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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0G_africans-becoming-americans_Forest-Heights-MD.html
Africans Becoming Americans. . . Durante Vita . . From the day the colony was founded in 1634, enslaved Africans played an important role in the history and development of Maryland and Prince George's County. As skilled laborers, artisans, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0C_the-alexandria-waterfront_Fort-Washington-MD.html
The Alexandria Waterfront. . Public warehouses for the receiving and inspection of tobacco were built in 1730 near the foot of present day Oronoco Street, and became the core around which grew the port of Alexandria. The city was founded in 1749 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D09_laurel_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
Laurel was unique in old Prince George's because the town's wealth came from cotton mills, iron foundries, and small industries, rather than tobacco. The Laurel Cotton Mill, the principal industry in Laurel during the early 1900s, employed 400 peo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D07_the-architecture-of-oxon-hill-manor_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
The Architecture of Oxon Hill Manor. . A cupola used to ornament the top of this house in the old days, where it was pleasant to sit on summer evenings and watch the sun set over the hills back of Alexandria...with the broad Potomac flowing betwee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D04_after-the-addisons_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
After the Addisons. Oxon Hill in the 19th and 20th Centuries. . The Berry Years . . Prosperous planter Zachariah Berry owned thousands of acres in Prince George's County before purchasing Oxon Hill Manor from the Addison Family in 1810. Little…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D03_piscataway_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
Piscataway. . At the time of the first European contact, the indigenous people of Southern Maryland were united in a loose group of villages known to the English as the Piscataway Confederation. Their paramount chief, or Tayac, lived in a village …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D02_the-nations-river_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
The Nation's River. . The Potomac River was a current that ran through George Washington's life and through the early history of this country. Born downstream at Pope's Creek Plantation, Washington lived most of his life along the Potomac's banks.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D01_bladensburg_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
Bladensburg. . During the War of 18 12, the British threatened the city of Washington. American troops attempted to defend the Nation's Capital at the Battle of Bladensburg in Prince George's County. Unfortunately, the effort failed and British tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D00_clinton_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
Clinton. . After assassinating Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth fled on horseback to Prince George's County. He was aided by Mary Surratt and stopped at her tavern in Surrattsville (now known as Clinton). Though many today believe she was innoce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZY_the-addisons-of-oxon-hill-manor_Forest-Heights-MD.html
The Addisons of Oxon Hill Manor. . . A Plantation Society . . Settlers to the New World came in search of gold, but what they found was a rugged landscape whose humbler natural resources would prove to be the greatest source of wealth. Timber,…