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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANA_nest-of-traitors_Denton-MD.html
On August 17, 1862, the steamboat Balloon arrived at Denton wharf and disembarked a company of New York infantry and a troop of cavalry. The soldiers quickly arrested twelve prominent local citizens and transported them to imprisonment at Fort McH…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AN9_hubs-of-activity_Denton-MD.html
Sailboats and steamboats unloaded and loaded passengers and freight all along the Choptank. As trade increased in the 1800s, people built wharves and landings every few miles on the river.
A wharf bustled with activity when a boat arrived. Chil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2TN_neck-meeting-house_Denton-MD.html
Neck or Tuckahoe Neck Meeting House was built in 1802 by members of the Society of Friends who had been Nicholites, a sect that originated in Caroline County. The building was used as a house of worship and as a Friends School until 1897. The buil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FT_great-wars-of-world-conflict_Denton-MD.html
Dedicated in honor of the men and women from Caroline County who served their country during the great wars of world conflict.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RB_on-this-spot-sept-5-1938-stood-franklin-delano-roosevelt_Denton-MD.html
"It is the privilege of some of us to dream dreams, and some of us to carry out the dreams of others"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NJ_st-pauls-episcopal-church_Denton-MD.html
Established 1748 at nearby Tuckahoe Bridge in Queen Anne's County. Congregation built church here in 1768, but it fell into decline as influence of Methodism grew on Eastern Shore. Under guidance of Rev. Robert William Goldsborough, present Gothic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NI_denton_Denton-MD.html
Originally called "Edenton" for Robert Eden, Maryland's last Colonial Governor.CAROLINE COUNTYwas named in honor of his wife Caroline Calvert, a sister of Frederick, the last Lord Baltimore.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NH_john-wilkes-booth_Denton-MD.html
Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylander's hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and familie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NF_revolution-or-fraud_Denton-MD.html
Maryland slaves were not freed by the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, which excluded states that remained in the Union from its provisions. It was Maryland's new constitution, adopted by the narrow margin of 291 votes of almost 60,000 cast on N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NE_caroline-court-house_Denton-MD.html
Caroline County-established, 1773, from parts of Queen Anne's and Dorchester Counties - held its early courts at seven different locations until 1797 when its first courthouse was built on this site, once known as Pig Point.The 1895 replacement wa…