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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IW1_home-of-refuge_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
As the British savagely burned the buildings in Havre de Grace during their morning attack May 3, 1813, the townspeople ran west for protection to a home that stood near this location. The home, known as Bloomsbury, was owned by Baltimore business…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IW0_river-crossing_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
Little evidence remains of what was once the northernmost navigable deep-water port on the Susquehanna River. The "Upper Ferry" crossed between here and Port Deposit.
When the British attacked May 3, 1813, they helped themselves to a ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IEJ_king-and-queen-seat_Jarrettsville-MD.html
The King and Queen Seat to your right is a natural 190-foot rock outcrop that overlooks Deer Creek Valley. This cliff towers directly above Deer Creek and affords a spectacular view of the rolling hills and farmland of Harford County
During the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IBT_susquehanna-river-crossing_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
Beginning in 1838,the cars of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad were carried across the Susquehanna River by the first railroad ferry in the U.S. A rail bridge replaced the ferry in 1866. The surviving granite piers carried the bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I8R_berkley-crossroads_Darlington-MD.html
A hamlet settled in the late eighteenth century by free blacks and whites. The Hosanna School built in 1867, was Harford County's first public school for African Americans. Travelers, local farms, and industries such as milling, mining, quarrying,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G8W_harry-gilmors-raid_Kingsville-MD.html
What caused the "great excitement" in Harford County during the summer of 1864? It was the arrival of a detachment of the Confederate cavalrymen led by partisan Major Harry Gilmor. He and his troopers, mostly Marylanders, were part of a 12,000-man…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EFV_gilmors-raid_MD.html
On July 6, 1864, Confederate cavalryman cross the Potomac River into Maryland as part of a 12,000 man force under Gen. Jubal A. Early, who planned to attack lightly defended Washington, DC., and draw off part of the Union army menacing Richmond an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D6U_2008-restoration-of-p-b-w-railroad-crossing-and-later-pennsylvania-railroad-watchmans-shed_Aberdeen-MD.html
Some 100 or 150 years ago, the watchman was protected from the weather by the shed that sat at the post road crossing of the north/southeast coast Washington to New York Highway, later known as route 7. When the crossing was closed the small build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B7S_british-landing_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
The town's defenders — numbering about 20 — failed to prevent some 400 British troops from coming ashore May 3, 1813.
A gun battery, probably located north of where the lighthouse now stands, was manned single-handedly by John O'Nie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B6X_no-respect_Havre-De-Grace-MD.html
St. John's Episcopal Church survived the British attack on Havre de Grace May 3, 1813. The enemy spared the 1809 structure but damaged the interior. According to a newspaper account: "Finding nothing to steal (the raiders) 'magnanimously' attacked…