MD Two Fifty Maryland's Story is America's Story

As one of the most influential places of Harriet Tubmans young life, The Bucktown Store- site of Tubman's fateful head injury, still stands as a rare survivor from her era. Just Minutes from The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitors Center where visitors can see a modern day interpretation of her life, we help complete the story by providing a true viewpoint from Harriet Tubmans eyes. Visitors to the store can see what she saw and touch what she touched! Our certified guides provide an amazing picture of Harriet Tubmans early life in Bucktown.

Historic St. Mary's City is one of the premier historic sites in America, a museum of living history and archaeology telling diverse stories on the site of Maryland’s first capital in beautiful, tidewater Southern Maryland.

Opened in 1880, eleven years before Patapsco Female Institute’s closure, the Ellicott City Colored School fulfilled an 1879 Maryland State law requiring that counties provide educational facilities for African American children. The school—the first to be built with county funds—operated until 1953, before the landmark Supreme Court Case Brown vs. Board of Education called for the integration of public schools. In stark contrast with the lavish Patapsco Female Institute, the one-room structure was primitive; it never had running water, electricity, or central heating. The building serves now serves as a genealogical resource center and a museum highlighting the history of African Americans in Howard County.

The Historic Sykesville Colored Schoolhouse is restored and furnished as in 1904.