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The Patapsco River ( / pəˈtæpˌskoʊ / pə-TAP-skoh ⓘ) mainstem is a 39-mile (63 km) [1] river in central Maryland that flows into the Chesapeake Bay. The river's tidal portion forms the harbor for the city of Baltimore. With its South Branch, the Patapsco forms the northern border of Howard County, Maryland.
- Patapsco Valley
The Patapsco Valley follows the Patapsco River, a major...
- Patapsco Valley State Park
Patapsco Valley State Park / pəˈtæpˌskoʊ / is a Maryland...
- Patapsco Valley
The Patapsco River is a river in the state of Maryland in the United States. It is 39 miles (63 kilometres) long. [1] The name "Patapsco" comes from the language of the Algonquian tribe of Native Americans.
History - The Patapsco River is managed as a put-and-take trout fishery (5 trout/day) through nearly 10 miles of the Patapsco Valley State Park. The upper trout fishery is in the South Branch of the Patapsco River and was first stocked in 1990. The stocked area begins at Main Street in Sykesville (Carroll County) or West Friendship Road (Howard ...
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Introduction. In this Valley, layer upon layer of history tells the story of man's interaction with nature. Native Americans gathered, hunted and fished here for centuries. Early colonists planted tobacco and built iron furnaces, forges and mills. They felled the trees for farms and to make charcoal. The charcoal was used to fire the iron furnaces.
The Patapsco River and Valley. Founded in 1907 as the Patapsco Forest Reserve, Patapsco Valley State Park is Maryland’s oldest state park. It is the site of some of Maryland’s earliest mills and factories, America’s first common-carrier railroad and the world’s first underwater hydroelectric plant.
