One of the nicest things about Geocaching that I've encountered, has been the hidden history among the immediate neighborhoods where we live. While simply looking for a place to hide a cache in this area and visiting an old cache, I was reminded of the small but significant historical facts that shaped the beginning of this most wonderful United States of America.
Sim's Delight
Built circa 1720 by Dr. Patrick Sim who fled Scotland after the 1715 rebellion to settle in this county where, in 1718, he married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Barbara Dent Brooke, of nearby Brookefield Manor. Colonel Joseph Sim, their oldest son, born here, died on November 27, 1793. He was a justice of the Supreme Court, and one of the Annapolis Assembly which, June 22, 1774, denounced the British closing of Boston Harbor. He represented his county June, 1775, at the Annapolis Convention which framed the Association of Freemen of Maryland. He served in the Convention of Maryland which governed the state at the beginning of the Revolution, and on the first Privy Council of the state, 1777. He was also a member of the General Assembly, 1780.
The cache is not at the posted location.
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Congratulations to Bocco and Unusual Suspect for First to Find!