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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JDE_enemy-blockade_Solomons-MD.html
British warships blockaded the mouth of the Patuxent River after the Chesapeake Flotilla and Royal Navy skirmished off Cedar Point to the south June 1, 1814. Drum Point to the north served as a major British anchorage. The British made mischief in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JDD_apt-anchorage_Solomons-MD.html
The point to the north protruding into the river is appropriately called "Point Patience" as it was difficult to maneuver around in the era of sail. The south side of the point provided good anchorage, visibility, protection from other s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCZ_perils-along-the-patuxent_Solomons-MD.html
Southern Maryland was a dangerous place to live in the hot summer of 1814. British raiding parties traveled the Patuxent River and swept through the countryside terrorizing civilians and taking provisions for British troops gathering in the area. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCY_menace-on-the-horizon_Solomons-MD.html
Terror reigned along the Patuxent River in 1814. British invaders plundered and burned towns and plantations on both sides of the river. Menacing warships within view on Somervell's Island (present-day Solomons) blockaded the river's mouth, cuttin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14WV_wm-b-tennison_Solomons-MD.html
Wm. B. Tennison was built in 1899 by Frank Laird at Crab Island near Oriole, Maryland. Her hull is constructed in traditional Chesapeake log canoe fashion-nine large pine logs. Hollowed out and fastened together. She was built as a two-mastered b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14WU_drum-point-lighthouse_Solomons-MD.html
"The necessity of a light at this point is very great, as all vessels bound up or down the Chesapeake put in at this place during the winter to seek protection from floating ice; and as the entrance is formed by a low sand spit, which cannot be se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14WT_marine-railway-gears_Solomons-MD.html
Gift: Gorman A. Buckler CMM74.521Set of cast iron gears formerly used to operate the marine railway at M.M. Davis and Son shipyard on Mill Creek, Solomons, Maryland: The gears were originally powered by steam and later converted to electricity. A …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5NQ_solomons-island_Solomons-MD.html
Originally called Bourne's (1680), then Somervell's Island (1740). It became known as Solomon's Island (1867) because of Isaac Solomon's oyster packing facilities here. Shipyards developed to support the island's fishing fleet. The famed "bugeye" …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P7_m-m-davis-shipyard_Solomons-MD.html
1885 Marcellus M. Davis established his shipyard at this location, in 1913 the yard was moved to larger quarters across the harbor on Mill Creek. During the 1930's, Davis' yard produced many outstanding wooden yachts which brought international fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P5_j-c-lore-sons-oyster-house_Solomons-MD.html
Joseph C. Lore, Sr., began shipping seafood from Solomons Island in 1888 and established a packing house at this site in 1912. Three generations of Lore family packed and shipped Patuxent River oysters, crabs and fish until 1978. Present building …