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Captain John Smith was the first recorded European visitor to the area, visiting in 1608 and 1609. The area existed under other names prior to that date including The Upper Ferry and Creswell’s Landing. Trading ships sailed up the Susquehanna from the Chesapeake Bay to meet and exchange goods with rafts and arks from Philadelphia. These vessels were the only type that could navigate the rapids and other hazards north of the town. This trading point made the area a “port of deposit” and Governor Levin Winder signed a bill in 1812 officially changing the name to its present Town of Port Deposit.