News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
Memorial Day Weekend begins today. For many it begins the summer season. And the Beach Season. There are many places just off the beaten paths of US-50 and MD-404 on the way to Beaches of Maryland and Delaware. With this Photo-essay, I’ll talk about a couple of short side trips off of the beaten paths. […]
Continue ReadingThere have been many different reasons that cities and towns have been established. In the case of Ridgely in Caroline County Maryland the town was planned. The town was planned to be a regional trading city as the railroad system was expanding after the Civil War. As a spur off of the Delmarva Railroad that […]
Continue ReadingShortly after Queen Anne’s County was organized in 1706, Queenstown became the County Seat in 1707. It was first called Queen Anne’s Town, then in 1710 Queen’s Town and later simply Queenstown. The town and the County was named after England’s Queen Anne. The Court House was built in 1708. In 1782 the County seat […]
Continue ReadingBeginning in the 1920’s automobiles became popular and it was common for people to start taking trips. To provide the travelers with regional history roadside makers began sprouting up. In 1933 the Maryland State Roads Commission launched a statewide marker program. There are approximately 800 State markers on Maryland roadways. People often speed by without […]
Continue ReadingTraveling on the country roads of the Eastern Shore anytime of the year is a treat. Spring is one of those times. You can see life returning. Leaves are coming out on the trees, birds are flying and even on partly cloudy days the views are lovely. MD-298 connects MD-213 near Kennedyville to MD-20 near […]
Continue ReadingIt doesn’t matter where you may travel there will be monuments and memorials. As I continue my Chesapeake County Road series I’ll talk about ones I’ve photographed on my travels between Chesapeake City and Kent Island. These are a few of them. On the MD20 on the way to Rock Hall, Maryland, is one of […]
Continue ReadingIn 1829, after years of planning and construction the C&D Canal connecting the Delaware Bay with the Chesapeake Bay opened. The town that grew around the locks, Chesapeake City, was named in 1839 and soon expanded to both sides of the canal. The town was incorporated in 1849. It was a commercial community that serviced […]
Continue ReadingFor the first time since 2009 the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration have added 49 routes to the National Scenic Byways Program. One of these is the Chesapeake Country All-American Road, a more than 400-mile route from Chesapeake City to Crisfield and Smith Island on country roads on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. This adds […]
Continue ReadingAs I was doing my journey on the Harriet Tubman Byway and the history of the years before the civil war it occurred to me how the Choptank River is an important part of the journey from force servitude to freedom and played a huge part in the Underground Railroad. From colonial times until the […]
Continue ReadingThe Choptank River traveling North/South divides much of Caroline County, MD in half and played a role in the history of slavery. The river was wide and deep enough to be barrier of escape for freedom seekers. The Wharf in Denton was a steamboat port. Steamboats made weekly trips from Denton to Baltimore loaded with […]
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