Rebecca Fowler was an indentured servant in Annapolis in the 1600s, working the land until she and her husband could own a ...

Like Jamestown, the St. Mary's settlement was abandoned and the state capital moved to Annapolis in the 1690s. The site -- which is about the size of a football field -- was left alone and today ...

Historic St. Mary's City reinterred 65 17th-century Catholic settlers in a September ceremony highlighting Maryland's role in ...

Maryland archaeologist Travis Parno was at a board game convention in Philadelphia, sitting at a table surrounded by thousands of other enthusiasts when he got a text message. He was supposed to be on ...

Buried underground in the middle of an open field, roughly a half-mile inland from St. Mary's River, archaeologists have discovered the remains of Maryland's earliest Colonial site, a 387-year-old ...

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Buried underground in the middle of an open field, roughly a half-mile inland from St. Mary's River, archaeologists have discovered the remains of Maryland's earliest Colonial site, a 387-year-old ...