Archaeologists uncover first Maryland colonial site after decades-long search

After an exhaustive search, archaeologists at Maryland's Historic St. Mary’s museum have located St. Mary's Fort, the state's first European settlement and the United States' fourth English colony.

More than 100 residents arrived aboard two ships, the Ark and the Dove, in late March 1634, according to Historic St. Mary’s City. Archaeologists had been looking for the fort since the 1930s, The Washington Post reported on Monday. Much like the historic Jamestown Fort in Virginia, its exact position had been "lost."