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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I1Z_the-maryland-lot_Preston-MD.html
Left panelEst 1865 The Maryland Lot owned by Maryland Steamboat Co. The beginning of Choptank Village. Right panelIn memory of the Steamboat Captains of the Chesapeake who were vital in building Choptank Village in the 1880's
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I1W_mt-pleasant-cemetery-dangerous-rendezvous_Preston-MD.html
After Quakers sold their meetinghouse to the local black community in 1849, the new owners established Mt. Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church. The original church building has since burned, but the modern day congregation still uses the cemetery.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANC_frederick-douglass_Denton-MD.html
The anti-slavery movement was a major factor in the regional contention that led to the Civil War. During the 1840s and 1850s, no individual generated greater support in both America and Europe for that movement than Frederick Douglass. His eloque…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANB_steamboats-on-the-choptank-river_Denton-MD.html
Steamboats carrying passengers and freight brought prosperity to Denton and Caroline County during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Caroline County's economy was based on agriculture. Farmers had to market their products. Steamboats quickly and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANA_nest-of-traitors_Denton-MD.html
On August 17, 1862, the steamboat Balloon arrived at Denton wharf and disembarked a company of New York infantry and a troop of cavalry. The soldiers quickly arrested twelve prominent local citizens and transported them to imprisonment at Fort McH…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AN9_hubs-of-activity_Denton-MD.html
Sailboats and steamboats unloaded and loaded passengers and freight all along the Choptank. As trade increased in the 1800s, people built wharves and landings every few miles on the river. A wharf bustled with activity when a boat arrived. Chil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1564_bethel-church_Federalsburg-MD.html
Francis Asbury established a congregation at home of White Brown in this vicinity in 1778. The original church known as Brown's Chapel was built 1781, completed 1806 by White Brown, Lemuel Davis, and Jacob Kinder. Early preachers here were Bishop …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM152W_marshyhope-creek-bridge_Federalsburg-MD.html
Until it was named Federalsburg in 1812,the community took its name from the bridgeat this crossing. This 215-foot concretestructure was built in 1910 by the LutenBridge Company of York, Pennsylvania, a firm noted forits filled Spanderel Arch desi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV15_charles-dickenson_Preston-MD.html
Born here on Wiltshire Manor in Caroline County in 1780. Moved to Foxley Hall, Easton on 1795. He read law under Judge Marshall. He met Andrew Jackson traveling across the Eastern Shore to the United States congress. He moved to Nashville Tennesse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM32Q_the-underground-railroad_Preston-MD.html
Among the factors that contributed to the coming of the Civil War was the increasing animosity between Southerners and Northerners over the issue of slavery. The operation of the Underground Railroad to help slaves escape to the free North and Can…
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