Springing Over the Monocacy / The Enduring Aqueduct

Historical marker location:

21000 Mouth of Monocacy Road, Dickerson, Maryland

( Marker is on Mouth of Monocacy Road, 1.3 miles west of Dickerson Road (Maryland Route 28), on the right when traveling west.)

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

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.