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Zekiah Swamp is part of the Potomac River basin in Charles County, Maryland in the United States. The swamp is of braided stream stretching the length of Charles County and is a tributary of the Potomac River.〔 It sits at an elevation of and 〔 of its southern end is protected as the Zekiah Swamp Natural Environment Area. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has the authority to purchase an additional for the park.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Charles County Greenways )〕 Charles County has moved to protect an additional of the wetland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Maryland Greenways )〕 The headwaters of the swamp are protected as part of Cedarville State Forest.〔 It was first accurately surveyed by John Henry Alexander, Maryland's official cartographer, in 1835, as "Allen's Fresh." 〔http://marylandarchivist.blogspot.com/2010/11/follow-yellow-brick.html〕 ==History== Maryland was formed as an English colony in 1634. One of the original Thirteen Colonies, the Province of Maryland was established by Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore as a haven for Roman Catholic Englishmen. Much of Zekiah Swamp is now thickly wooded and very swampy, but during the colonial period it was a center of activity for the growing colony. A courthouse was built in 1674 and archaeologists believe they have found the location of a "summer house" constructed by colonial governor Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore.〔 Archaeologists have searched for a fort built in 1680 to resettle a group of "friendly" Piscataway Indians.〔 The courthouse was built in 1674 at Moore's Lodge. It served as the Charles County courthouse until 1727 when the county government was moved to Port Tobacco. Early maps included a drawing of the courthouse. The drawing has allowed historians to know exactly what it looked like despite being unable to find its precise location for many years.〔 Charles Calvert, son of Maryland's founding governor Cecil Calvert, built a home in the area in 1674. The home known as ''His Lordship's Favor'' as a summer home and as a retreat from his "political enemies" at the colonial mansion at Mattapany which is now part of Patuxent Naval Air Station.〔 Calvert intended to build a brick home rather than the usual wooden structure built by colonists in the area. He had to settle for a wooden home, but did build a brick chimney. Archaeologists found what they believe to be the site of the home, but have not found any artifacts that can be dated back to the 1670s. It is speculated that Calvert never actually occupied the home.〔 Charles Calvert was forced to flee Maryland in 1684 in the aftermath of conflicts between colonists from Virginia and Maryland.〔 In 2011, archaeologists identified the location of a 1680 fort that was built to protect the "friendly" Piscataways from the "hostile" Susquehannock.〔 The Piscataway lived at the fort for about 12 years and enjoyed a working relationship with English colonists during that time.〔〔 After assassinating Abraham Lincoln in April 1865, John Wilkes Booth fled to southern Maryland, toward Zekiah Swamp. Booth entered the swamp after treatment by Dr. Samuel Mudd for the broken leg he suffered escaping Ford's Theater.〔 A black tobacco farmer guided Booth and his co-conspirator David Herold through the swamp to the home of a Confederate sympathizer, Samuel Cox. Cox led Booth and Herold to Thomas A. Jones who helped them the rest of the way through the Zekiah Swamp and across the Potomac River to Virginia.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zekiah Swamp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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