On March 25, 1634, settlers from Europe arrived on an island they would name St. Clement’s in the mouth of the Potomac River, completing a journey that would lead to the establishment of the state of ...

Archaeologists in Maryland have discovered the lost site of St. Mary’s Fort, the state’s first settlement. Built in 1634, the 387-year-old defensive garrison was just the fourth English settlement in ...

There’s little historians know about Maryland’s early colonial past. So, when archaeologists in St. Mary’s City uncovered a nearly 400-year-old piece of battle gear last month, researchers celebrated.

Archaeologists working on the site of a colonial fort in Maryland found a concave, near-rectangular metal scrap that they say was once a part of a colonial armor set. The metal piece was an iron ...

Researchers in Maryland discovered the grave of a teenager who may have been one of the first European colonists to come to the New World. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

ST. MARY'S CITY, MARYLAND—The 400-year-old grave of one of the New World’s earliest colonists has been found in Historic St. Mary’s City near Washington, D.C., according to a Live Science report.