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Camp David is a 125-acre (51 ha) country retreat for the president of the United States.It is located in the wooded hills of Catoctin Mountain Park, in Frederick County, Maryland, near the towns of Thurmont and Emmitsburg, about 62 miles (100 km) north-northwest of the national capital city of Washington, D.C. [1] [2] [3] It is code named Naval Support Facility Thurmont.
09001150 [1] Added to NRHP. December 23, 2009. The Paw Paw Cove Site is an archaeological site on the coast of Talbot County, Maryland. The site, first identified in 1979, is a complex of three locations on 500 metres (1,600 ft) of shoreline on Chesapeake Bay, at which stone artifacts with an estimated date of 11,500 to 10,500 BCE have been found.
Point Lookout State Park is a public recreation area and historic preserve occupying Point Lookout, the southernmost tip of a peninsula formed by the confluence of Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The state park preserves the site of an American Civil War prisoner of war camp and the Point Lookout Light ...
1931–present. Fort Detrick (/ ˈdiːtrɪk /) is a United States Army Futures Command installation located in Frederick, Maryland. Fort Detrick was the center of the U.S. biological weapons program from 1943 to 1969. Since the discontinuation of that program, it has hosted most elements of the United States biological defense program.
Nanticoke, Lenape. The Choptank (or Ababco[ 2 ]) were an Algonquian -speaking Native American people that historically lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland on the Delmarva Peninsula. They occupied an area along the lower Choptank River basin, [ 3 ] which included parts of present-day Talbot, Dorchester and Caroline counties. [ 4 ]
The Massawomeck cautiously approached Smith's boat which eventually led to an exchange of gifts. The Tockwogh later reported that the Massawomeck were the "mortal enemies" of the Susquehannock who lived on the Susquehanna River north of the Chesapeake. [1] Smith had previously heard of the Massawomeck from Wahunsenacawh, leader of the Powhatan.
Aisquith Farm E Archeological Site is an archaeological site near Riva in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is one of several small sites located within the confines of Aisquith farm. It is associated with the Early and Middle Woodland periods of cultural development in Anne Arundel County. The site is significant as a base camp property type.
The Piscataway Indian Nation / pɪsˈkætəˌweɪ /, also called Piscatawa / pɪsˈkætəˌweɪ, ˌpɪskəˈtɑːwə /, [1] is a state-recognized tribe in Maryland [2] who identify as descendants of the historic Piscataway people. [3] At the time of European encounter, the Piscataway was one of the most populous and powerful Native polities of ...