The first Englishman to see Prince
George's County -- long before Maryland was ever
established -- was Captain John Smith of Virginia. On his
first voyage of discovery out of Jamestown,
in June 1608, he sailed up the
Potomac all the way to the falls. He
wrote, "Here we found mighty Rocks,
growing in some places above the
ground as high as the shrubby
trees..." Courtesy of the Library of
Congress, Prints and Photographs
Division.
From Prince George's County: A Pictorial History by Alan Virta.
Used with permission of The Donning Company/Publishers.
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