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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S30_wicomico-treasures_Pocomoke-City-MD.html
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art exhibits the most comprehensive collection of wildfowl carving and art in the world. Named for Lem and Steve Ward of Crisfield, Maryland, whose skill and vision elevated traditional dec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S2Z_beach-to-bay-indian-trail_Pocomoke-City-MD.html
Centuries ago, Indians of the Algonquin Nation, including the Assateagues, Pocomokes, Manokins and Acquintacas, migrated seasonally between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay. The Beach to Bay Indian Trail recognizes the patterns establishe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S2Y_cultural-treasures_Pocomoke-City-MD.html
Town of Princess Anne The Town of Princess Anne, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was created by an act of Maryland's General Assembly in 1733. The town was named in honor of King George II's daughter, Anne, and is located in w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NSW_rackliffe-plantation-milk-house_Berlin-MD.html
Dairies (or milk houses, as they were more commonly called in the Mid-Atlantic region) were one-room structures constructed two to three feet below grade for coolness. They had brick or stone floors and plastered or whitewashed ceilings and interi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NRP_sheltered-waters_Berlin-MD.html
Sinepuxent Bay and Chincoteague Bay (just to the south) separate Assateague Island from the mainland. The Atlantic Ocean lies just over a mile away, on the other side of Assateague. The pedestrian and bicycle bridge to your left provides a fin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NCB_you-re-looking-out-over-a-productive-nursery_Berlin-MD.html
You wouldn't know it from the surface. But this shallow bay (only three to four feet in mose areas) brims with life. What lies beneath? Plankton, algae, grasses, worms, shrimp and minnows, clams and crabs, flounders and eels, stingrays and skates.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NCA_caring-for-the-bay_Berlin-MD.html
The marshes in the distance, the waters before you, and the land beneath and behind you form an interwoven whole. What affects one part affects all. How we use and care for the land impacts it's water quality. The water that drains from the la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F6W_worcester-county-courthouse_Snow-Hill-MD.html
In November 1861, a force of about 4,500 United States officers, soldiers, cavalrymen, and artillerists assembled in and around Snow Hill. Some of the troops camped here on the Worcester County Courthouse yard. Gen. Henry H. Lockwood commanded the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BFW_anchor-from-the-sailboat-wreck_Ocean-City-MD.html
This two and one half ton anchor was recovered from an 1870s shipwreck, known locally as the Sailboat Wreck.It was located by the commercial clam vessel STAR LIGHT, 19.6 nautical miles NNE of Assateague Island Lighthouse in 15 fathoms of water. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BEI_boardwalk-construction-2000_Ocean-City-MD.html
" In recognition of the officers and crew of theUSS Maryland - SSBN 738for their assistance in construction of theboardwalk - March 2000"
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