For 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 […]
Continue ReadingAs you are crossing the Choptank River Bridge out of Talbot County into Dorchester County to your right you will see a large sail at the Dorchester County Visitor Center Sailwinds Park. Cambridge was established around 1666 and by 1684 was a busy port town on the Chesapeake Bay. The park has a playground, restrooms, […]
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March 10th is celebrated as Harriet Tubman Day. I thought that it only be fitting to devote March to Harriet Tubman and locations along the Tubman Byway. The Tubman Byway is a self-guided driving tour of 45 designated sites that winds for 125 miles through Maryland’s Eastern Shore counties of Dorchester and Caroline, then continues […]
Continue ReadingIt wasn’t my intention to have Rock Hall, Maryland being featured each week in February, but it turned out that way. There are many wonderful sunsets that can be seen on the eastern shores of the bay. And Rock Hall is one of those places. Rock Hall is the nearest location to me to catch […]
Continue ReadingToday when one thinks of Eastern Neck Island in Kent County, MD it’s as a National Wildlife Refuge. In the 1650’s when Maryland Colony was only a couple of decades old, Major Joseph Wickes obtained land grants on Eastern Neck Island. It was there that he built his mansion, Wickliffe. The Island served as County […]
Continue ReadingEven though Eastern Neck Island, located in Kent County, MD at the confluence of the Chester River and the Chesapeake Bay was one of the first places settled by the English Colonists, today it is a 2,285 acre island wildlife refuge. Established in 1962 as a sanctuary for migratory birds, Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge […]
Continue ReadingThe Chesapeake Bay town of Rock Hall, located in Kent County, MD is well known as a bay community with long ties to commercial fishing and more recently as a haven for boaters. But in a way it has also become an art town. A couple of years ago Main Street Rock Hall commissioned three […]
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