Historical Marker
Scott's Quarry
Historical marker location:
Sparks Glencoe, Maryland
( Marker is at the intersection of Western Run Road and Tanyard Road, on the right when traveling west on Western Run Road.)
Maryland was home to the first African American woman to hold a patent: In 1885, Sarah E. Goode, an African American woman from Baltimore, became the first African American woman to hold a U.S. patent. Her invention was a folding cabinet bed, which was designed to save space in small apartments.