Maryland+State+Facts

=Maryland State Facts=
 * HISTORY:**
 * -Maryland was founded by:** Gerogre Calvert also known as Lord Baltimore


 * -Maryland was named after:** Heneretta Maria


 * -The first city established was named:** St. Mary's and we are going to visit there for the first time on May 7th (We will share pictures with you)

-People traveled from England to Maryland on two boats called the Ark and the Dove -They started traveling in November 1633 and arrived in March 1634 -On the way the Dove disappeared and the people on the Ark thought they had sank, but they didn't. The boats came across each other again in Barbados -Leonard Calvert (son of George Calvert) bought land from the Yocomacoe Indians and he became the first governor in Maryland -William Nuthead stared the first printing business in St. Mry's City in 1685
 * -Something interesting about Maryland's history is:**

-Maryland Gazette was founded in 1727 -The first telegraph line was in 1844 between Washington DC and Baltimore -Slavery was allowed in Maryland before the Civil War, but Maryland never seceded from the Union. -Frederick Douglass was from Maryland -Maryland gave up some of its land for Washington DC to be built there

-The average winter temperature is 35 degrees F -The average summer temperature is 74 degrees F -Average rainfall is 40-46 inches
 * CLIMATE:**

-Largest City is Baltimore
 * POPULATION: about 5,296,486**

-Maryland State University's Basketball is in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) -Capital is Annapolis which is also known as the sailing capital. -Fish is the rockfish -Tree is the White Oak -The United States Naval Academy was foundied on Oct 10,1845 in Annapolis -Babe Ruth was from Maryland -Maryland became a state on April 28, 1788 and was the 7th state -State sport is jousting -State dog is the Chesapeake Bay retriever -Governor is Martin O Malley -The state folk dance is the square dance -The state bird is the Baltimore Oriole -The state flower is the Black Eyed Susan -The state song is Maryland My Maryland which is sung to the same tune as "Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree" -Maryland is know for their crabs to eat from the Chesapeake Bay -Maryland is sometimes considered a state in the Northeast region and sometimes in the Southeast region. It depends on what resource you are looking at.
 * INTERESTING FACTS:**