Pensell Propeller

Historical marker location:

100 Lafayette Street, Havre de Grace, Maryland

( Marker is on Lafayette Street east of Pink Lane, on the right when traveling east.)

Maritime Museum.

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.