From Sotweed to Suburbia : A History of the Crofton, Maryland Area, 1660's-1960's

Sotweed to Suburbia is a book for everyone who lives in or is curious about Crofton area. Did you ever wonder: What is sotweed? Why Johns Hopkins Road has the same name as the famous hospital and university? Why the bridge over the Patuxent River is named for priests? Why there are Duvalls buried in the middle of Harrow Avenue? What was Linthicum Walks or Darkness Converted into Light or Luggox of Snowden's Reputation Supported? Where is the oldest house (1761)? The Oldest school (1901)? The oldest church (1842)? The Old Post Road? Or the Drum Point Railroad? How Crofton got its name? New section base on research in family records in England