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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5PV_piney-point-lighthouse_Piney-Point-MD.html
On Christmas Eve 1835, the Federal Government purchased 2.5 acres of land from William and Charlotte Suter for $300. A year later the first lighthouse constructed entirely on the shoreline of the Potomac River went into service at Piney Point.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5P2_lighthouse-keepers-quarters_Piney-Point-MD.html
Most free standing light houses were accompanied by "keeper's quarters," which housed the light keepers and their families. The Piney Point Lighthouse and keeper's quarters were built in 1836 by John Donahoo of Havre de Grace.
The original bric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5OY_potomac-river-military-testing_Piney-Point-MD.html
Almost from the beginning of the new nation, the United States established military facilities along the Potomac River - to test guns and munitions before placing them into service, to train troops and to defend the Nation's Capital.
Piney Poin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5OS_fort-lincoln_Scotland-MD.html
Standing before you is Fort Lincoln, the main Union fortification on the peninsula. As a key defense stronghold, Fort Lincoln, also known as Fort #2, was cleverly designed to resist attack.
To defend against artillery fire or direct infantry as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5NY_defense-strategies_Scotland-MD.html
Imagine defending this isolated peninsula during the Civil War. There were threats from within (from thousands of prisoners) and from without (by Confederate soldiers trying to free their comrades or gain territory). What's more, a pro-Southern po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5NX_shipwreck_Scotland-MD.html
Centuries of storms, fogs, shoals, collisions, combat, poor judgement and bad luck have plagued local mariners. Gazing across Point Lookout's waters, we can only wonder how many of their wrecks litter the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay and the Potom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5NW_a-bustling-civil-war-community_Scotland-MD.html
By the end of the Civil War in 1865, the military bases at Point Lookout had grown into a small city. Besides the hospitals and prison camp, you could find dockyards, saw mills and warehouses - even a railroad, a post office and newspaper.
Poin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5NT_three-notch-road_Mechanicsville-MD.html
A law of 1704 provides that "three notches of equal distance marked on the trees indicated"A ROAD LEADING TO A FERRY"two notches with another notch a distance above the other two"A ROAD LEADING TO A COURTHOUSE"a slip cut down the face of a tree ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM389_mathias-de-sousa_St-Marys-City-MD.html
Mathias de Sousa was the first black Marylander. Of African and Portuguese descent, he was one of nine indentured servants brought to Maryland by Jesuit missionaries and was on The Ark when Lord Baltimore's expedition arrived in the St. Mary's Riv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9_entrance-to-first-state-house-of-maryland_St-Marys-City-MD.html
In memory of Nicholas Young of St. Mary's Co. Maryland, elected to the House of Burgesses Nov 30, 1665.
Boxwood dedicated June 13, 1932, and tablet placed through Maj. William Thomas Chapter, D.A.R. by Delia Harris Maddox, Ann Delia Power Yellm…