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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQLN_delmar-war-memorial_Delmar-MD.html
In memory of our comrades who died for freedom in World War IIJohn G. Cropper · George C. Curdy · Harold E. Dutton · Roland Galusha · Howard E. Hastings · Robert B. Hayman · George Kerekesh · Calver…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQLL_highball-signal_Delmar-MD.html
Signals of this type were used on early railroads to control train movements. When the track was clear, the station agent would hoist the ball, permitting the train to proceed. The signal is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C7_johnson-school-house-game-refuge_Salisbury-MD.html
175 acres, purchased May 25, 1926, from L. Atwood Bennett, attorney for mortgagee; from hunter's license fund for the purpose of propagating game.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZM_whitehaven_Quantico-MD.html
Chartered by Charles Calvert, 3rd Lord Baltimore, c. 1685. Town Incorporated c. 1702. Ferry operated here as early as 1692. Settlers were led by Col. George Gale of Whitehaven in the North of England. His first wife, Mildred Warner Washington w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZL_wye-oak-seedling_Salisbury-MD.html
Presented by Richard J. Robertson. Dedicated April 29, 1977.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZK_st-peters-church_Salisbury-MD.html
The present St. Peter's Church is the third building to stand on this site. St. Peter's Church was built as a chapel on a a two-acre site. It was completed in 1772, at a cost of 600 English pounds, and measured 45 feet by 65 feet. Many knew it …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJ_the-great-salisbury-fire_Salisbury-MD.html
On October 17, 1886 a small fire was discovered at Toadvine's Livery Stable on Dock Street, now Market Street. Fire spread very rapidly and eventually consumed 200 buildings including most of the commerical district. Soon after the fire began, Sal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZH_welcome-to-pemberton-historical-park_Salisbury-MD.html
Step back in time to the 18th century. Imagine a prosperous plantation growing grain, tobacco and flax, operating small industries and shipping the products to colonial ports and to England. This was Pemberton Hall Plantation in the mid 1700s. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZG_gen-john-henry-winder-c-s-a_Salisbury-MD.html
Born near Nanticoke, John Henry Winder was successively a graduate and instructor at West Point. A veteran of the Seminole and Mexican wars, Gen. Winder joined the Confederacy in 1861, and eventually directed all Confederate military prisons east …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZF_historic-byrd-tavern_Salisbury-MD.html
On this spot stood the historic Byrd Tavern, a famous hostelry in stage coach days.
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