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Collington, Maryland
Collington was a settlement in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, dating from colonial times. Collington has been subsumed by the city of Bowie. Geography Collington was located at 38°58'6" North, 76°45'35" West (38.9684441 -76.7596914). Collington stretched from the area near Holy Trinity Episcopal Church on MD 450 East toward the Belair Mansion, south to where MD 197, also called Collington Road, ends at US 301 and west past Church Road. History Originally referred to as "Collington Hundreds", the settlement was more recently known as "Collington". One of the earliest references to Collington, is in the proceedings of the Council of Maryland from 1696: Significant historic buildings in Collington In 1746, Colonial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle built the Belair Mansion and Belair stables, in Collington, establishing his residence and the Belair Stud Farm. Baruch Duckett built Fairview Plantation around 1790 in Collington. Maryland Governor Oden B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patuxent Hundred
Patuxent may refer to: People * Patuxent people, an Algonquian people indigenous to what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States Places and geological features * Patuxent, Maryland, an unincorporated community in Charles County * Patuxent Ice Stream, between the Patuxent Range and Pecora Escarpment * Patuxent Range, a mountain chain in Antarctica * Patuxent River, Maryland * Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service facility in Beltsville, Maryland * Naval Air Station Patuxent River, an installation of the United States Navy in St. Mary's County, Maryland * Calvert County, Maryland, once known as Patuxent County * Woodwardville, Maryland, an unincorporated community known as Patuxent from 1927 to the 1980s Other * Patuxent River stone The Patuxent River stone is the state gem (a form of agate) of the U.S. state of Maryland. Since it is found in red and orange this stone could also be referred to as carnelian. It is found only in Maryland, and its colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor's Bridge (Bowie, Maryland)
Governor Bridge is an historic single-lane bridge over the Patuxent River near Bowie, Maryland. The river marks the boundary between Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties. A bridge has been located on this site since the mid-18th century. Although a common bridge type, the current Governor Bridge is one of only two surviving truss bridges in Prince George's County. History Three bridges have stood on this site. The first bridge was constructed by Governor Samuel Ogle to travel between his mansion in Collington and the state capital in Annapolis. By 1817, the first bridge had been damaged beyond repair or destroyed and a ford was being used to traverse the river at the site. On February 4, 1817, the State of Maryland commissioned Joseph N. Stockett and James Sanders of Anne Arundel County to build a new Governor's Bridge. Current bridge The current truss bridge was constructed in 1912. After an inspection on May 6, 2013, the County determined the bridge was str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patuxent River
The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the Potomac River to the west passing through Washington, D.C., the Patapsco River to the northeast passing through Baltimore, and the Patuxent River between the two. The Patuxent drainage basin, watershed had a rapidly growing population of 590,769 in 2000. It is the largest and longest river entirely within Maryland, and its drainage basin, watershed is the largest completely within the state. Geography The river source, from the Chesapeake, is in the hills of the Maryland Piedmont (United States), Piedmont near the intersection of four counties – Howard County, Maryland, Howard, Frederick County, Maryland, Frederick, Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery and Carroll County, Maryland, Carroll, and only from Parr's Spring, the source of the south fork of the Patapsco River. Flowing in a generally southeastward direction, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colony Of Maryland
The Province of Maryland was an Kingdom of England, English and later British colonization of the Americas, British colony in North America from 1634 until 1776, when the province was one of the Thirteen Colonies that joined in supporting the American Revolution against Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain. In 1781, Maryland was the 13th signatory to the Articles of Confederation. The province's first settlement and capital was in St. Mary's City, Maryland, St. Mary's City, located at the southern end of St. Mary's County, Maryland, St. Mary's County, a peninsula in the Chesapeake Bay bordered by four tidal rivers. The province began in 1632 as the Maryland Palatinate, a proprietary colony, proprietary palatinate granted to Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, whose father, George, had long sought to found a colony in the New World to serve as a refuge for Catholic Church, Catholics at the time of the European wars of religion. Palatines from the Holy Roman Empire also immigra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Route 197
Maryland Route 197 (MD 197) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Laurel Bowie Road, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 301 in Maryland, U.S. Route 301 (US 301) in Bowie, Maryland, Bowie north to Maryland Route 198, MD 198 in Laurel, Maryland, Laurel. MD 197 serves as the main connection between Bowie and Laurel in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, Prince George's County. The highway also provides access to Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and Bowie State University. MD 197 also connects U.S. Route 50 in Maryland, US 50 in Bowie and the Baltimore–Washington Parkway in South Laurel, Maryland, South Laurel with the Bowie State station, Bowie State MARC Train, MARC station. MD 197 was constructed from what is now Maryland Route 450, MD 450 in Bowie to U.S. Route 1 in Maryland, US 1 in Laurel between the mid-1920s and early 1930s. The highway was extended south to US 301 in the mid-1950s. MD 197's northern terminus was rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oden Bowie
Oden Bowie (November 10, 1826December 4, 1894), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 34th governor of the State of Maryland in the United States from 1869 to 1872. Childhood He was born in 1826 at Fairview Plantation in Collington, Maryland, the oldest son of Colonel William Duckett Bowie and Eliza Mary Oden. He spent the bulk of his childhood at Fairview where he was educated by a private tutor until his mother died when he was nine years old. After his mother's death, he was sent to the preparatory department of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, where he studied for three years. At age twelve, he enrolled in St. Mary's Seminary and University and graduated in July 1845 as valedictorian of his class. Career Military In 1846 Bowie enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private at the outbreak of the Mexican–American War. He was promoted through the ranks, cited with "conspicuous bravery at Monterey" by Captain Taylor and eventually promoted to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Maryland
The governor of the State of Maryland is the head of government of Maryland, and is the commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard units. The governor is the highest-ranking official in the state and has a broad range of appointive powers in both the state and local governments, as specified by the Maryland Constitution (1867, and revisions/amendments). The current governor is Wes Moore, who has been in office since 2023. Selection and qualifications Like most state chief executives in the United States, the governor is elected by the citizens of Maryland to serve a four-year term. Under the Constitution of Maryland, the governor can run any number of times, but not more than twice in a row. This makes it possible for a two-term governor to run for the office again after remaining out of office for at least one term. An eligible candidate for governor must be at least 30 years old, and also a resident of and a registered voter in Maryland for the five years preceding t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairview Plantation
Fairview construction began around the year 1788 on an expanse of land owned by Baruch Duckett in Collington, Maryland (now the census-designated place of Fairwood). The house is a transitional federal/Greek revival design considered to be a significant part of the Prince George's County heritage. Fairview is a two-story stuccoed brick plantation house with flush end chimneys and a unique stepped gable at one gable end. Its Georgian plan interior features fine Federal style trim. History Upon his death in 1810 at Fairview, Duckett left the estate to his son-in-law, Captain William Duckett Bowie. The will stipulated that William Duckett Bowie and his sons should have Fairview as long as they did not cut down certain trees standing near the house but "if the said Bowie, or any of his children should fell the trees, then the property shall go to my brother, Isaac Duckett." Bowie's son, Governor of Maryland Oden Bowie, was born at Fairview in 1826 and was buried on the grounds in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belair Stud
Belair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governor of Maryland Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Prince George's County, Maryland, in Colonial America. Colonial period Queen Mab and Spark were the first pair of English-bred Thoroughbred horses imported to the Province of Maryland. Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, gave Spark to Ogle during Ogle's trip to England in 1740. The Prince of Wales presented the gift to Ogle. Later, Benjamin Tasker, Jr. brought Selima to Belair, where she became a prominent producer. The Woodward Family In 1898 the property was sold to the wealthy New York City banker James T. Woodward, who built large new stables in 1907. On his death, his will bequeathed the property to his nephew William Woodward Sr., who built Belair Stud and Stable into the preeminent United States racing and breeding operation of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. During World War I, American horsemen were abl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belair Stable Museum
The Belair Stable Museum is located at 2835 Belair Drive in Bowie, Maryland. It is operated by the City of Bowie, Maryland. The building once housed the Belair Stud Farm until 1957 when the Woodward family sold the Belair Estate to Levitt & Sons Levitt & Sons was a real estate development company founded by Abraham Levitt and later managed by his son William Levitt. The company built the town of Levittown, New York. The company's designs and building practices transformed the home building ... for the construction of Belair at Bowie. This U-shaped sandstone equine stable was built in 1907 for James T. Woodward, then owner of the Belair Mansion. The elaborate stable building reflects Belair's long and distinguished association with thoroughbred horse racing and breeding. The stable sits on located about 1000 feet northeast of the Belair Mansion. Once part of the large estate, the stable building is now surrounded by residential development. The building itself is a U-sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Ogle
Samuel Ogle ( 1694 – 3 May 1752) was the 16th, 18th and 20th Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1731 to 1732, 1733 to 1742, and 1746/1747 to 1752. Background The Ogle family was quite prominent for many centuries in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England. He was the eldest son of Samuel Ogle (1659–1719), Member of Parliament for Berwick, and commissioner of the revenue for Ireland, by his second wife, Ursula, daughter of Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet, and widow of Altham Annesley, 1st Baron Altham. The Ogles descended from the Barons Ogle, an ancient Northern English Family allied with the Manners of Rutland, Cavendish's of Newcastle, Barons de Ros, and ancient Norman House of Percy. Governorship Samuel Ogle became a captain of a cavalry regiment in the British Army. Appointed as Provincial Governor of Maryland by Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore on 7 December 1731, he was dispatched to Colonial America in 1732. Cresap's War Under Ogle's leadership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
