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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D8Z_laurel-half-way-between-baltimore-and-washington_Laurel-MD.html
Route 1, originally known as the Washington-Baltimore Turnpike was part of the major road between Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. Laurel, located half-way between Baltimore and Washington was an important and convenient stopping…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D8Y_laurel-harnessed-the-river-to-power-the-cotton-mill_Laurel-MD.html
Laurel's earliest mill was established on land originally inhabited by Native Americans. The early mills were located on the banks of the Patuxent River at the fall line. Here the River elevation changes and provides an excellent source of water p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D8X_laurel-a-factory-town-bridging-two-counties_Laurel-MD.html
Montpelier's Nicholas Snowden established an early Snowden family grist mill by 1811 at the fall line of the Patuxent River. A cotton mill was built and leased to a Mr. Johnson in 1824, and the site also may have included a saw mill.
After 183…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D8V_casula-point_Laurel-MD.html
This point marking the site of the 9th Street Bridge that connected Laurel and Howard County over the Patuxent River is dedicated to the memory of Frank P. Casula (1920-2001).Frank P. Casula served the Citizens of Laurel and Prince George's County…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19SD_dinosaur-parks-industrial-heritage_Laurel-MD.html
The History of Dinosaur Park
Dinosaur Park is located on what was once part of a 1600s land grant to Richard Snowden. From the 1650s through the mid 1800s, the Snowden Family owned several iron furnaces, hundreds of acres of land, and a large f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19RS_welcome-to-dinosaur-park_Laurel-MD.html
A Walk Through Time
As you enter Dinosaur Park you take a walk through time from the present day into Dinosaur times! Modern plants and trees give way to ginkgoes and ferns reminiscent of the early plants and tree that are fossilized here in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19QI_dinosaurs-in-maryland_Laurel-MD.html
In 1842, English scientist Sir Richard Owen coined the term "dinosaur" to describe a group of ancient reptiles that inhabited the Earth from 230 to 65 million years ago. The discovery of the first dinosaur bones and the knowledge they reveal about…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19P5_dinosaur-alley_Laurel-MD.html
Dinosaurs lived during most of the Mesozoic Era (235 to 65 million years ago), on every continent on Earth. In Maryland, each of three Mesozoic time periods in which dinosaurs live is represented in its geology — Triassic, Jurassic, and Cret…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18GP_conservation-leaders_Laurel-MD.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18GJ_jay-norwood-ding-darling-conservation-trail_Laurel-MD.html
J. N. "Ding" Darling was a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist who advocated for the conservation of our Nation's natural resources. He inaugurated the Federal Duck Stamp Program and drew the first stamp. He was founder of the National Wil…