by Don Barker | Dec 26, 2018 | 20th Century, Colonial Era, Highways and Byways, Town
It’s a bit of a stretch to call Reliance a town. Officially, it’s an unincorporated community. It’s a place that straddles two states and three counties – Caroline and Dorchester counties in Maryland, and Sussex county in Delaware. But in its heyday,...
by Don Barker | Nov 29, 2018 | Colonial Era, Historic Sites Mapping
Lord Baltimore commissioned the Bohemian-Dutch merchant Augustine Hermann to produce a map of his Maryland colony in exchange for a large land grant near the head of Chesapeake Bay. Hermann’s map was published in England in 1670. In his A Biography of...
by Don Barker | Mar 25, 2014 | Colonial Era, Revolutionary War
They don’t like him or follow him. So social media ignores him. And history forgets him. How powerful they are! Caroline County has her Revolutionary War hero and Colonel Richardson High School Colonel Richardson Middle School Colonel...