town to a constantly expanding metropolis fueled by a growing federal bureaucracy and the many businesses that benefited from the wealth and markets that the nation's capi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM280H_riversdale-plantation_University-Park-MD.html
Much of the area around you — some 1500 acres — was part of Riversdale, a plantation founded in 1801 by an aristocratic Belgian family — the Stiers — who had escaped the terror of the French Revolution and subsequent Napole…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27UD_george-washington-carver_Laurel-MD.html
"My work, my life, must be in the spirit of a little child seeking only to know the truth and follow it." A man of many visions......George Washington Carver was born a slave in 1860. He earned his Masters Degree from the Iowa State A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2731_saint-monica_Fort-Washington-MD.html
Born 332 in Tagaste, North Africa; Died 387 in Ostia near Rome ~ "My reason for wanting to live a little longer was to seeyou a Catholic Christian before I died." ~ St. Monica ~ Patroness of Mothers, Wives, Widows, Parents, Difficu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26AR_frederick-douglass_College-Park-MD.html
[Front:] Frederick Douglass 1818-1895 [Left:] Abolitionist, Suffragist, Labor Leader [Back:] Statesman, Diplomat, Founding Father of the Second American Republic [Right:] Orator, Journalist, Scholar
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2664_town-of-berwyn-heights_College-Park-MD.html
Welcome to the Town of Berwyn Heights Established in 1888 as a commuter suburb on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, this approximately 1-square mile, residential community was first named Charlton Heights and became Berwyn Heights when incorporate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2663_origins-of-lake-artemesia_College-Park-MD.html
In 1890, the land we know today as the Lake Artemesia Natural Area, did not have a large lake, but included several small natural ponds that were used to raise goldfish. Artemesia N. Dref inherited the land from her father, and in 1972, she donate…
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