A small fleet of ships carrying two hundred settlers arrived at the north shore of the Potomac River in March of 1634. George Calvert had died before he could see this dream realized, but his son Cecilius Calvert sent them forward to establish a refuge for English Catholics.
The House of Delegates passed the Act concerning Religion in 1649 to grant liberty to all Trinitarian Christians. This law attempted to calm tensions but failed to prevent future conflicts between religious groups.
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon surveyed this boundary over several years to settle the dispute definitively. The line now separates Maryland from Pennsylvania and remains one of the most famous borders in American history.
The Battle of Antietam took place on the 17th of September 1862 near Sharpsburg. Nearly 23,000 casualties made it one of the bloodiest battles in American history while serving as a strategic Union victory.
Hoye Crest reaches an elevation of 1,287 feet as the highest point in Garrett County near West Virginia. Western Maryland contains stretches of the Appalachian Mountains with heavily forested terrain.