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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25YO_from-this-spot-you-can-see-1774-the-annapolis-tea-party_Annapolis-MD.html
The brigantine Peggy Stewart, named after the daughter of the owner, Annapolis merchant Anthony Stewart, sailed by here on her return from England on October 14, 1774. Like other Maryland merchants, Stewart had agreed not to import tea in order to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25YN_from-this-spot-you-can-see-1672-providence-settlement-on-the-severn_Annapolis-MD.html
The first English settlers were a group of Puritans who established Providence, a settlement at the mouth of the Severn River, in 1649. The Puritans probably used Captain John Smith's Bay map to navigate here from Virginia. Their settlement was no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25YM_from-this-spot-you-can-see-1608-captain-john-smiths-chesapeake-voyages_Annapolis-MD.html
You're looking out across the mouth of the Severn River where it meets the Chesapeake Bay. In the summer of 1608 Captain John Smith sailed within sight of this spot four times during his "voyages of discovery" up and down the Chesapeake Bay. His j…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U0U_visionaries-of-the-1960s-historical_Annapolis-MD.html
A New England native, sailor Arnie Gay steered into the Annapolis harbor on the wooden schooner Delilah in the late 1940s with $7.00 n his pocket and an enthusiasm to bring a sailing empire to the City's neglected and abandoned waterfront. He open…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S0R_thomas-point_Annapolis-MD.html
(Left side of the marker) Much of the early history of Thomas Point still lies buried under sand and water at its ever-eroding shoreline. Evidence does exist, however, that Native Americans enjoyed the bounty of the Bay's seafood sometime between …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S0Q_our-abundant-chesapeake_Annapolis-MD.html
The Chesapeake Bay is one of the largest and one of the most productive estuaries in the world. Fresh water, supplied by over 150 rivers and streams, and salt water from the Atlantic Ocean combine to create the unique conditions and essential nutr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5X7_ferry-point-road_Annapolis-MD.html
Formerly an Indian trail to cross South River. In early colonial times it became a principle thoroughfare connecting Annapolis with southern Maryland and Virginia. George Washington remarked on the beautiful roses that still flourish there.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3MM_twin-oaks_Highland-Beach-MD.html
Designed by Frederick Douglass so that "As a free man I could look back across the bay to the land where I was born a slave". Built by Charles Remond Douglass.1895
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3F8_welcome-to-eastport_Annapolis-MD.html
Eastport's distinctive history, character and identity grew from maritime roots. The marinas that now serve pleasure boaters were once filled with wooden workboats. So crowded was the shoreline, it was said that an enterprising cat could flit from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3F7_welcome-to-eastport_Annapolis-MD.html
Eastport's distinctive history, character and identity grew from maritime roots. The marinas that now serve pleasure boaters were once filled with wooden workboats. So crowded was the shoreline, it was said that an enterprising cat could flit from…