BOHEMIA MANOR FARM

Bohemia Manor

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Overview

Bohemia River

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Waterside

Grand Entrance

Library

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Grand Ball Room

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Guest House

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Manor Creek

Grounds

Riverfront

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bohemia river

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buildings

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impoundment 2

impoundment 2 electric

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Hedge Row

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Augustine Herman

Bohemia Manor[edit]Herman’s 1670 map of Maryland and VirginiaHerman, weary of conflict with Stuyvesant and remembering the fine lands he crossed in the upper Chesapeake Bay, offered to produce Lord Baltimore a map of the region in return for a grant of land in the area of his choosing. The offer was accepted and the grant made in September 1660 so Herman began his 10 years of work on the map.[3] It stated that as compensation for his services Lord Baltimore would grant him “Lands for Inhabitation to his Posterity and the Privilege of the Manor.” Wasting no time, Herman moved his family to Maryland by 1661.[3]Herman selected his first grant of 4000 acres of land and named it "Bohemia Manor" after his birthplace. It included much of the land east of the Elk River and north of the Bohemia River.[1] The manor house was built on the north shore of the Bohemia River, across from Hacks Point, and just to the west of present day Maryland Route 213. The property included an enclosed park where Herman kept deer as pets.[2]Because he was of non-British origin, Herman was obliged to apply for citizenship of Maryland by an act of their Assembly. His petition, in 1666, was successful and he became a naturalized citizen of Maryland.[2]Once he completed the map of Maryland and Virginia in 1670, additional grants were made. They became known as “Little Bohemia,” south of the Bohemia River, and “St. Augustine Manor,” stretching to the Delaware River between St. George's Creek and Appoquinimink River.[1] In all he owned nearly 30,000 acres (120 km²) and became one of the largest landowners in North America. For added insurance he then successfully negotiated a purchase agreement with the Susquehannock American Indians, who also viewed the land as theirs.Jasper Danckaerts and Peter Sluyter, emissaries of Friesland pietists, known as Labadists, met Ephraim George Herman, the son of Herman, in New York and he introduced them to his father in 1679. Initially Herman did not want to grant land to them, only permit their settlement, but in 1683, he conveyed a tract of 3,750 acres (15 km²) to them because of legal issues. The group established a colony but it was not very successful not growing larger than 100 people. The settlement ceased to exist after 1720.[3]For the remainder of his long life, Herman managed his plantation and enjoyed the life of a country squire, occasionally engaging in mercantile activities and official duties. He was a member of the governor's council and a justice of Baltimore County which then included all of the upper Chesapeake Bay. In 1674, Cecil County was created, and the first courthouse was built near the Sassafras River. In 1678, Herman was appointed a commissioner to treat with the Indians.Death[edit]During his last years Herman was disabled by paralysis, and according to one source, by an “inattentive wife.” He was 65 years old when he died in September 1686 at Bohemia Manor in Cecil County, Maryland and he is buried there.

Herman - Chesapeake Bay

original bohemia bridge

Original Bohemia

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Bohemia Manor

Eastern Boundry

adjacent properties

Leyland

70 acres - Northeastern border

Leyland

70 acres - Northeastern border

Rickman Horse Farm

94 acres - North Border

Rickman Horse Farm

94 acres - North Border

Bohemia River

The Bohemia River is a 4.7-mile-long (7.6 km)[1] tributary of the Elk River on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is located in Cecil County, Maryland, with its headwaters extending into New Castle County, Delaware.The Bohemia River begins east of Hacks Point, Maryland, where its two major tributaries, Great Bohemia Creek and Little Bohemia Creek, come together, and ends at the Elk River in a wide mouth between Town Point and Ford Landing. Great Bohemia Creek and its tributary, Sandy Branch rise near Middletown, Delaware and Little Bohemia Creek rises near Warwick, Maryland. They flow through the level coastal plain, quickly reaching sea level.There are several small creeks on the northern shore, including Pooles Creek and Manor Creek. On the southern shore small creeks include Morgan Creek and Scotchman Creek.

Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Baywas formed nearly 12,000 years ago when glaciers melted and flooded the Susquehanna River valley;is—most historians believe—named after the Algonquin word chesepiooc, meaning "great shellfish bay;"is approximately 200 miles long, stretching from Havre de Grace, Maryland, to Norfolk, Virginia;has an average depth of 21 feet (the deepest part of the Bay, a.k.a. "The Hole," is 174 feet deep and located off of Bloody Point, southeast of Annapolis, Maryland;ranges from 3.4 to 35 miles wide;holds more than 15 trillion gallons of water;supports 348 species of finfish and 173 species of shellfish;supports more than 3,600 species of plant and animal life, including 2,700 types of plants and more than 16 species of underwater grasses;is fed by 50 major tributaries (or streams and rivers) every day—the largest of these are the Susquehanna, Potomac, Rappahannock, York, and James;produces more than 500 millions pounds of seafood harvest each year.The Chesapeake Bay WatershedThe Bay and the rivers and streams that feed it make up an impressive watershed, which:is the largest estuary in North America and the third largest in the world;supports more than 17 million people who live, work, and play within the watershed (10 million of these live along or near the Bay's shores);has 64,000 square miles;includes parts of six states (Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York) and Washington, D.C.;has 11,684 miles of shoreline, including tidal wetlands and islands (that's more shoreline than the entire West Coast of the United States);contains more than 100,000 rivers and streams;has a 14:1 land-to-water ratio;helps filter and protect the drinking water of 75 percent of Bay watershed residents through its forests and trees.

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