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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK7_31-west-main-street_Middletown-MD.html
The first building on this corner was a two story, frame dwelling, built in the early 1800s. The property was purchased by the Middletown Savings Bank in 1907, and the house was soon moved to the rear of the lot. The current building was built in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK6_this-demiculverin_Riverdale-Park-MD.html
Brought to Maryland in 1634 by the first colonists on the ships Ark and Dove, this demiculverin was presented to Charles Benedict Calvert of Riversdale in 1845. — Preservation and restoration was funded by the Maryland Heritage Committee of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK5_in-commemoration_Middletown-MD.html
In Commemoration of that period in Civil War history from September 14, 1862 through January, 1863 when this building was commandeered and used by the United States Federal Government as an army hospital to care for casualties resulting from the B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2_burkittsville_Burkittsville-MD.html
Union surgeons turned Burkittsville, a quiet rural village of some 200 people, into a hospital complex after the September 14, 1862, Battle of Crampton's Gap. The building in front of you, the German Reformed Church, was Hospital D.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK1_brunswick_Brunswick-MD.html
Union troops pursuing the Confederate army to Virginia after the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 crossed the Potomac River here. Called Berlin at the time of the Civil War, this town truly experienced the challenges of life on the border. Both t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIJ_west-nottingham-academy_Colora-MD.html
Founded 1744 by by Rev. Sam'l Finley a Presbyterian Minister and a native of Armaugh County, Ireland. He remained in charge of the academy and church until 1761 when he was chosen President of the College of New Jersey, now called "Princeton."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMII_bald-friar-ford-ferry_Conowingo-MD.html
Near Pilot, two and one-half miles northwest of this point, lies the site of a Susquehanna fording used by Indians before the coming of the white man. By 1695, a barge provided ferry service to the colonists. The Conowingo Lake now covers the site…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIG_a-susquehannock-indian-fort_Port-Deposit-MD.html
A Susquehannock Indian fort located at this point was an important factor in the boundary line controversy between Lord Baltimore and William Penn in 1683.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIF_smiths-falls_Port-Deposit-MD.html
In 1608 Captain John Smith ascended the Susquehanna River until stopped by the rocks. On his map he calls this point "Smyths Fales" marking it by a X which he explains as meaning "hath bin discovered what beyond is by relation."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIE_the-proprietors-of-the-susquehanna-canal_Conowingo-MD.html
The corporate title of the company authorized in 1783 to build one of the first inland waterways in America. The bed of this canal and some of its stone locks are still visible near this road.