MARYLAND
JILL JASUTA
Cambridge
FAST FACTS • Located 13 miles up the Choptank River from the Chesapeake Bay • Settled in 1684 and named for the English university town in 1686 • Home to the Harriet Tubman Museum and Mural, and a key stop on the Harriet Tubman Byway
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WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE Cambridge is one of the earliest English settlements on the Chesapeake, but the town was hit by several devastating fires during its long history. The area took another major hit in the mid-1960s when Phillips Packing Company (Cambridge’s biggest employer) closed. But during the decades that followed, the citizens of Cambridge worked hard to bring the town back with new businesses, museums, restaurants and all the other things that attract happy visitors. Today, its protected basin and deepwater creek make it ideal for boaters who want to stroll the tree-lined streets dotted with lovely old homes and walk to great restaurants. Soak up its unique history at Long Wharf and Ruark Boatworks, and take in the tributes to its hometown heroine, Harriet Tubman, who is justly honored with a museum, stunning murals and a national historic trail that traces her life and movements in Cambridge and through the neighboring Dorchester County countryside.
ChesapeakeBayMagazine.com | Weekends on the Water 2022
