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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NSW_rackliffe-plantation-milk-house_Berlin-MD.html
Dairies (or milk houses, as they were more commonly called in the Mid-Atlantic region) were one-room structures constructed two to three feet below grade for coolness. They had brick or stone floors and plastered or whitewashed ceilings and interi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NRP_sheltered-waters_Berlin-MD.html
Sinepuxent Bay and Chincoteague Bay (just to the south) separate Assateague Island from the mainland.
The Atlantic Ocean lies just over a mile away, on the other side of Assateague. The pedestrian and bicycle bridge to your left provides a fin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NCB_you-re-looking-out-over-a-productive-nursery_Berlin-MD.html
You wouldn't know it from the surface. But this shallow bay (only three to four feet in mose areas) brims with life. What lies beneath? Plankton, algae, grasses, worms, shrimp and minnows, clams and crabs, flounders and eels, stingrays and skates.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NCA_caring-for-the-bay_Berlin-MD.html
The marshes in the distance, the waters before you, and the land beneath and behind you form an interwoven whole. What affects one part affects all.
How we use and care for the land impacts it's water quality. The water that drains from the la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15C6_u-s-s-decatur-anchor_Berlin-MD.html
Anchor From The U.S.S. Decatur (DD-936) Forrest Sherman ClassCommissioned in 1956. Decommissioned in 1965.Re-commissioned in 1967.Decommissioned in 1983,Receiving 6 Battle StarsFor Vietnam Service.This Anchor Was Obtained ThroughThe Best Efforts O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA7P_corp-isaiah-fassett_Berlin-MD.html
Isaiah "Uncle Zear" Fassett was born into slavery southeast of here in Sinepuxent in 1844. His owner, Sarah A. Bruff, released him from bondage at age nineteen on November 11, 1863, when the U.S. Army paid her $300 in compensation. That same day, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5TJ_baltimore-boulevard_Berlin-MD.html
The asphalt slabs you just walked on are pieces of Baltimore Boulevard, a 15-mile road built by developers in the 1950s and destroyed by a storm in 1962. These broken slabs are now used only by gulls, which drop and crack clams on the hard surface…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5F8_olde-sinepuxent_Berlin-MD.html
Ever since explorer Giovanna da Verrazzano sailed through Sinepuxent Bay in 1524, human activty along these waters has helped shape Assateague's history. Except for intriguing place names on local maps, almost all traces of these historic events h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM58U_the-wild-ponies_Berlin-MD.html
Hardy, compact, and spirited - the horses on Assateague Island run freely over a range bounded by ocean and bay. Bands of mares and young led by protective stallions graze on marsh grasses, drink at freshwater ponds, and retreat into island forest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM58T_treasures-from-the-past_Berlin-MD.html
Town of BerlinBerlin's main street follows the course of the old Philadelphia post road which served as a principal stage route and course of land transportation during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Tradition holds that the name Berlin came from…