The following links are to various sites featuring historical information on Laurel, Maryland and it’s founder.  Please let us know if you have other information that supplements or modifies any of the history accounts you find here:

History of Laurel.  Courtesy of the City of Laurel.

The Biography of Horace Capron, the founder of Laurel, Maryland.  Courtesy of the Laurel Historical Society.

The African American Experience in Laurel.  Courtesy of the Laurel Historical Society.