Elk Ridge Landing
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Elk Ridge Landing An important colonial port for shipment of tobacco. Here in 1765 Zachariah Hood, Maryland's "Stamp Act" agent, was hanged in effigy. Lafayette's troops camped here April 17-19, 1781 on the way to engage Cornwallis in Virginia. George Washington passed here many times. The Elkridge Heritage Society and Maryland Historical Society
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