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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNA_wicomico-wetlands_Salisbury-MD.html
Wetlands, interspersed with sections of high ground, mark the banks of the Wicomico River as it flows into Chesapeake Bay. These wetlands are vital to the ecosystem, providing habitat for a host of organisms. Wetlands help to filter pollutants fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQN9_natures-pasture_Salisbury-MD.html
If you had stood here 250 years ago, you would likely have seen cattle grazing in the tidal marshlands. The area between the mainland and Bell Island was known as "Handy's Meadow." Following Colonel Handy's death in 1762, his three sons continued …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQN8_the-road-to-salisbury-town_Salisbury-MD.html
This road connected Pemberton Hall Plantation to two places of interest to Colonel Isaac Handy. It led to Handy Hall, the neighboring plantation which Isaac gave to his son George in 1750, and to Salisbury Town, which Colonel Handy helped to estab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQN6_a-drop-to-drink_Salisbury-MD.html
In the colonial period, the safety of drinking water was uncertain, so people drank cider, wine, and distilled spirits instead. Each plantation made its own beverages. A cider press extracted juice from fruit. The cider could be consumed as is or …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQN3_chesapeake-bay-restoration-in-progress_Mardela-Springs-MD.html
What is a "Living Shoreline?" A natural shoreline with a gradual transition between the bank and water's edge. Typically, planted with native (plants common to the local area) trees, shrubs and grasses - living shorelines do not end abrubtly at wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQN2_sharptown-war-memorial_Mardela-Springs-MD.html
In memory of all who served in thetwo World Wars and in unforgettingremembrance of those who gavetheir lives for our country
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQN1_san-domingo-school-community-cultural-center_Mardela-Springs-MD.html
The first school at this location, built around 1875, was a single story, one-room plan frame building that served the Sharptown District for over forty years. Built in 1919 to replace the first school, this two-story, hip roofed frame structure w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQN0_san-domingo-school_Mardela-Springs-MD.html
Built in 1919 under the Rosenwald School building program, a major effort to improve public education for African Americans in the early 20th century south. First administered by Tuskegee Institute under Booker T. Washington, the program combined …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQLP_wicomico-county-war-memorial_Salisbury-MD.html
In honor of all those from Wicomico County who lost their lives in the service of their country.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQLO_holloway-hall_Salisbury-MD.html
Original building of the Salisbury State Normal School, the first public institution on the Eastern Shore for the training of teachers for Maryland's public schools. Opened in 1925 and expanded in 1928 and 1932, it was until 1950 the only building…
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