Castle Thunder

Historical marker location:

1100 Frederick Road, Catonsville, Maryland

( Marker is on Frederick Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1966

Maryland was originally intended to be called "Crescentia": Lord Baltimore's original plan was to name the colony after the Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I. However, the name was already taken, so he proposed the name "Crescentia" instead. The name was eventually changed to "Maryland" in honor of Henrietta Maria.