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Colonial Tavern Found During Md. Bridge Work

Archaeologists say they have found the buried remains of a Colonial tavern near the site of a planned highway bridge outside of Easton.

Household ceramics, tobacco pipes and bones from food have already found. The items date to the early 1700s when a town named Dover occupied the area.

Read entire article at AP