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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM57_transpeninsular-line_Ocean-City-MD.html
This stone monument, erected April 26, 1751, marks the eastern end of the Transpeninsular Line surveyed 1751-1751 by John Watson and William Parsons of Pennsylvania and John Emory and Thomas Jones of Maryland. This line established the east-west b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56_old-post-road-cokesbury-college_Abingdon-MD.html
Old Post Road Established 1666. The first Methodist college in the world established at Abingdon June 5, 1785 by Bishops Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury. Destroyed by fire December 4, 1796, located 175 yards east of this point.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM55_joppa-town_MD.html
County seat of Baltimore County from 1712 to 1768. Once a rival of Baltimore, an important point for shipping tobacco and a Port of Entry. Benjamin Rumsey, first Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals lived here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM54_rumsey-mansion_MD.html
The colonial home of Benjamin Rumsey, influential landowner and member of the First Continental Congress. Erected in 1720-24 with bricks imported from England. It remains an outstanding example of Colonial Georgian architecture.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM53_site-of-old-baltimore_Edgewood-MD.html
The first County Seat of Baltimore County, 1659 to 1700, was located on Bush River. In 1683 it was made a Port of Entry by the Maryland Assembly.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM52_calvert-family-cemetery_Riverdale-Park-MD.html
Burial place of George & Rosalie Calvert, four infant children and Charles Benedict Calvert and his infant son. The Calvert family, descendants of the Lords Baltimore, lived at "Riversdale" from 1803 to 1887. Charles Benedict Calvert was a major f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51_captain-john-smith_Edgewood-MD.html
Captain John Smith in 1608 ascended this river to this point. On his map he called it after his home in England "Willowbyes Flu" or river. Now Bush River.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM50_bel-air_Bel-Air-MD.html
On July 31, 1861, 300 men from the 12th Pennsylvania Infantry under Capt. Daniel Leasure marched into Bel Air to arrest Southern sympathizers and confiscate weapons from local militia units. The troops halted at the courthouse square, then dispers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Y_bel-air_Bel-Air-MD.html
Court House erected 1791. Burned and re-erected 1858. Enlarged 1904. Portraits of notable men born in Harford adorn court room, including Edwin Booth, who gave his first theatrical performance there.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4X_the-hays-house_Bel-Air-MD.html
One of the earliest buildings in Bel Air. Enlarged in 1814 by Thomas A. Hays (1780-1861), an attorney, landowner and entrepreneur. Moved to present location in 1960. Retains original interior features and woodwork, weatherboard and shutters.