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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM187E_piney-point-lighthouse_Piney-Point-MD.html
In 1861, the U. S. created the Potomac Flotilla (gunboats and other armed vessels) to patrol the river and intercept Confederate blockade runners. Nevertheless, St. Mary's County residents frequently ferried supplies and men across to Virginia. A …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16MM_world-war-i-monument-leonardtown_Leonardtown-MD.html
This Monument is gratefully erected by the citizens of St. Mary's County in honor of her heroes in the World War 1917-1918 and dedicated to this 11th day of November 1921
Gloria Pro Patria Mori
The Names on this monument are those who made t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16ME_prosperous-port-town_Chaptico-MD.html
Colonial Settlement followed the rivers inland, and harbors with deep water became commercial and social centers. The Maryland colony was founded in 1634, and Chaptico was officially established by 1683. In 1689, Chaptico's John Goode organized a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16LS_steamboats-at-the-waterfront_Leonardtown-MD.html
A Way of life...never to be seen again. David C. Holly, Tidewater by Steamboat
In the midst of the War of 1812, The Chesapeake, first steamboat built to ply the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, safely made its maiden voyage from Baltimore to Annap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16LL_fun-on-the-waterfront_Leonardtown-MD.html
The waterfront was fun and exciting for all ages.
The last quarter of the 19th century has been called Maryland's Golden Age. It was a time of expanding educational and economic opportunities and during those years, the waterfront provided the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16KS_trade-on-the-waterfront_Leonardtown-MD.html
The Wharf Connected Leonardtown to the outside world.
Before roads were built, or rails laid for trains, goods and people traveled by ship. In the mid-1600s, ships called directly at the wharves of Maryland plantations to pick up tobacco, the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16KN_center-of-citizenship_Leonardtown-MD.html
Leonardtown's Early Years
Carved from a large land grant named New Towne Hundred by an act of Maryland's Early Colonial government to advance commerce, this area had been known by several other names —Sheppard's Old Fields, Seymour Towne,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16K0_invasion_Leonardtown-MD.html
Imagine the scene here on July 19, 1814, as Breton Bay filled with barges of British Royal Marines intent on attacking Leonardtown. Rear Admiral George Cockburn led the invasion force that came ashore at the town wharf. Raiders also approached the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16JR_port-of-entry_Hollywood-MD.html
During colonial days, English government has hopes of exporting furs, foodstuffs, timber, flax and other products from Maryland's ports to the home county. In reality, tobacco was the only notable item produced and exported to England in large qua…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16JA_tobaccos-impact_Hollywood-MD.html
Tobacco farming dramatically changed Southern Maryland's natural environment by depleting the rich soils of nutrients. In the 18th and 19th centuries, farmers rotated fields, introduced fertilizers and guano (bat dung), and employed deeper plowing…