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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EDI_schrom-airport_Lanham-MD.html
Schrom Airport. . If you were standing on this site in 1930, you would have been surrounded by farmland. But "progress" was just beyond the trees where small planes took off and landed at the new Schrom Airport. Civil engineer William H. Schrom ow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EDG_greenbelt-museum_Greenbelt-MD.html
Greenbelt Museum. . The Greenbelt Museum house opened October 10, 1987 as part of the City of Greenbelt's 50th anniversary celebration. At approximately 836 square feet, this particular unit is one of the smallest of the original homes. The Friend…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EDF_gladys-noon-spellman-trail-and-overpass_Greenbelt-MD.html
Gladys Noon Spellman Trail and Overpass. . This trail and overpass are dedicated to Gladys Noon Spellman in recognition of 18 years of public service to the citizens of Greenbelt as Member of Congress for the Fifth Congressional District of Maryla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8X_the-grove-community_Laurel-MD.html
The Grove Community. . The Grove name is thought to come from the stands of large oak trees that grew across the street from what is now St. Mark's United Methodist Church. By the 1870s the Grove was the site of community festivals and events. . …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8V_early-buildings-on-st-marys-place_Laurel-MD.html
Early Buildings on St. Mary's Place. City of Laurel Walking Tour. Nicholas Snowden's mansion was built early in the 19th century on the present site of Pallotti High School. His daughter Louisa was the wife of Horace Capron who was important in de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1B_the-growth-of-the-black-middle-class_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
The Growth of the Black Middle Class. . By the mid-1700s, Prince George's County had the largest populations of slaves in the state — nearly half of its residents were enslaved Africans, most working on local tobacco plantations. The Civil W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1A_hyattsville_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
Hyattsville. . In the mid-19th century, C.C. Hyatt established a store and post office at the intersection of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and U.S. Route One. In the 1870s, Hyatt subdivided the surrounding farmland into housing lots, creating the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D15_college-park_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
College Park. . The College Park Airport — the world's oldest continuously operating airport — was founded by the Wright Brothers in 1909 as the first flying school for military aviators. In accordance with their Army contract, Wilbur …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D14_neighbor-to-the-nations-capital_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
Neighbor to the Nation's Capital. . In 1790, Prince George's County, along with the Commonwealth of Virginia, relinquished most of the land for the ten-mile square that would become Washington, D.C., the new Nation's Capital. George Washington cho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D13_the-founding-of-maryland_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
The Founding of Maryland. . "From this we went to Piscataway, where all flew to arms. About five hundred men, equipped with bows, stood on the shore with their chieftain. Signs of peace given them, the chief, laying aside his apprehensions, came o…