https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/031383https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/031383.jpgState of Maryland Historic Marker1951Historic Markers.Historical markers--Maryland.'Named for Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles I, who gave a royal charter to Cecil Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, in 1632. First settlement at Saint Mary's City in 1634. It was one of the 13 original colonies.' The marker is between Terra Alta W.Va. and Oakland, Md.West Virginia History OnView