Historical Marker
Baltimore Regional Trail
Historical marker location:
8267 Hamilton Street, Ellicott City, Maryland
( Marker is on Hamilton Street just west of Main Street (Maryland Route 144), on the right when traveling west.)
A House Divided. War on the Chesapeake Bay.
The University of Maryland was founded in 1856: The University of Maryland, College Park, was founded in 1856 as the Maryland Agricultural College. Today, it is the flagship campus of the University System of Maryland and is one of the largest universities in the state.