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Elk Ridge Landing was an important colonial port for the shipment of tobacco. In 1765, Zachariah Hood, Maryland’s “Stamp Act” agent, was hanged in effigy here. Lafayette’s troops camped here April 17-18, 1781, on the way to engage Cornwallis in Virginia. George Washington passed here many times.
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Elkridge, Maryland · United States
