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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM58S_shipwrecks_Berlin-MD.html
Shoals, bad weather, and lack of navigational aids contributed to hundreds of shipwrecks along Assateague. Many wrecks were schooners and cargo vessels sailing the busy coastal ship lanes in the 1800s. The total number of wrecks off Assateague …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM58R_native-americans_Berlin-MD.html
Assateague's first visitors were small bands of nomadic Indians who had permanent settlements on the mainland. These hunters and gatherers came seasonally to the island to enjoy the rich harvest of waterfowl, fish, oysters, clams, and plant foods.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM53Q_life-saving-station_Berlin-MD.html
In the late 1800's and early 1900's four Life-Saving Stations on Assateague Island aided ships in distress off the coast, where hidden sand bars, storms, German submarines, and other dangers often threatened. The U.S. Life-Saving Service built …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CA_beach-to-bay-indian-trail_Berlin-MD.html
Centuries ago, Indians of the Algonquin Nation, including the Assateagues, Pocomokes, Manokins and Acquintacas, migrated seasonally between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay. The Beach to Bay Indian Trail recognizes the patterns establishe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XN_stephen-tyng-mather_Berlin-MD.html
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XH_verrazano-bridge_Berlin-MD.html
Named in 1976 for the courageous Florentine navigator, Giovanni da Verrazano (c. 1485-1528.) In the ship La Dauphine under a commission from King Francis I of France, he explored the Atlantic coastline of North America in the spring of 1524, searc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XF_swindler-park_Berlin-MD.html
This park is dedicated to the memory of Leland Stanford Swindler Brigadier General USMC Born 1893 - Died 1993Soldier, sailor and marine he entered the service in 1912, served in WWI, the China Campaign, WWII and the Korean War. He was decorated fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XB_genesar_Berlin-MD.html
2,200 acres "lying on the sea board side of Boquetonorton (Poqadenorton) Hundred" patented May 10, 1676, to Col. William Stevens, and on January 10, 1679, to Charles Ratcliffe. Brick house believed built in 1732 by May. John Purnell. During the Re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XA_st-martins-church_Berlin-MD.html
Established around 1692 as a chapel-of-ease for Snow Hill Parish, and later, in 1744, designated as the principal church of Worcester Parish. The original frame building was replaced with this Georgian brick structure, completed in 1764.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X9_birthplace-of-commodore-stephen-decatur_Berlin-MD.html
United States Navy, born January 5, 1779, mortally wounded in duel at Bladensburg, Md., March 22, 1820.
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