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Maryland's Colonial Ties and Water Route Through History
A National Geographic prepared piece surveys Maryland from its colonial founding by Lord Baltimore to its Chesapeake Bay shores. It highlights Saint Clement's Island, Fort Washington, and the Potomac voyage routes that connected early settlers like Leonard Calvert with English governance, and notes enduring manor houses and historic figures tied to Maryland's evolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Aryland
Saint Clement's
Blakistone
Sland
Potomac River
Leonard Calvert
Maryland
St. Marys City
America
Tidewater
Virginia
Montgomery
Frederick
Kentucky
New York
New England
Savage Mountain
Negro Mountain
Keysers Ridge
Rockies
Sierra Nevada
Little St.’ Marys
Europe
George Washington
John Smith
Chesaneake Bay
Jet. Smith
Jamestown
Bay
Sita
Baltimore
Patapsco
Potomac
Indian Head
Newfoundland
England
George Calvert
Lord Baltimore
London
Potowac River
Charles 4
Henrietta Maria
Chesapeake Bay
United States
Chesapeake
Washtreton
Battimory
Fort Washington
Piscataway Creek
Piscataways
Port Tobsecco
John Hudson
Mulberry Grove
Thomas Stone
Hubre de Venture
James Craik
Washington
Braddock
King
Morgantown
Mount Republican
Franklin Weems
Blakistone Island
St. Clement’s 'Sland
Gov
Ceell Calvert
Laltt Wore