Devil's Backbone Dam Rehabilitation

Historical marker location:

18904 Lappans Road, Boonsboro, Maryland

( Marker is on Lappans Road (Maryland Route 68) just north of Printz Road, on the right when traveling north.)

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.