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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0T_archaeology-at-oxon-hill_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
Archaeology at Oxon Hill. . . What To Find? . . "It's not what you find, it's what you find out." . Anthropologist David Hurst Thomas . . Oxon Hill was a place with history; that much archaeologists knew when they set out to excavate. Ther…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0Q_the-tobacco-economy_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
The Tobacco Economy. . At first, Maryland's early settlers had little to trade with England in return for tools, clothing, coffee, tea, sugar, rum, and other necessities and luxuries of life. Tobacco, which was in great demand in Europe, proved to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0K_river-view-notley-hall_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
River View & Notley Hall. . Two amusement parks developed on the Maryland side of the Potomac in the 1890s: one for blacks, and one for whites. Notley Hall was owned and operated by African-Americans. Black residents from Washington, D.C., visited…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0I_upper-marlboro_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
Upper Marlboro. . Well after the Civil War and the abolition of slavery, tobacco remained Prince George's County's most important crop. Upper Marlboro, formed in 1706, and established as county seat in 1721, continued to be an important center for…
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/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.…