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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQND_an-apple-a-day_Salisbury-MD.html
The apple trees you see here are a reminder that fruit orchards were an essential part of Chesapeake Bay plantation life in the 18th century. Apples, peaches, and pears were on the daily menu for plantation residents. The abundant fruit was also u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNC_a-water-connection_Salisbury-MD.html
Beneath these waters lie the buried timbers of the oldest documented wharf of its kind in the United States. The timbers date back to 1746 when Colonel Isaac Handy built a 200-food bulkhead wharf here at Mulberry Landing. Colonel Handy had a perso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNB_the-original-residents_Salisbury-MD.html
For millennia before Europeans arrived, the Chesapeake region was home to Native Americans and to a rich diversity of wildlife. Black bears and wolves roamed the woods while beaver, muskrat and otters foraged the wetlands. Schools of sturgeon, per…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNA_wicomico-wetlands_Salisbury-MD.html
Wetlands, interspersed with sections of high ground, mark the banks of the Wicomico River as it flows into Chesapeake Bay. These wetlands are vital to the ecosystem, providing habitat for a host of organisms. Wetlands help to filter pollutants fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQN9_natures-pasture_Salisbury-MD.html
If you had stood here 250 years ago, you would likely have seen cattle grazing in the tidal marshlands. The area between the mainland and Bell Island was known as "Handy's Meadow." Following Colonel Handy's death in 1762, his three sons continued …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQN8_the-road-to-salisbury-town_Salisbury-MD.html
This road connected Pemberton Hall Plantation to two places of interest to Colonel Isaac Handy. It led to Handy Hall, the neighboring plantation which Isaac gave to his son George in 1750, and to Salisbury Town, which Colonel Handy helped to estab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQN6_a-drop-to-drink_Salisbury-MD.html
In the colonial period, the safety of drinking water was uncertain, so people drank cider, wine, and distilled spirits instead. Each plantation made its own beverages. A cider press extracted juice from fruit. The cider could be consumed as is or …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQLO_holloway-hall_Salisbury-MD.html
Original building of the Salisbury State Normal School, the first public institution on the Eastern Shore for the training of teachers for Maryland's public schools. Opened in 1925 and expanded in 1928 and 1932, it was until 1950 the only building…
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 …