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Maryland

Capital	Annapolis
Population	5,296,486 Source: U.S. Census Bureau GCT-PH1-R. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density (geographies ranked by total population): 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data
Governor	Martin O'Malley (D, to January 2011)
Entered the Union	April 28, 1788 as the 7th state
Motto	Fatti maschii, parole femine (Manly deeds, womanly words)
Nickname	Free State, Old Line state
Flower	Black-eyed susan
Bird	Baltimore Oriole
Song	Maryland! My Maryland!
Professional Sports Teams (sports listing policy)	Baltimore Ravens(Football); Baltimore Orioles(Baseball)
Origin of Name	In honor of Henrietta Maria (Queen of Charles I of England)
Major Industries	Water Borne Freight, seafood, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Historical Sites	Fort McHenry National Monument, Harpers Ferry and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Parks, Antietam National Battlefield
Points of Interest	National Aquarium, US Naval Academy, Goddard Space Flight Center
Bordering States	Maryland borders Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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Follow these links to read articles about Maryland from Encyclopedias and Almanacs:

• Britannica Online Encyclopedia
• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Information Please Almanac

• Maryland.gov
  http://www.maryland.gov/
  This is the official website for the State of Maryland.
• Sailor - Maryland's Public Information Network
  http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/
  Here is the homepage for the Maryland State Library Agency.
• Maryland Historical Society
  http://www.mdhs.org/
  Here is the homepage for the Maryland State Historical Society.
• The Museum of the Maryland Historical Society
  http://www.mdhs.org/explore/museum.html
  Here is the homepage for the Maryland Historical Society Museum.
• Maryland State Archives Museum Online
  http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/educ/exhibits/html/exhibit.html
  Check out this online posting of web publications, online exhibits, traveling exhibits, and speeches of note compiled by the Maryland State Archives.
• Maryland State Archives
  http://www.msa.md.gov/
  Here is the homepage for the Maryland State Archives.
• Maryland State Parks, Forests, and WMAs
  http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/all.html
  Here is information about Maryland State Parks.
• Maryland at a Glance - Parks
  http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/parks.html
  Here is a listing of Maryland's State Parks compiled by the Maryland State Archives.
• Maryland - Welcome
  http://www.mdisfun.org/
  Here is the official state tourism website for Maryland.
• The Maryland Kids Page
  http://www.mdkidspage.org/
  Here is the official Maryland kids' site with information about history, state facts, interesting links, word scrambles, and even a look at the Maryland holiday tree.

• 50states.com: Maryland
  http://www.50states.com/maryland.htm
  The site provides a wealth of information about Maryland. It includes everything from the highest point to county profile to climate.
• Things To Do in Maryland
  http://www.thingstodo.com/states/MD/index.htm
  ThingsToDo.com is an online guide to information about Maryland's entertainment, recreation, and travel, and includes the state's interesting facts, famous people, and special events.
• Roadside America: Maryland Attractions
  http://www.roadsideamerica.com/map/md.html
  Roadside America describes itself as an online guide to offbeat attractions. This site offers reviews of "weird sites along the highway" in Maryland.
• FedStats: MapStat: United States: Maryland
  http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/states/24000.html
  Fast access to statistics from more than 100 federal agencies on "economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more" in Wyoming.

• The state boat of Maryland is the Skipjack, state tree is the White oak, state crustacean is the Maryland Blue Crab, state dog is the Ch esapeake Bay retriever, state insect is the Baltimore checkerspot butterfly, and the state sport is Jousting.
• Maryland was inhabited by Indians as early as ca. 10,000 B.C.. Permanent Indian villages were established by ca. 1000 A.D..
• Captain John Smith explored Chesapeake Bay in 1608.

• Frederick Douglass (1817 - 1895), abolitionist leader who was born a slave in Maryland.
• Johns Hopkins (1795 - 1873), merchant, banker, and philanthropist, who founded the hospital and university that bear his name.
• Thurgood Marshall (1908 - ), first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), author, poet, short-story writer.
• Upton Beall Sinclair (1878 - 1968), writer, social critic, author of the novel The Jungle, whose revelations led to reforms in the meat-packing industry.
• Harriet Tubman (1821 - 1913), born a slave in Maryland, but gained freedom and became organizer of the Underground Railroad.