Editing Calvert Cliffs State Park (section)

==Social history==
On his 1612 map, [[John Smith of Jamestown|Captain John Smith]] identified the area as "Rickard's Cliffes," having given them his mother's family's name.<ref name=smith/><ref name=journal/> Some 350 years later, the state park was developed with the General Assembly funding land purchases in each year from 1965 to 1968, then in 1969, dedicating money to the installation of the park's initial roads, parking area, and utilities.<ref name=authorization/>