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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF_port-tobacco_Port-Tobacco-MD.html
In this center of Confederate activity, at the Brawner Hotel, Detective Captain William Williams unsuccessfully offered Thomas Jones $100,000 reward for information that would lead to the capture of John Wilkes Booth.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME_conklin-hall_Mont-Alto-PA.html
Built 1907-1909 by the students of early forestry classes from trees and sandstone in the nearby hills, Conklin Hall served as a dormitory until 1989. It was named for Robert Conklin, the Pennsylvania Commissioner of Forestry who supervised its co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD_general-edward-braddock_Gaithersburg-MD.html
General Edward Braddock in April 1755, accompanied by Gov. Horatio Sharpe of Maryland, traveled this road in a coach and six horses, on his way to Frederick, Md. to meet Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, to arrange for teams for the Fort Du…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC_captain-john-e-cook_Mont-Alto-PA.html
Near this spot Captain John E. Cook, of John Brown's Army of Liberation, was captured and disarmed on October 25, 1859 by Daniel Logan and others. He was hanged at Charlestown, Virginia, December 16, 1859.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB_the-silver-spring_Silver-Spring-MD.html
The community of Silver Spring derives its name from a mica flecked sparkling spring which existed in the immediate area and is now commemorated in this park. Francis Preston Blair, who came to Maryland from Kentucky to publish a newspaper in supp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA_john-brown-raid_Mont-Alto-PA.html
Captain John Cooke, one of Brown's followers, was captured near here on October 25, 1859, nine days after the raid on Harper's Ferry. He was hanged December 16, two weeks after John Brown.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9_entrance-to-first-state-house-of-maryland_St-Marys-City-MD.html
In memory of Nicholas Young of St. Mary's Co. Maryland, elected to the House of Burgesses Nov 30, 1665.
Boxwood dedicated June 13, 1932, and tablet placed through Maj. William Thomas Chapter, D.A.R. by Delia Harris Maddox, Ann Delia Power Yellm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8_here-lyeth-the-body_St-Marys-City-MD.html
Here lyeth the body of Lionel Copley of Wadworth, County York, England, born 1648, died Sept. 27, 1693. And of Anne Boteler, his wife, of Watton, Woodhull, County Herts, England, died March 5, 1692.
He was sometime Lieutenant Governour of King…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7_let-there-be-light_Lexington-Park-MD.html
For 136 years, the Point lookout Lighthousehelped generations of Chesapeake Baymariners avoid shoals, navigate through densefog, and find the Potomac River's mouth. Thebeam shone until 1966, when an automated light off Point Lookout assumed the jo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6_earlys-washington-campaign_Leesburg-VA.html
Jubal A. Early passed over this road on his return to the Shenandoah Valley, July 16, 1864. After leaving Lee before Richmond, June 13, Early traveled 450 miles, defeating Hunter at Lynchburg and Wallace on the Monocacy River in Maryland, and thre…