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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16CI_mistress-kitty-knight_Galena-MD.html
In Honor ofMistress Kitty KnightRevolutionary Belle and BeautyA Friend of General George WashingtonWhen the British burned Georgetown in 1813Her Heroic Efforts Saved thisHouse which later became her home.
Placed by London Bridge Chapter D.A.R.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQW4_cliffs-schoolhouse_Chestertown-MD.html
The last remaining one-room schoolhouse in Kent County. Erected in 1878 to serve a watermen's and farming community and was so used continuously until 1939. One teacher taught seven grades and as many as 46 students.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCY0_mason-dixon-line-crownstone_Millington-MD.html
The North-South line between the colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania, now Delaware, was surveyed between June and September 1764 by Charles Mason, an astronomer, and Jeremiah Dixon, a mathematician and surveyor.Leading a party of thirty-nine, Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCSI_tolchester-beach-amusement-park_Chestertown-MD.html
Opened on this site in 1877 by the Tolchester Steamboat Company, in an era when the steamboat was a primary mode of social and commercial transportation in the Tidewater region, and in response to the rising popularity of resorts and amusement par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3M8_bordley-corner_Chestertown-MD.html
Building built in 1883 by Thomas S. Bordley as a two-story men's haberdashery. Gutted by fire in 1910. Rebuilt in 1911. Owned and operated as a men's store by Carl and Ruth Bordley 1922-1950. Now rented by the Bordley family.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM379_white-black-blue-gray_Chestertown-MD.html
In June 1917, Judge James A. Pearce commemorated the Civil War soldiers of Kent County by erecting a monument to honor the patriotism and valor of a once divided, but now reunited country. The rough-cut and polished granite monument behind you dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM32T_in-memory-of-more-than-400-prominent-united-states-colored-troops-from-kent-county_Chestertown-MD.html
In Memory of more than 400 prominent United States Colored Troops from Kent County, Maryland who bravely displayed extraordinary acts of heroism as they faithfully served their country with courage & honor in an attempt to gain freedom & equality …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FC_bass-propagation-lake_Chestertown-MD.html
Fairlee Mill Pond, Kent County, one mile from this point. Purchased by State 1928.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FB_wickliffe_Rock-Hall-MD.html
Major Joseph Wickes, who settled on Eastern Neck Island c. 1658, was Chief Justice of Kent County. Before 1674 the Court met at Wickliffe, his home here (no longer standing). By 1680 he had acquired 864 acres, the southern half of the island, whic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FA_rock-hall_Rock-Hall-MD.html
Formerly known as Rock Hall Cross Roads. Main Street is part of first road cut in Kent County in 1675. George Washington passed here eight known times. Tench Tilghman used this route from Yorktown to Philadelphia in October 1781.