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	Maryland - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Maryland is bordered by Pennsylvania on the north, Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Virginia on the south, and West Virginia on the southwest and west.
		The region in Maryland is primarily one of farmlands and small rural communities, except for the urbanized areas centered on Baltimore and Washington, D.C., in the west, and Salisbury and Ocean City in the east.
		Maryland has a diversity of landscape that is no less than that of larger states, ranging from mountains and lakes in the west to ocean beaches in the east.
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	Port Tobacco, Maryland
		The final blow to Port Tobacco came with the burning of the courthouse in 1892.
		In 1904, Christ Church of Port Tobacco Parish, which had stood alongside the old courthouse since both had been rebuilt at the beginning of the 19th century, was dissassembled stone by stone and timber by timber.
		Such was the definitive event that symbolized the end of Port Tobacco’s long-held dominance as a center of commerce and governance.
	www.mdmunicipal.org /cities/index.cfm?townname=PortTobacco&page=home (476 words)

	Maryland News
		Maryland was inhabited by Indians as early as circa 10,000 B.C. Permanent Indian villages were established by circa A.D. 1000.The Paleo-Indians who came more than 10,000 years ago from other parts of North America to hunt mammoth, great bison and caribou.
		Maryland became the 7th state to join the new country, with Annapolis as the state capital.
		Maryland has become increasingly popular as a vacation area—Ocean City is a popular seashore resort, and both sides of Chesapeake Bay are lined with beaches and small fishing towns.
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	Port Tobacco River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Port Tobacco was one of the oldest communities on the East Coast of the United States.
		During the late 1600s, Tobacco became the second largest river port in Maryland and was the original county government seat of Charles County.
		A small village developed on the east side of this Port Tobacco tributary, forming a nucleus for trade and government, which in 1658 became the county seat of the new County of Charles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Port_Tobacco_River (634 words)

	Moving to Maryland - Baltimore, Annapolis, Bethesda, Columbia
		Maryland is irregularly shaped, with a maximum east-west extent of 320 km (199 mi) and a north-south extent that ranges from about 3 km (2 mi), near Hancock, to a maximum of 201 km (125 mi).
		Maryland's colonial economy was based on tobacco farming around Chesapeake Bay, with exports often directly from docks on the plantation.
		Maryland ranks only 35th among the states in agricultural income from farm marketings (1989), but farming continues to be an important activity on the eastern shore and in the counties between Baltimore and Cumberland.
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	Living In Maryland: Real estate listings at LongandFoster.com
		Maryland the “Free State,” has it all - the beautiful coastline of Chesapeake Bay, the fabulous Eastern Shore, the majestic Allegheny Mountains, the rolling farmlands of central Maryland and metropolitan Baltimore.
		Maryland regions are rich in historical landmarks like churches and museums, as the state played a significant role in the development of the United States.
		Washington, D.C. Nestled between the Chesapeake Bay in the west and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean in the east, the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware is strongly influenced by the water surrounding it.
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	washingtonpost.com: Port Tobacco: Where a Visitor Is a Crowd
		Port Tobacco was first an Indian village and was colonized by the English in 1634.
		The town's heyday was before the Port Tobacco River silted in and the county seat moved in 1898, after a mysterious fire, to a new railroad stop known as La Plata.
		The Volmans' next-door neighbor is Dorothy Barbour, who, widowed, came to Port Tobacco in 1983 when she married Robert Barbour, a widower.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A31392-2003Sep5?language=printer (1297 words)

	Background History of Port Royal
		The buccaneer era greatly enriched the port, but it was a short-lived and colorful period that England was supposed to end by the conditions of the 1670 Treaty of Madrid.
		As one walks along the narrow streets of the poor fishing village of Port Royal today, it is hard to imagine that it once was the largest and most economically important English settlement in the Americas.
		Port Royal is different from most archaeological sites, belonging to a small group of sites that includes Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, Ozette in the state of Washington, and shipwreck sites.
	nautarch.tamu.edu /portroyal/PRhist.htm (1421 words)

	mdhs.org > Explore > Maritime Collections > Maryland's Maritime Heritage
		From the small fishing and trading settlements which dotted the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in the 17th century to the Port of Baltimore today, the relationship between Maryland's inhabitants and the sea has shaped the history of the state and her people.
		In the mid-18th century Baltimore was still a tiny village, having been established as a tobacco port in 1729.
		Local tobacco farmers switched to the new crop, mills were built along the Jones Falls and other tributaries of the Patapsco, and the city's boom was underway.
	www.mdhs.org /explore/maritime/md_heritage.html (793 words)

	Maryland bed and breakfast inns \| Bed and Breakfast Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Maryland is a state on the eastern seaboard, bordered by Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
		Originally founded by Virginians growing tobacco along the tidal rivers in the south, the King of England granted the land to Lord Baltimore.
		Maryland has changed a lot over the years, with the big city of Baltimore both growing and declining to create an eclectic mix of people.
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	A Brief History of Jamestown, Virginia
		This act is credited with bringing 8 years of peace with the Indians, a period when the energies of the colonists could be devoted to the growing of its new cash crop--which indeed was soon to become the New World's currency.
		The prohibition against direct sales of tobacco to other countries (all such sales had to be made through London, where hefty excise taxes were levied) was one of the main aggravations leading to the American Revolution.
		Tobacco saved the English colony but resulted in the Indians being driven from their lands and enslaved Africans being brought here to work the tobacco fields.
	www.tobacco.org /History/Jamestown.html (5739 words)

	1910 Port Deposit History by Fannie Miller Hytheham Club
		The tract of land embracing Port Deposit was granted as early as 1680 by Lord Baltimore to his cousin Col. George Talbot under the name of Susquehanna Manor.
		The construction of the old Maryland Canal, one of the first in the country, many years previously extending from Love Point--near the state line nearly to Port Deposit and its subsequent enlargement so increased the amount of commerce that a better way of crossing the river became necessary.
		These were lively times and much activity and skill were required in managing the turbulent river for Port Deposit and the river seems to be as typically wedded as Venice and the Adriatic but controlling her is at times like the Taming of the Shrew.
	www.portdeposit.com /History/FannieMiller_1910PortHistory.htm (1593 words)

	FOP-24 Charles County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He was Proprietor of the Maryland colony from 1675 to 1689, when he lost his right to govern.
		From 1692 until Calvert's death in 1715, Maryland was governed as a royal colony.
		Charles County is a county in the east central portion of the U.S. State of Maryland.
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	Tourism -- Charles County, Southern Maryland -- TOWNS & CITIES
		Port Tobacco, which was one of the oldest communities on the East Coast, first existed as the Indian settlement Potopaco and was colonized by the English as early as 1634.
		He was one of four Maryland signers of the Declaration of Independence and contributed in the creation of the United States while serving as both a Continental Congressman and as a framer of the Articles of Confederation.
		Port Tobacco Parish was among the 30 Church of England parishes established in 1692 by the Provincial Assembly.
	www.explorecharlescomd.com /iteneraries.htm (2323 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Making Maryland Part of the Anacostia's Comeback
		And while the District is moving boldly ahead, Maryland is uncharacteristically sluggish about the potential of the headwaters of the Anacostia, which lie on the Maryland side of the District line.
		To be sure, the Bladensburg port is too environmentally sensitive for the kind of waterfront development Tony Williams is talking about in the District.
		But Maryland needs an equivalent to the bold waterfront authority created by Tony Williams, or better yet, the authority should become regional in scope to include all of the Anacostia, including the port of Bladensburg.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A10441-2004Jul23?language=printer (644 words)

	About Oxford, Maryland
		A charming, tree-lined and waterbound village with a population of 726, Oxford, which was once Maryland's largest port, is still important in boat building and yachting.
		Oxford is one of the oldest towns in Maryland.
		Gone were the British ships with their variety of imported goods, and tobacco was replaced by wheat as a cash crop.
	www.oya.com /others/oxford.html (553 words)

	Future of Maryland tobacco farmers uncertain after state buyout
		Maryland’s tobacco crop buyout program, which gives tobacco farmers money to voluntarily stop growing the crop and grow an alternative crop in its place, has been effective.
		As of February, 854 Maryland tobacco farmers, representing nearly 7.65 million pounds of tobacco, had signed up for the buyout, according to the Maryland Tobacco Authority.
		Maryland sold a total of $19.9 million worth of tobacco in 1997 — about 1.5 percent of all agricultural sales in the state.
	www.gazette.net /stories/031706/businew185328_31954.shtml (597 words)

	Maryland - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		Hagerstown Valley, up to about 30 km (about 20 mi) wide, is a fertile farming area.
		Maryland’s movement toward independence from Great Britain thus began as a local dispute over provincial issues.
		After World War II, fl Marylanders were among those making renewed calls for racial justice.
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	Charles County Retired Teachers Association
		By the mid-1800s, the port ceased to be usable when the river began silting up due to the agricultural run-off from the surrounding plantations and farms.
		However, Port Tobacco was Charles County's largest town and the county seat and a large school was required.
		In association with the Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco; the Charles County Retired Teachers Association began efforts to restore the school.The restoration committee, under the leadership of former School Superintendent Jesse L. Starkey, recruited historic architectural expert Richard Rivoire.
	www.ccboe.com /ccrta/school.htm (817 words)

	20677.us - Port Tobacco, MD
		Port Tobacco Village is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
		In colonial and early American times Port Tobacco was once the second largest town in Maryland.
		It declined as silt and tidal action changed the Port Tobacco River and coastline ships became larger, cutting it off from the sea.
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	Port Tobacco, Maryland
		Port Tobacco was originally settled in 1634 by the English.
		It became the second largest river port in Maryland.
		The town consists of a reconstructed courthouse, several 18th and 19th century houses and the Salt Box - a restored 1700 house.
	www.planetware.com /maryland/port-tobacco-us-md-pt.htm (64 words)

	History of Town of Port Royal
		Thus, the founding of a tobacco warehouse was critical in the development of the area.
		A tobacco inspector was an office of importance in the colonial towns.
		It was also located on the main road connecting the capital of Williamsburg with Maryland and important cities to the north (the Potomac ferry crossing was at Hooe's in modern Dahlgren).
	www.historicportroyal.com /town_history.htm (1749 words)

	Welcome to Southern Maryland
		Proceed a short distance to Port Tobacco, one of the oldest continuous settlements in the U.S. Visit the reconstructed 1819 Court House and Museum.
		Originally the site of the Indian Village of Potopaco., Port Tobacco was the first county seat until it was moved to LaPlata in 1895.
		The Port Tobacco area was also home to several Confederate sympathizers during the Civil War.
	www.southernmdisfun.com /somdsuggesteditin.html (1299 words)

	Susquehannocks History
		Though we may picture a fairly peaceful tribe planting in spring, traveling south to fish during summer and returning to villages in fall to harvest crops, one must remember that the Susquehannock were extremely mobile courtesy canoes and the Susquehanna River.
		Cyprian Thorowgood arrived in Maryland with the first colonists in 1634 and was a well-known landowner and trader, becoming Sheriff of St. Mary’s County in 1641.
		According to local legend the Susquehannocks were very good at negotiations for firearms and at one point acquired a cannon for defense of one of their palisaded towns, which would make this tribe the only one in America to have been so armed.
	www.portdeposit.com /History/Susquehannocks.htm (3269 words)

	Maryland Hotels \| Guide to MD
		It is widely believed that General George Washington gave Maryland the nickname the "Old Line State" in reference to its regular line troops, the Maryland Line.
		Maryland was dubbed the "Free State" by Hamilton Owens, editor of The Baltimore Sun newspaper.
		In 1923, the State of Maryland was denounced as a traitor by Georgia Congressman William D. Upshaw, who was a firm supporter of Prohibition, for refusing to pass a state act against the use of alcohol.
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	MySpace.com - Port Tobacco Players - 60 - Male - LA PLATA, Maryland - www.myspace.com/porttobaccoplayers
		In the winter of 1947, in the drawing room of Stagg Hall, a plan was conceived to raise money to aid the Port Tobacco Restoration Society to return their once proud town to glory.
		This group of artists from Port Tobacco and nearby La Plata set out to bring to the stage entertainment that would provide enough profit to continue their endeavor and provide for their cause.
		The Port Tobacco Players are dedicated to continuing the tradition of providing quality theater to the citizens of Southern Maryland.
	www.myspace.com /porttobaccoplayers (1296 words)

	CivilWarTraveler.com \| Maryland \| Booth Escape Route
		In the early morning hours of April 26, two weeks after the assassination, Union cavalry surrounded a tobacco barn where Booth was sleeping.
		It's now possible to follow an interpreted driving tour along Booth's escape route from Ford's Theater in Washington DC (April 14, 1865) to the location of his capture and death in Virginia 12 days later.
		The signs complement established museums at Ford's Theater and the Peterson House in Washington DC and the Surratt House and Tavern and Mudd House in Maryland.
	www.civilwar-va.com /maryland/booth.html (1223 words)

	Exploring Maryland's Roots: For Families: Touring Maryland's Colonial Past
		London Town was a bustling port in Anne Arundel County during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
		The Accohannock, one of the oldest historical tribes in the state, are in the process of building a Woodland Indian village that will be very much like those that existed at the time the first colonists arrived in Maryland.
		The Maryland State Archives The Archives of Maryland Online project provides on-line access to documents and other records related to the constitutional, legal, legislative, and administrative basis of Maryland government.
	mdroots.thinkport.org /families/touring.asp (626 words)

	Maryland Web Page
		The brokers, agents and team of professional relocation and home finding specialists at ePartner National Relocation can help you with all of your real estate needs in anywhere in Maryland including such cities as Baltimore, Columbia, Silver Spring, Dundalk, WheatonGlenmont or any of the other city.
		Now you can actually blog with the residents who live in any city in Maryland.
		The weather for Annapolis, Maryland is reported by a local weather station using a combination of TAF and METAR reports from airports and weather stations in the area (ICAO).
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	Maryland Hotels \| Hotel Directory for Maryland Cities
		Annapolis is Maryland's capital city, the Sailing Capital of the World, and home to the U.S. Naval Academy.
		Linthicum and Linthicum Heights, Maryland, are really the main centers for hotels serving the BWI airport.
		Salisbury, on the Eastern Shore, is known as the Crossroads of Delmarva.
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