Cheap Things To Do in Abell, Maryland

In 1634, the first English settlers to arrive in Maryland landed at St. Clements. The 40-acre park is dedicated to their memory and accessible by boat ... More on Search.visitmaryland.org

Inscription. 1639, 11,400 acres, In St. Clements Hundred, St. Marys County laid out with court leet and baron, and patented to Dr. Thomas Gerard, ESQ. and bequeathed to his oldest son Capt. Justini... More on HMDB

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Cohen-Bray House has been owned by one family since it was built in 1883 and offers views of its original ... More on OaklandCVBTravel.com

Inscription. Two ships, the 400-ton Ark and the 50-ton Dove landed almost 150 English settlers here in March of 1634. After a stormy passage from England, the 28-year-old Governor Leonard Calvert, brother of Lord Baltimore, looked ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Potomac River dory boat originated around the 1880s and was built almost exclusively within this area of St. Mary's County, Maryland. How the name dory boat came to be is unknown, but its unique design features a ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Site of the first landing of Governor Leonard Calvert and the Maryland colonists, March 25, 1634. Here, on the same day, Father Andrew White, S. J. celebrated the first Catholic mass in the British-American colonies. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. 1851 Isaac Wood, 1853 George Goddard, 1859 Jerome L. McWilliams, 1868 Dr. Joseph L. McWilliams, 1875 Mrs. Josephine McWilliams Freeman, 1912 William M. Freeman, Jr. 1913 Leonard H. Staubly, 1917 Francis E. Butterfield, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In 1918, the United States War Department established the Dahlgren Proving Grounds in King George County, Virginia. Military leaders who had observed the death and destruction of World War I wanted more accurate and effective ... More on HMDB

Inscription. East Face, Maryland was dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God, during the first Mass held on St. Clement's Island. John Carroll, the first Catholic Bishop of the United States declared our young nation to be under Mary's ... More on HMDB

Photo Scavenger Hunt Welcome to the 2010 Quest on St. Clement's Island State Park! On March 25, 1634, the first English settlers under the Baltimore proprietorship sailed to St. Clement's Island on... More on Dnr.maryland.gov

Inscription. This small island, one of hundreds in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, has a history as old as Maryland. St. Clement's was the first landfall of the Maryland settlers in 1634. A Potomac R... More on HMDB