History Mystery Quest

Introduction to Quest

You may already know that Park Quest is five years old this year, but did you know that Marylanders have enjoyed their State Parks for many years – some for over a century? This year, Park Quest is featuring this special on-line Quest to help your Team explore the rich history of Maryland State Parks.

Quest Information

To complete the History Mystery Quest, gather your Team around the computer and watch the Outdoors Maryland segment below, The Best Days of Our Lives: The Centennial of Maryland State Forests and Parks (made available through the kind support of Maryland Public Television). This segment of Outdoors Maryland was originally produced and shown on MPT in 2006 as part of our Centennial celebration.

Watch "The Best Days of Our Lives: The Centennial of Maryland State Forests and Parks" from this link to Maryland Public Television's website.

After you have watched the video, please consider the following questions and write the answers directly in your Park Quest Passport.

Passport Questions

• Question #1: What was Maryland’s very first State Park, established in 1907?
• Questions#2: Considered by many to be the first Environmental Education efforts in Maryland, who was the State Forester who first began holding campfire programs to educate people about forest fires?
• Question #3: What program in Maryland, launched in 1969, uses a portion of the state real estate transfer tax to acquire and develop more public lands?

Love your Parks? Help support Maryland State Parks!

If you and your family love your state parks, please consider taking a further step to help protect and sustain them by supporting the "Friends of Maryland State Parks."

How can you help?

• Become an advocate for State Parks.
• Purchase a “Friends of State Parks” license plate
  (Visit http://friendsofmdparks.org/Friends%20Web%20Page-%20Help%20Us.htm)

For more information, contact:
Jose Acosta, President, 301 705 7950
Tim Casey, Secretary, 410-785-2415

Friends of Maryland State Forests and Parks, Inc.
17 Lochwynd Court
Phoenix, MD 21131