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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TGA_bowie-state-university-historical_Bowie-MD.html
Oldest historically black institution of higher education in Maryland. Established in 1865 in Baltimore as a school for freed slaves. In 1867 became Baltimore Normal School for the education of colored teachers. Relocated in 1911 to Prince George'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T2O_hall-station-historical_Bowie-MD.html
Abolition of slavery after the Civil War brought change to labor practices and subdivision of tobacco plantations, such as 108-acre "Collington Meadows". R.C. Duval built a general store and post office ca. 1877 on part of the former pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HRE_edlavitch-harmel-house_Bowie-MD.html
Mitchellville centered around a post office in 1865 that took its name from John Mitchell (1787-1861), owner of substantial holdings. The village grew when the Pope's Creek line of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad opened in 1873. A general store…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HRC_blacksox-park_Bowie-MD.html
The Washington Blacksox
In 1961, William "Doffey" Jones, owner and manager of the Washington Blacksox team built a sandlot baseball stadium on this site. They played on this field until ca. 1971. The Blacksox team was established in 1928 and play…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HD7_weary-warriors_Bowie-MD.html
Exhausted from marching, battling at Bladensburg, and invading Washington, British soldiers stopped to rest. Many slept on Northampton Plantation property on August 26, 1814, before resuming their march to Upper Marlboro.
By August 30, after the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D4I_from-huntington-to-bowie-the-history_Bowie-MD.html
Originally called Huntington, Bowie developed as a result of the railroad junction at this location and is now a thriving city.
In 1853, Col. Wm D, Bowie convinced the Maryland legislature to charter the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Company. O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B97_seeking-freedom_Bowie-MD.html
"Billy", who went by William Whitington, and "Clem", also known as Clem Hill, escaped together on June 21, 1815, as shown in the ad printed in the Washington, D.C. newspaper, Daily National Intelligencer on June 26, 1815
It appears that Clem wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B94_northampton-slave-quarters-and-archaeological-park_Bowie-MD.html
In 1673, Charles Calvert, the Third Lord Baltimore, granted 1000-acres of land to Thomas Sprigg. Sprigg named the property Northampton, located in what later became Prince George's County, and was home to the Sprigg family and their slaves and ser…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B93_archaeology-at-the-frame-quarters_Bowie-MD.html
Osborn Sprigg, Jr. lived at Northampton from 1775-1814/1815. The 1798 Federal Direct Tax of Northampton lists his property as consisting of:...a Framd (sic) Dwelling House 60 by 40 with hip roof Kitchen 36 by 26 with hip roof, Wash house 30 by 26,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B92_archaeology-at-the-brick-quarters_Bowie-MD.html
Constructed in the 1840s, this 22 by 40 foot brick slave quarters housed two families. It was divided into two living areas by a central wall and chimney. Each side has an entryway and fireplace with a loft above. Later, a shed was added to the ri…