Grinder / Slaker Shed

Historical marker location:

8511 Fountain Rock Court, Walkersville, Maryland

( Marker is on Fountain Rock Court east of Fountain Rock Road.)

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.