Wye Island
A 1668 deed refers to Wye Island as the “Great Island in the Wye River.” Two of Maryland’s leading Revolutionaries acquired the land in 1700s; William Paca, signer of the Declaration of Independence (said to be buried on the land) and John Beale Bordley a jurist. The state of Maryland purchased the 2,450 acres transformed it into a haven for wildlife as the Wye Island Natural Resources Management Area.