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.

Maryland was founded as a Catholic colony: Maryland was founded by the English nobleman George Calvert, also known as Lord Baltimore, in 1632. He envisioned Maryland as a haven for Catholics who faced persecution in England at the time. The colony's first settlement, St. Mary's City, was established in 1634.