In 1794, 16 year old Rosalie Stier Calvert sailed to America with her family, leaving behind her aristocratic European world for a decidedly dreary life in provincial Annapolis.
Ric Cottom, host of "Your Maryland," came to Baltimore more than four decades ago and never left. Formerly the editor and publisher at the Maryland Historical Society, he now runs the Chesapeake Book Company, publishing Chesapeake regional history, biography, and environmental studies.