S.W. Baumiller Rest Area

Historical marker location:

Myersville, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway (Route 70) 5.9 miles east of Mapleville Road (Maryland Route 66), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1970

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.