Charles County recently acquired the 1860 Jail Site behind the Port Tobacco Courthouse. Excavations had been done there in 2008 as part of an ASM Field Session. Now the site is overgrown, and it is difficult to see what is there. So the Port Tobacco River Conservancy (PTRC) submitted and received a grant from the County Tourism office to assist with the preparation of the grounds and fabrication of an interpretive panel for the site. CCASM is one of the partnering organizations on the grant.
Next Date : TBD
Wednesday September 27 Tina, Julie, and Carol continued preparing the grounds. Tina and Julie removed small "trees" and invasive plants while Carol removed leaves and twigs to uncover artifacts related to the destruction of the jail. We found lots of bricks, some slate (roof), some mortar, a cut nail, two pieces of whiteware as well as several larger iron objects. Nice cooperation between PTRC and CCASM.
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| Tina and Julie |
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| Building debris around tree |
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| whiteware on brick |
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| nail on slate |
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