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Since 1952, Eastern Shore of Maryland Vol. 68, No. 8
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Features: About the Cover Photographer: Fred Stocker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Hoarders: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Museum of African American History: Bonna L. Nelson . . . . . . . . 27 Making History on the Shore: Michael Valliant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 The Six-Sided Wonder: James Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Tidewater Kitchen: Pamela Meredith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 The Tilghman's Island Series: Gary D. Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Changes ~ All-American (Part IV): Roger Vaughan . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Fox Island: Tom Horton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Departments: January Tide Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Caroline County ~ A Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Kent County and Chestertown at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Dorchester Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Easton Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 St. Michaels Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Oxford Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Tilghman ~ Bay Hundred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 January Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Anne B. Farwell & John D. Farwell, Co-Publishers
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seem to make any difference. That house is the one where every teenager goes to hang out. Think, if you will, of That Seventies Show, where the gang hung out in the Formans’ basement. It was base camp for any number of high school adventures. Because the Browns had four kids of their own, ranging over a decade in age, a few more didn’t make any difference as long as we didn’t wreck the joint or play the music too loud. We saw Max and Dot, the parental units, as fun people. They certainly put up with a lot from us, but with all those kids, a few more really didn’t make much difference. Part of the reason they pretty
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the house, Max was buying old cars, mowers, farm equipment and whatever else to fill up the dilapidated barn and shed. The three or four acres of the old farm were filled with Stuff. When a kid left home, their room would slowly fill up with stuff. Stuff no one used. Maybe it was their way of filling an empty nest. Maybe it was their way of dealing with a disappointing marriage. I don’t know. We were just kids. They were adults. Adults were mysterious and full of forbidden spaces we didn’t have the wit or the interest in exploring. Kids are very self-centered, and adults are another country. We had our own problems, our own dreams and adventures. If someone had told me back then that I’d
cars and drove around listening to music, went to the drive-in movies (remember them?) and generally did as little as possible, marking time until we were old enough to graduate and go on to college or get a job or both. Whatever illegal, immoral or fattening things we did, we didn’t do them in the house. The thing was, Max and Dot were hoarders. We didn’t see it at the time, because the concept didn’t exist. But over the years, they managed to pack that property with stuff. Stuff no one could possibly use. Stuff Dot, compulsive buyer, would get from the discount stores and thrift shops and stuff into whatever space there was. While Dot was busy filling up
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or toothpaste. I just helped myself whenever I visited, and so did everyone else. For every holiday and birthday, Dot gave me a plastic rain bonnet. I think I still might have one somewhere, a souvenir of my misspent youth. She was the Empress of Plastic Rain Bonnets. But when four kids and three friends actually had to deal with this stuff, we found out just how bad it was. The kids’ empty bedrooms were filled with bags that had never been opened. Some were so old, the paper was stapled together with the receipt. And this stuff was stacked up to the ceiling. Over the years, mice had burrowed their way through the shirts and shoes and hats no one would ever wear, leaving nests of chewed-up fabric and little droppings. We called these little surprises mouse condos. When Dot brought stuff home from the discount stores, the kids, who were never going to wear her gaudy selections, used to take it to the local thrift shop. In a week or two, Dot would buy it back. She had no memory of purchasing it in the first place. We knew she was a compulsive shopper. We just didn’t understand it was OCD, a way of filling a bottomless emotional hole. Every time she went out, she came back with more stuff. Stuff, stuff, stuff. She wasn’t much of a house-
end up being an adult, I would have laughed. And yet, here I am, feeling victorious whenever I actually adult. I was fond enough of Max and Dot, and it says a lot for them that they tolerated us teens. They weren’t bad people. They were just adults with all the baggage that entails. I know that now. Our parents got sick, got old and died. Dot died, then a few years later, Max followed, and that farmhouse, known as Crumbling Acres, fell to the kids and their friends. It was then that we discovered just how much stuff there was in that place. I think on some level we knew. After all, Dot the Compulsive Buyer had a giant closet filled with things like toothpaste, toilet paper, shampoo, etc. where we helped ourselves. She had so much stuff and kept buying more that she never noticed we were stocking our own bathrooms. When I lived in New York, I never bought shampoo 18
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Hoarders keeper, which should surprise absolutely no one. I’m proud to say I learned my lack of housekeeping skills from her. Cobwebs hung from almost every ceiling, adding to the sense that Vincent Price could have lived there, if he could have put up with it. It was Southern Gothic at its finest. These people were not house proud, not that I blame them for that. Besides, housework would have interfered with Dot’s soap operas, which she watched every afternoon she wasn’t out shopping. Max’s contribution to the upkeep was equally lackadaisical: he’d do some yardwork with a lick and a promise, have some New York State Tawny Port, climb on his Gravely and ride around the acres cutting the grass. From time to time, he’d make a futile gesture like pulling the weeds in the garden or raking the gravel in the driveway, but mostly, he fell asleep on the couch and snored. Or growled at everyone, the way alcoholics do. So, four kids and three friends gathered every weekend over the summer and tried our best to tackle an overwhelming project. It seemed, like so many other things, like a good idea at the time. This is what you do for your friends. The first thing we discovered was that Crumbling Acres was a wildlife sanctuary, the result of years of denial and neglect.
We started in the attic and soon quit that. It was creepy, for one thing, and for another, it was full of bats. Racoons had nested in the chimney. We found Depression-era Christmas wrapping paper, broken toys from the ’50s and someone’s dead grandmother’s moldy and moth-eaten clothing that might have been stylish back in the ’40s. And that was just the tip of the iceberg. The smell of bat guano was pretty overwhelming, and everything was so moldy and ragged that we just gave it up, stuffed it into trash bags and hauled it downstairs. I felt like I should get a rabies shot after that, but there were three more f loors to go. I’m gonna say I’m glad a friend’s father, a professional junker, cleaned out the barn and the shed. 20
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Hoarders The five bedrooms were something out of Poe. A thick layer of dust and grime lay over a forest of bottles of stale perfume from a grandmother long gone. The drawers were stuffed with old clothes, unmentionable rags and the bags, the shopping bags, were layered head-high in every room. After a while, we just stopped even opening them, just passing them down the stairs and into the car going to the thrift shop without even looking. Let the nice church ladies sort it all out. I can’t even begin to list all the stuff we sorted, cleaned and disinfected. Looking back, it’s sort of a blur of wildlife, dust, disappointments and other people’s problems. The kids got all the good antiques and stuff, and believe it or not, buried in all that dreck, there were some nice things. I got a couple of crocks out of it and an antique cookie jar. In the kitchen pantry, we found boxes of spices that dated back to the ’50s and a freezer full of inedible, freezer-burned side of beef? Nothing ever got tossed, and yet nothing ever got used. Was it worth it when I went down into the dark, damp basement and found long-forgotten boxes of old receipts and canceled checks growing a species of mold that looked like Santa’s beard? Long,
white and fuzzy. I’ve never seen anything like it since then, and in my idle moments, I’ve googled mold looking for it. Why anyone would save canceled checks from 35 years ago is beyond me. Old calendars. Christmas cards from the ’60s. How about 30 years of unread New Yorkers that maybe someone, sometime would read, if they had not been waterlogged, warped and covered in that Santa Claus mold? And, of course, there were the two tons of National Geographics. The dog, when they had a dog, had slept down there, and the ghost of his doggy smell lingered long after he’d been buried, aged 18, in the remains of what had once been an orchard. I was sort of glad Duke was gone so he didn’t have to see all this. The house was filled with ghosts and the revelations that remain after one has gone, leaving one’s secrets and shames open to the heirs. It was sad and revealing. It also made me realize I wasn’t leaving any junk behind me for my nieces to clean up. If nothing else, it taught 22
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Happily, the Friends of Hoarder House didn’t have to participate in this hissy fit. Fighting over stuff that might have sentimental value to someone else is not my thing. As a therapist I know once said, “Death brings out the worst in everyone.” A few years later, after Crumbling Acres was sold to a woman who took crumbling old piles and rehabbed them into something from a shelter magazine, I happened to drive by. The only difference I could see from the outside was that she’d added a pool to the backyard. Everything else still looked as rundown as always. I guess that is shabby chic.
me that a hoarder was the one thing I didn’t want to be. Eventually, we just hired a dumpster and started tossing stuff out the windows. We didn’t care how valuable or worthless it was. We just wanted it out. “I think,” my friend Tom said after we’d emptied one dumpster and hired another, “we ought to put a sign down at the foot of the driveway that says “Looters Welcome.” I thought it was a great idea, especially when the heirs started getting all weird on each other over who got what.
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Heritage Hall, with beautiful views of the surrounding buildings and landscapes. That day, there was a long line waiting for the elevator that takes visitors to tour the lower levels of the museum. The helpful information specialist suggested that we start at the top level and work our way down. Barack Oba ma, t he 44t h and first African American president, greeted us on video on one of the upper levels. His 2008 presidential campaign office was also on display. A photographic portrait of Harriet Tubman, her linen and lace shawl and her hymnal greeted us on one of the lower, painful levels where the evils of slavery are fully revealed. Tubma n is t he fa mous E a ster n Shore freedom fighter,who returned many times to free numerous slaves after liberating herself. Other impressive and fascinating artifacts include Nat Turner’s bible; Michael Jackson’s fedora;
praise, a common gesture in African culture. The Corona levels are at 17 degrees to ref lect the top of the Washington Monument, which is at the same angle.
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have said, the museum is painful, illuminating, disturbing, inspiring, f luid and moving. Holly takes her time in a gallery. She likes to read every sign and description at every exhibit. My style is to occasionally read the exhibit signage that most interests me and to skim through the rest in order to see more. Both museum touring styles have their advantages, Holly observes a few exhibits in depth. I observe more exhibits with less depth. We share observations at the end of the day to fill in the gaps in our common knowledge. We s t a r t e d o u r t o u r o f t h e NMAAHC on Level 4, which houses the Culture Galleries. The vibrant
costumes from The Wiz; boxing headgear and gloves worn by Muhammad Ali; a trumpet owned by Louis Armstrong; Chuck Berr y’s 1973 cher r y-red C ad i l lac E ldo rado; Lena Horne’s dressing table; a Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal; the coffin of 14-yearold Emmett Till; a plantation cabin from South Carolina; a guard tower and cell from Angola Prison; a Jim Crow train car; slave shackles and artifacts retrieved from a slave ship. “There are exhibits that force you to cr y but also moments of resiliency, moments of joy,” said Lonnie Bunch. As various critics
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African American History ex hibits include displays about African American culture through ar tists in telev ision, Broadway, movies, music, painting, sculpture, photog r aphy, c a r v i ng, je wel r y, language, dance, fashion and food. In the central space, a 360-degree projection presents images, music and sounds of African American culture. Movies and television show clips were rolling on large screens, and costumes, instr uments, ar t and other artifacts were brilliantly displayed. A colorful brocade blazer belonging to Prince caught my eye, as did Lena Horne’s dressing table. “ Throughout histor y, A f r ican American culture has served as a tool for survival, a focus for creativity, a source of identity and a force for change. Forged from traditions shared with other people of the African diaspora, African American culture has evolved through innovation, improvisation and exchange and has embraced many different forms…,” declares the Official Guide to t he Sm it h son ia n N M A A HC , awonderful resource for this article. Level 3, the Community Galleries, relates how community organizations, institutions, shared experiences and families provided African Americans with the opportunity to rise above oppression to find a way out and up. African Americans used community to organize for support and participated in sports, military
service, church and political organizations. The built foundations in which to live, work, learn, worship, play and pursue goals and social change. Holly was intrigued by the exhibits about the evolution of African A merican businesses, churches, newspapers and other institutions. I enjoyed the recreation of “Mae’s Millinery Shop,” a hat shop begun by Mae Reeves in 1942 and one of the first businesses in Philadelphia ow ned by an A f r ican-A mer ican woman. We were both surprised to learn that Black pioneers established settlements out West during the early years of our country. We offered to take photos for two African American ladies in the exhibit about African American nurses, and they shared that they had worked 38
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Back on the first level, Heritage Hall, we caught the elevator to the History Galleries, C1, C2 and C3, to study the brutal story of the origins of slaver y practices, the experiences of slavery and the continuing violence, brutality and racism after ema ncipat ion, seg regat ion a nd the civil rights movement. Due to time constraints, we had to bypass the Concourse Level, home to the Sweet Home CafĂŠ, Oprah Winfrey Theater, Contemplative Court and other exhibits, but we will visit it the next time. We had little time to experience the exhibits on the lower levels, as the museum was announcing its impending closing. The pressure was on in probably the most important and heart-wrenching galleries to try to see it all. We started explor-
together in nursing for many years. The military and sports exhibits, with both uniforms and medals on display, is not to be missed. Going down to Level 2, Explore More, we found an interactive and educational space designed to engage visitors with African American culture and history. One exhibit allowed us to dance on a special dance f loor as we followed hip-hop dancers on a large screen. The space gives visitors a chance to interactively explore more of the topics presented on other f loors of the museum. Level 2 includes a research library and archives, a family history center and some individual stations where visitors can explore, for example, a 1700 slave ship wreck.
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ing on the lowest level, C3, Slavery a nd F r e e dom , 1 40 0 -187 7; a nd quickly worked our way up to Level C2, Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom; The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968; and lastly, Level C1, A Changing A mer ica: 1968 and Beyond. rendous challenges to find success in communities and cultural accomplishments in the America that belongs to all of us. The NMAAHC is located at 1400 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Plan to have lunch in the museum’s 400-seat Sweet Home Café. The family-friendly lunch café features seasonal options and African American cuisine from around the U.S. Save time for the Museum Store in Heritage Hall. It was closing when we left, but we were lucky to find a “pop-up shop on an upper f loor to purchase the museum’s Official Guide and other items. And finally from founding director Lonnie Bunch, “The Museum will tell the American story through the lens of African American history and culture. This is America’s Story and this museum is for all Americans.”
A few displays caught our eyes, including the one on slavery and freedom around the Chesapeake Bay and the race riots in Cambridge, Ma r yla nd. A slave block , slave cabin and iron shackle artifacts represented the horrors of slavery. As on the upper f loors, there were many inspiring quotations in this displays. Harriet Tubman’s shawl captured our attention. A f ter proc e ssing ou r v isit to the NMAAHC, as brief as it was, I realized that we must return with reservations and begin the African American experience on the lowest level, beginning in Africa in the 1400s, and then travel upward, as the African Americans did over the next 500 years, to celebrate their overcoming tremendous and hor-
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Admiral Cockburn to spare some of the homes. She later purchased the home that would bear her name. Upon Knight’s death, a local newspaper wrote, on November 22, 1855, “by her heroism at the burning of Georgetown … she saved several families from being made homeless and friendless by the fire and sword…” Kitty Knight owner Sueann Hall collaborated with two notable historians on a comprehensive book, unearthing details about heroine Catherine “Kitty” Knight and the life of the historic house as it has evolved to present day times. After Hall bought the business, the historians came to see her.
History runs deep on the Eastern Shore. As times change, having a sense for regional and family history becomes more important. But it’s not just a matter of leaving history in the past. In the case of the Kitty Knight House and the Fish Whistle at the Granary in Georgetown, Md., and Crow Vineyard and Winery in Kennedyville, they are at once embracing their past and writing the next chapters in new ways. The Kitty Knight was named after an American heroine who made her name during the War of 1812. The British were burning houses along the river, and Kitty Knight is credited with saving part of Georgetown by pleading with an
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the property went up for sale. Hall talked to everyone she knew about buying and saving the property and the business before she finally decided to do it herself. She reopened the Kitty Knight in May 2018. And while embracing and respecting the history, she’s also made some important updates. “One of the main things that I did coming in was I changed the flow and dynamic of where people come in and where they were going to be eating,” Hall said. “I want the tavern to feel warm and cozy in the winter, and the deck is to be in full form and open in the summer. In the main dining room, we accommodate as many people as we can. So I look at this as I want to make it a place where everybody can come and enjoy it.”
Sueann Hall “When they found out that I opened it, they came to me to see if I had any material ~ they were missing pieces to this book,” Hall said. “I was interviewing people who knew the Kitty Knight to find out what had worked, what hadn’t, what they would do with the Kitty if they had money to change the place. People brought me material, memorabilia and documentation of the property, so I had a lot for these writers, and they were able to finish the book, which is great.” For Hall, the history was one part of the appeal of the place. Another part was having been a customer of the Kitty Knight under previous owners. It was a place she loved to frequent. It closed suddenly, and
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Having been open for a year and a half now, Hall is just getting started. “The Sassafras River has so much to offer here, and I definitely think the Kitty Knight is a hidden gem ~ you can come away for the weekend, you’ve got three vineyards in the area, you’ve got lots of places to dine ~ it’s a beautiful place to share,” Hall said. Just across the Sassafras River from the Kitty Knight is the Fish Whistle at the Granary. A fort that had been built on the site didn’t have Ms. Knight advocating for it and was burned down by the British. A number of years later, the granary was built for storing corn and grain to be shipped to Balti-
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Carroll also runs a catering business, and has for more than 10 years, specializing in events and parties that bring the restaurant to his customers. Less than six miles down the road from the Kitty Knight and the Fish Whistle is Crow Vineyard and Winery. This third-generation working farm has diversified to become a successful farm winery, operating and supporting three different but connected businesses.The 365-acre farm includes a herd of grass-fed Angus beef, soy and corn, farm animals and a ‘Farmstay’ bed and breakfast. Owners Judy and Roy Crow guide operations, while Brandon Hoy manages the 12-acre
more. At one point, it housed a yacht club before opening as a restaurant in the late 1940s. The original granary structure burned down in 1985. The Granary went through a few owners and iterations, with the Fish Whistle opening in May 2019. Jeff Carroll originally opened the Fish Whistle in Chestertown in 2008, where it became a waterfront staple along the Chester River. The granary location on the Sassafras gives the restaurant different looks and configurations for different seasons ~ during late spring, summer and early fall, a deck, bar and multiple-floor seating open the Fish Whistle to the river for warmer weather. During the winter, a glassed-in dining room overlooking the river, a cozy bar and weekly specials keep locals coming back.
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vineyard and Michael Zollo is the head winemaker. Prior to the vineyard and winery, Roy was a dairy farmer before deciding to get out of the dairy business and open an insurance company. The farm itself was still there and Judy brought new eyes to what they might do with it. Roy knew farming, and with new energy and ideas, they decided to give grapes a go. “Part of the strategy started with what to do with the 1847 farmhouse,” Judy said. “Calling it a Farmstay B&B and giving guests the experience of the farm, once the B&B was in place and we had started planting grapes, things started to come together. The theme is local, Kent County-oriented products and good quality wine. Because we are farmers we want everything that people take in to be the best quality.” The planning to diversify the farm and open the bed and breakfast began in 2008, and Crow Vineyard and Winery hosted its grand opening and ribbon-cutting in May 2012. Just two years after building their state-of-the-art winery, Crow
Vidal Blanc received a gold medal at an international wine competition. Their list of awards has grown significantly since. Crow’s tasting room at the vineyard is open year-round. In winter and spring, when visitation is down a bit with colder weather, they have a winemaker series, where the vineyard manager and winemaker offer workshops. And just last year, the winery opened up Crow Wine Cel-
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ty Knight, Carroll at the Fish Whistle and the Crows at Crow Vineyards and Winery ~ to embrace the history of their businesses and buildings, while updating and innovating to provide something new for their customers ~ is bringing in locals and engaging and bringing in new people looking for unique experiences.
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The Six-Sided Wonder Peachblossom Meeting House by James Dawson Hidden in plain sight on Route 50, about t h ree m i le s sout h of Easton, is one of the unsung architectural gems of Talbot County. You’ve probably driven by it hundreds of times and barely given it a second glance. But you can’t miss it as Peachblossom Meeting House, a.k.a Round Top, is certainly the only hexagonal building with its own historical marker any where along Route 50’s 3,000 miles. The Ma r yla nd Hi stor ic a l Tr u st ha s
deemed it one of the significant structures in Talbot County and its only surviving hexagonal structure from the 19th century. The 1880 building has gone by many names: Union Church, Little Round Top, Peachblossom Meeting and sometimes the Dunkard church. Union Church presumably because it was originally formed by the union of four churches, Little Round Top probably because it sits on a small hill or because of the
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Much has been w ritten about the Methodists, Episcopalians and Quakers on the Eastern Shore, but there’s next to nothing about the Brethren. The church was established in Germany in 1708 under the leadership of Alexander Mack and came to Pennsylvania in 1719, then spread to Ohio and elsewhere. Brethren came to Caroline County, Ma r y l a nd , i n 186 9 a nd Ta lb ot County in 1875. The Rittenhouses from Ohio ~ Joseph, Samuel C. and Nathaniel ~ were some of the first of the Brethren here. On April 15, 1879, trustees of the Evangelical Union Church paid $75 for an acre of ground miles south of Easton on the old Easton-to-Trappe road. While that wasn’t so unusual, the interesting thing was that each of the four trustees belonged to a
shape of its roof, Peachblossom because it is at the headwaters of Peachblossom Creek, and Dunkard because the Brethren and other Anabaptist groups were sometimes called Dunkards because of their baptismal practices. It has also been styled No Corner For the Devil, but that is more of a modern nickname than anything else. Brethren now seem to prefer Round Top. Having been built almost exactly 200 years after the 1684 Third Haven Friends Meeting House, the other outstanding religious meeting house in Talbot County, Peachblossom Meeting is not especially old by Talbot County standards. Still, it is a unique and special building that few people know anything about.
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Congregation moved to a larger building on Bay Street in Easton, which was more centrally located for the county, in 1902, and then built a new building on South Harrison Street in 1950. The unusual hexagonal shape of Peachblossom Meeting is not typical of Brethren churches, which originally were rectangular with a door at each end or two doors side by side for men and women to enter separately. Everyone uses the same door now, of course. Each of the six sides measures 24 feet, and the building can hold up to 75 people. One curious thing about the structure is that while there are six corners on the outside, it has seven corners on the inside. This is because one of the
different church: James M. Warner was a Methodist, Frances Schwaninger and Chauncey D. Garvey were Lutheran and German Reformed or Swedenborg, and Nathaniel Rittenhouse was German Baptist Brethren (the name was changed to Church of the Brethren in 1908). Since none of these small churches could afford its own building, it was agreed that they would jointly put up the building and then the four churches would take turns holding services there one Sunday a month. But the Brethren soon got full use of the building and, as their membership continued to grow, built Fairview Meeting house near Cordova in 1893. Peachblossom
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Top, said that his grandmother told him that the road crossed the creek on the mill dam and travelers complained that the mill scared their horses. There was even a tavern nearby for thirsty sinners. Memorabilia from these early d ay s of t he Bret h ren i n Ta lbot County are rare, but a photograph taken by Easton photographer T. Steinhardt about 1902 has survived, which shows Samuel C. R it tenhouse’s son Frank, Frank’s wife, Ava “Addie,” and their daughter, Mary. Frank’s brother Roy also had a daughter named Mary who died in September 1895 at the age of 3, to be followed by her sister Annie, who died at age 4 in 1899. Both are at rest in the little graveyard behind Round Top under small child-sized tombstones reading “Little Annie” and “Little Mary.”
inside corners was partitioned off to make a small closet. Round Top was located by the headwaters of Peachblossom Creek near the road that led from Easton to the Cambridge ferry. There were locust trees around the building and stables nearby, since those were the days when travel was mostly by horse and buggy. Peachblossom Creek reached much farther inland then but has mostly silted up now. There was a mill nearby, and Harold Lyons, who owns the farm behind Round
The cer tif icate for Frank R ittenhouse Jr.’s bapt ism into t he Peachblossom Congregation, dated 1930, recently turned up in some family papers (he was my great-
Frank H. Rittenhouse (1873-1930), wife Ava and daughter Mary. ~ T. Steinhart photo Easton, Md. 58
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while most baptisms were indeed likely done in warmer weather, there are records of cold-weather baptisms happening, at least elsewhere, and that the first Brethren baptisms in the U.S. took place on Christmas Day near Philadelphia in the early 1700s. Now Easton’s Church of the Brethren baptisms are done year round in a special indoor pool. Note that Frank Jr. was aged 16 when he was baptized, as the Brethren don’t believe in infant baptism, instead requiring that the person to be baptized be old enough to make and understand the vows and be a believer before joining the Church. At one time in Europe, belief in adult-only baptism could lead to persecution, imprisonment and even death for some Mennonites, Anabaptists and Brethren. Maryland, and America, were much more tolerant. Contrast the total immersion trine adult baptism of the Brethren with the aspersion baptism of the Episcopalians, whose St. Peter’s Church, a.k.a. Whitmarsh Church, is just a couple of miles down Route 50. Episcopalians are okay with a symbolic sprinkling of sanctified water from a baptismal font inside the church and have no problem with infant baptism. I was baptized at the age of 8 mont h s at St. Pau l’s Epi sc opa l Church in Trappe, didn’t have a clue what was happening, didn’t have to make any vows, as sponsors spoke
uncle). The Church of the Brethren is serious about baptism, so this is an impressive document, more than 300 words long, that contains many Gospel references related to baptism and lists the three baptism vows: believing in Jesus, renouncing Satan, and entering into a covenant with God. Among other things, it opposes “games of chance and sinful amusements.” The document states that Frank was “received into the Church of the Brethren by trine immersion” baptism and is signed by four ministers and seven deacons of the Church. Trine immersion meant that the one to be baptized was completely immersed in water not once, but three times, for the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. It was certainly no ac cident t hat Peachblossom Meeting house was located near the headwaters of Peachblossom Creek, which was convenient for the total submersion baptisms for the Brethren and the other churches that shared the building. Different churches have different kinds of baptisms: aspersion (sprinkling), effusion (pouring), and immersion, which can be partial or total. Partial or total submersion baptisms would presumably be done during the warmer months back then. Or so you would think, but Pastor Walt Wiltschek of Easton Church of the Brethren adds that 60
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25 feet away. The story is that when the self-styled “Dr.” Bayhan died, the Spring Hill Cemetery people in Easton refused to allow him to be buried there because he was a medium. Apparently, the feeling was t hat bur y ing someone who
for me, didn’t have to go outside to be dunked in a river in February and my baptismal certificate dated 1950 is little more than a 4 x 7-inch card. But to be fair, I did have to be confirmed later on when old enough to demonstrate some religious knowledge when I was about 12. When the Easton-to-Cambridge road was widened into what would be Route 50 in 1940, Peachblossom Meeting house and its little graveyard were moved 100 feet to the east and the coffins and bones were stored in the church overnight until they could be reinterred. There might have been some confusion when sor ting out the bones the next day, so while ever yone got their requisite number of leg bones, not everyone’s leg bones may have been their own personal leg bones. But all one big happy family, as the saying goes. There are actually two graveyards out back: the regular church graveyard and a separate, smaller one inside a wrought iron fence about
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them. The Church of the Brethren in Easton decided to restore the building before it blew down or fell down. Gilbert Walbridge, a building contractor and one of the Brethren, repaired the building and rebuilt the doors and shutters as money became available through the 1970s. Work was finished in time for its 100th birthday, and it has been kept in great shape ever since. It is a wonderful building that seems like it’s bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. The building and grounds are always kept neat and clean and the building beautifully maintained. I’d always wanted to go inside. As I passed by recently, I saw that the door was open, so I stopped in to take a look and was given the grand tour, as it were, by some of the Brethren, who could not have been nicer or more hospitable. Like the Friends meeting house, the interior is refreshingly simple, with no stained glass, statues, carving or other decorations, which, while they can be beautiful, can also be distracting to the “business” at
claimed to be able to communicate with dead people in a cemetery full of, you know, dead people wasn’t proper, as logical as that might otherwise seem. In any event, Dr. Bayhan’s remains had no place to go until the Brethren heard of the dilemma and, believing that the Holy Spirit is in each one of us, even mediums, graciously allowed him to be buried at Round Top. However, it was said that the stipulation was that the doctor be surrounded by an iron fence, possibly for pur poses of containment in case he got restless. B y 19 03 , s er v ic e s wer e held at Round Top only ever y four th Sunday, and later it was used only for special occasions. A memo rial service in 1931 was canceled because of all the poison iv y. By the 1970s, Peachblossom Meeting, which had been vacant for years, was showing its age. The little stove crashed through the f loor because of all the termite damage, and the walls were so weak you could shake
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but it’s likely six to eight times a year that we meet there.” It is also available for weddings and special occasions. I was invited to a very special vesper service there on August 21, 2019 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Brethren in Talbot County. Round Top is considered to be their first organized place of worship on the Eastern Shore. A nd, as the Opening Litany put it, “amid its six corners, Brethren grew and blossomed into several vital faith communities in Easton and beyond.” The chairs for the congregation
hand. Seating is provided in several rows of wooden chairs. The walls are plain, as is the pulpit, and the original wood stove is still in place. Two antique lamps hang from hooks in the ceiling. All this serves as a reminder that things need not be complicated. Although regular services are no longer held there, Pastor Wiltschek adds that “we still hold regular vesper services and at Christmas season at the Round Top meeting house. It’s not quite once a month, as some vespers are held elsewhere,
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the deluge hit, but we stayed dry thanks to Round Top’s new and authentic cedar shake roof. No harm was done, and we needed the rain. The skies soon cleared and, in the words of the hymn, “Here in this place new light is stream-ing, now is the dark-ness van-ished a-way… “ “Go now in peace.”
were arranged around the walls, le av i ng t he c enter f lo or op en. Pastor Wiltschek read the Litany, Ellen Wile, t he music direc tor, led us in song and Jim Lore spoke about the building’s history. It was a sultr y evening, but with all of Round Top’s windows and doors open wide, we enjoyed 360-degree ventilation. The old hymns suited the old building wonderfully, and we hardly noticed all the traffic noise on the highway. The service was somewhat curtailed when the Lord of Wind and Flame that we had just been singing about chose to send a thunderstorm down upon us with its booming and flashing. There was a rush to get the refreshment tables inside before
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Preheat the grill to 400° (medium-high). Rub the steak with 1 tablespoon oil, 1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, 3/4 teaspoon pepper. Brush squash and onion with remaining 2 tablespoons oil, sprinkle with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Grill the steak and vegetables, covered with grill lid, 5 to 7 minutes on each side or until steak reaches desired doneness and vegetables are tender. Remove from the grill; squeeze juice from lemon over steak and vegetables. Cover with aluminum foil and let stand 10 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare couscous following package directions. Cut the steak against the grain into thin slices. Cover and chill half of sliced steak, about a pound, up to 2 days. Top couscous with vegetables and sprinkle with some
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CHUNKY CUCUMBER SAUCE with MINT Stir together: 1 cup plain yogurt, 3 tablespoons sour cream, 1 small cucumber that has been peeled, seeded and chopped, 4 teaspoons chopped fresh mint, salt and pepper to taste. Makes about 2 cups. GRILLED CHICKEN THIGHS with FRESH ROSEMARY The delicious f lavors from the rosemary makes this the perfect dish to serve with sautĂŠed garlic spinach and Southern-style cheesy grits. For a bit of a change, try these with a quick honey mustard sauce. 1 garlic clove, minced 70
Combine garlic and next 6 ingredients. Mix all together and put in a large zip-lock bag and squeeze out the excess air, or place in a bowl. Add chicken, turning to coat. Chill for one hour (may be chilled for up to 24 hours). Preheat grill to 400° (mediumhigh). Remove chicken from marinade, and discard the marinade. Grill the chicken, covered with a lid, for 7 minutes on each side. Place on a platter and squeeze a lemon over the chicken and tent with aluminum foil. Let it rest for 10 minutes and serve with sautéed spinach and cheesy grits. ROSEMARY GRILLED PORK TENDERLOIN Instead of using chicken thighs, substitute 2 pounds pork tenderloin and grill for 8-10 minutes on each side. Proceed with recipe as follows.
1 T. olive oil 2 T. Dijon mustard 2 T. honey 1 t. kosher salt 1 t. chopped fresh rosemary 1/2 t. pepper (to taste) 1-1/2 pound skinned and boned chicken thighs Sautéed garlic spinach Cheesy grits
SAUTÉED GARLIC SPINACH Pour 1 teaspoon olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Sauté 1 pressed garlic clove in the oil for 30 seconds. Be careful not to let
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tard and 2 tablespoons honey. PASTA with BEEF and ORANGE SAUCE 1/2 package vermicelli pasta or your favorite pasta 1 T. olive oil 2 carrots, cut into 1/4-inch strips 1-1/2 cups snow peas, trimmed 1 14-oz. can beef broth 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup orange marmalade 1/4 t. dried crushed pepper 1 pound sliced beef Sliced green onions for topping
it burn. Add your washed bag of spinach to the skillet for 3 minutes or until the spinach has wilted. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve spinach with tongs. CHEESY GRITS Bring 4 cups water and 1 teaspoon salt to a boil in a 3-quart saucepan. Whisk in 1 cup uncooked quick-cooking grits, then reduce heat to medium-low and cook for 6 minutes, or until grits are tender. Remove from heat and add 1-1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, and 2 tablespoons butter. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Prepare pasta according to package directions. Heat oil in a pan over mediumhigh heat. Add the carrots and snow peas and stir-fry for 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Stir in beef broth, soy sauce, orange marmalade and crushed pepper.
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1 lb. ground beef 1 t. chili powder 1/4 t. cumin 1/4 t. salt 1 15-oz. can kidney beans, rinsed and drained 1 14.5-oz. can diced tomatoes with mild green chiles 2 T. chopped fresh parsley Prepare shells and cheese according to the directions on the package, or make your own. Brown the beef in a skillet over medium-high heat, stirring often until its no longer pink. Drain and add chili powder, cumin and salt. Cook for 2 minutes. Add beans, tomatoes and 1/4 cup water. Cook to blend the f lavors for 8 minutes, or
Bring to a boil, remove from the heat, add the beef and serve over hot cooked pasta. Feel free to add sliced green onions on top. MAC AND CHEESE CHILI CHEESEBURGER 1 12-oz. box of shells and cheese
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until most of the liquid has evaporated. Stir beef mixture with the prepared pasta and sprinkle with fresh parsley. CHICKEN THIGHS with PARMESAN 2 large eggs 1-1/2 pounds skinned and boned chicken thighs salt and pepper to taste 1 cup Italian-seasoned breadcrumbs 1/2 cup olive oil 1 24-oz. jar of marinara sauce 1/2 cup (2 oz.) shredded Parmesan cheese 1/2 (16 oz.) package vermicelli or your favorite pasta 3 T. butter
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TANGY DRESSING with FETA CHEESE 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/2 (4 oz.) package feta cheese, crumbled 2 T. chopped fresh parsley 2 T. fresh lemon juice Stir together all ingredients and add pepper to taste. Dress the salad.
1 T. chopped fresh parsley Preheat oven to 375°. Whisk together eggs and 2 tablespoons water. Salt and pepper the chicken. Dip in the breadcrumbs, then in the egg mixture, then back in the breadcrumbs. Cook the chicken in batches of hot oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown. Lightly grease the 13 x 9-inch pan and arrange the chicken. Spoon the marinara over the chicken and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted and until chicken registers 170°. Prepare pasta according to the directions. Toss hot cooked pasta with butter and parsley. Serve chicken with salad tossed with tangy dressing.
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Kent County and Chestertown at a Glance Kent County is a treasury of early American history. Its principal towns and back roads abound with beautiful old homes and historic landmarks. The area was first explored by Captain John Smith in 1608. Kent County was founded in 1642 and named for the shire in England that was the home of many of Kent’s earliest colonists. When the first legislature assembled in 1649, Kent County was one of two counties in the colony, thus making it the oldest on the Eastern Shore. It extended from Kent Island to the present boundary. The first settlement, New Yarmouth, thrived for a time and, until the founding of Chestertown, was the area’s economic, social and religious center. Chestertown, the county seat, was founded in 1706 and served as a port of entry during colonial times. A town rich in history, its attractions include a blend of past and present. Its brick sidewalks and attractive antiques stores, restaurants and inns beckon all to wander through the historic district and enjoy homes and places with architecture ranging from the Georgian mansions of wealthy colonial merchants to the elaborate style of the Victorian era. Second largest district of restored 18th-century homes in Maryland, Chestertown is also home to Washington College, the nation’s tenth oldest liberal arts college, founded in 1782. Washington College was also the only college that was given permission by George Washington for the use of his name, as well as given a personal donation of money. The beauty of the Eastern Shore and its waterways, the opportunity for boating and recreation, the tranquility of a rural setting and the ambiance of living history offer both visitors and residents a variety of pleasing experiences. A wealth of events and local entertainment make a visit to Chestertown special at any time of the year. For more information about events and attractions in Kent County, contact the Kent County Visitor Center at 410-778-0416, visit www. kentcounty.com or e-mail tourism@kentcounty.com. For information about the Historical Society of Kent County, call 410-778-3499 or visit www.kentcountyhistory.org/geddes.php. For information specific to Chestertown visit www.chestertown.com. 79
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by K. Marc Teffeau, Ph.D.
Dealing with January January can be a rough month for committed gardeners. If you are one of the fortunate ones who can migrate south with the birds, then you can continue to enjoy an attractive landscape. If you must stay here on the ’Shore, you may tend to get frustrated waiting for the spring thaw. As we stare out the window upon the bleak, cold winter landscape, a faraway look comes into our eyes.
We dream of the time when we can again get our hands dirty in our gardening pursuits. For serious gardeners, January is a contemplative month. What grew well last year? What didn’t? Did I experience any significant insect or disease problems in the garden or the landscape? How should I prepare for the upcoming gardening season? And then the boatload of garden-
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Tidewater Gardening ing catalogs arrives in the mail. If you have an email address and have bought anything online for the garden this last year, then all the email solicitations come from plant and seed suppliers, garden equipment dealers and the like. Call me old fashioned, but I still like to get the Burpee’s, Park’s, Harris, White Flower Farms, or whoever’s printed catalog in the mail and thumb through it, anticipating March. While thinking about spring, there are some specific gardening activities you can do in January. The bulbs, corms and tubers you dug and stored in fall need to be checked. Cut out any sign of rot and dust the wounds with powdered sulfur. Sterilize your knife in alcohol between cuts to prevent the spread of any decay. Also be sure to check for mice damage. Make an inventory of any leftover f lower and vegetable seeds, and discard those seeds that are more than a year old.
If you didn’t get a chance to lime your lawn or garden in fall, now would be an excellent time to do it. The alternate freezing and thawing of the soil surface, as well as the rain and snowfall, helps the lime move down through the soil. If you don’t know how much lime you need, I would suggest a soil test. A list of soil testing labs can be found at the University of Maryland Home and Garden Information Center website at https://extension.umd.edu/hgic. We usually have a brief mild spell of weather toward the end of January. This would be an excellent time to take a stroll around the
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veals the present state of the tree’s health. A shriveled dormant bud is a good sign that something has happened to the twig, the branch or even the tree roots. If the buds are fat, shiny and waxy in appearance, the tree is in good shape. A weaker tree will have smaller buds that are dull and fewer in number. Look at the bark. If it is smooth and bright, the tree vigor is good. If you see discolored bark on young twigs, this may indicate a lack of vigor. Causes for discolored bark include insect injury last year, storm damage, root problems, drought stress or systemic disease. It is often difficult to attribute the loss of a tree to any one issue. Stressed tree roots caused by drought or excess water result in the weakened tree being subject to attack by insects or diseases and
landscape and note what things should be done during the upcoming gardening season. Take a close look at your trees. Trees will show hints about their condition in winter. The length of twig growth; the color of the bark; size; and health, of dormant buds all have meaning. A dormant twig can tell a lot about the health of the tree. Generally, if the distance between bud scars from year to year is uniform, the tree is healthy. An unhealthy tree or a tree that has been under drought stress will show a shorter distance between bud scars. If this continues season after season, your tree is showing you it is having problems. A look at the winter buds also re-
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by insulating it from the cold air. Alternate freezing and thawing of the soil causes frost heaving, which is also detrimental to ornamental plants. Herbaceous perennials can also benefit from the new snow. Besides preventing frost heaving, the snow will insulate the crowns of the plants from the severe cold. In the early spring, snow will delay blooming and avoid the late frost injury of plants and f lowers. Speaking of snow, de-icing salts used to remove snow and ice from driveways and sidewalks can be bad news for landscape plants. Salt damage to plants usually shows up as burning and browning of the foliage, “scorching� of deciduous plants (whose roots are damaged when
shrubs. The sheer weight of heavy, wet snows can result in serious damage to boxwoods. This type of injury may not show up until later in the spring. After the snow has fallen, use a broom to gently remove the accumulated snow on the branches. Use an upward swing of the broom to brush the snow up and out of the plants instead of down and into the foliage. Be sure when shoveling to place the snow so that ornamental plants along the sidewalk and driveway will not be buried. Snow can be used as a mulch, however. Place it around (not on top of) the plants to protect them from wind and sun. The snow will also help control the temperature of the soil
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ter like compost before planting in spring. The organic matter will absorb the salt and reduce potential damage to the plants. Use organic mulches around salt-sensitive plants to protect them. The mulch will tend to absorb the salts before they reach the root zone of the plants. A practical alternative to salt for de-icing is regular garden fertilizer. A light sprinkling of granular 5-10-5, 10-6-4 or urea will be as effective as salt. It will also add nutrients to the surrounding soil for the plant’s use during the 2020 growing season. Your cut Christmas tree can be used after the holidays as mulching material in the landscape. Sever the boughs and place the smaller
excess salt causes moisture stress) and stunted or weak growth. When using salt, use the minimum amount needed. Mix it with sand and apply it under the snow when possible. Watch the weather reports and try to anticipate the snowfalls. Shovel the snow first ~ don’t try to melt six inches with salt. The salt should not be washed or shoveled off the pavement after the snow and ice have dissolved. Leave it there for the next snowfall. If you must shovel snow and ice that have been treated with salt, don’t pile it in landscaped areas. Where the salt has washed into the adjacent soil, add organic mat-
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ones curved end up around plantings as a mulch. Build tepee-like protective canopies over laurel, azaleas, boxwood and other tender plants to ward off the snow. You can also strip the needles from the remaining branches and scatter them under the drip line of acidloving plants. You can also stake the entire tree in the snow to create a windbreak on the windward side of tender broad-leaved evergreens. And don’t forget the birds. Use the discarded tree as a feeder by tying pieces of suet, strings of popcorn, bird seed bells and other morsels of food to the tree. Hang a pinecone covered with a mixture of peanut butter and birdseed in the tree. Left in the landscape over the
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winter, the discarded Christmas tree will also provide protected sites and safe winter shelter where birds can perch and be shielded from bad weather. Check the Star Democrat to see if any community organizations or towns in the mid-Shore area are recycling Christmas trees. Some groups will offer a free service to chip up your tree and provide mulch from the chipping. I remember a couple of years ago, the Town of Easton provided a Christmas tree collection where the trees were moved to Poplar Island in the Bay to help in that restoration project. Christmas trees can also be used
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Dorchester County is known as the Heart of the Chesapeake. It is rich in Chesapeake Bay history, folklore and tradition. With 1,700 miles of shoreline (more than any other Maryland county), marshlands, working boats, quaint waterfront towns and villages among fertile farm fields – much still exists of what is the authentic Eastern Shore landscape and traditional way of life along the Chesapeake. FREDERICK C. MALKUS MEMORIAL BRIDGE is the gateway to Dorchester County over the Choptank River. It is the second longest span 95
Dorchester Points of Interest bridge in Maryland after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. A life-long resident of Dorchester County, Senator Malkus served in the Maryland State Senate from 1951 through 1994. Next to the Malkus Bridge is the 1933 Emerson C. Harrington Bridge. This bridge was replaced by the Malkus Bridge in 1987. Remains of the 1933 bridge are used as fishing piers on both the north and south bank of the river. HERITAGE MUSEUMS and GARDENS of DORCHESTER - Home of the Dorchester County Historical Society, Heritage Museum offers a range of local history and gardens on its grounds. The Meredith House, a 1760’s Georgian home, features artifacts and exhibits on the seven Maryland governors associated with the county; a child’s room containing antique dolls and toys; and other period displays. The Neild Museum houses a broad collection of agricultural, maritime, industrial, and Native American artifacts, including a McCormick reaper (invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1831). The Ron Rue exhibit pays tribute to a talented local decoy carver with a re-creation of his workshop. The Goldsborough Stable, circa 1790, includes a sulky, pony cart, horse-driven sleighs, and tools of the woodworker, wheelwright, and blacksmith. For more info. tel: 410-228-7953 or visit dorchesterhistory.org.
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DORCHESTER COUNTY VISITOR CENTER - The Visitors Center in Cambridge is a major entry point to the lower Eastern Shore, positioned just off U.S. Route 50 along the shore of the Choptank River. With its 100foot sail canopy, it’s also a landmark. In addition to travel information and exhibits on the heritage of the area, there’s also a large playground, garden, boardwalk, restrooms, vending machines, and more. The Visitors Center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about Dorchester County call 410-228-1000 or visit www.visitdorchester.org or www.tourchesapeakecountry.com. SAILWINDS PARK - Located at 202 Byrn St., Cambridge, Sailwinds Park has been the site for popular events such as the Seafood Feast-I-Val in August and the Grand National Waterfowl Hunt’s Grandtastic Jamboree in November. For more info. tel: 410-228-SAIL(7245) or visit www. sailwindscambridge.com. CAMBRIDGE CREEK - A tributary of the Choptank River, runs through the heart of Cambridge. Located along the creek are restaurants where you can watch watermen dock their boats after a day’s work on the waterways of Dorchester. HISTORIC HIGH STREET IN CAMBRIDGE - When James Michener was doing research for his novel Chesapeake, he reportedly called Cambridge’s High Street one of the most beautiful streets in America. He modeled his fictional city Patamoke after Cambridge. Many of the gracious homes on High Street date from the 1700s and 1800s. Today you can join a historic walking tour of High Street each Saturday at 11 a.m., April through October (weather permitting). For more info. tel: 410-901-1000. High Street is also known as one of the most haunted streets in Maryland. join a Chesapeake Ghost Walk to hear the stories. Find out more at www. chesapeakeghostwalks.com. SKIPJACK NATHAN OF DORCHESTER - Sail aboard the authentic skipjack Nathan of Dorchester, offering heritage cruises on the Choptank River. The Nathan is docked at Long Wharf in Cambridge. Dredge for oysters and hear the stories of the working waterman’s way of life. For more info. and schedules tel: 410-228-7141 or visit www.skipjack-nathan.org. CHOPTANK RIVER LIGHTHOUSE REPLICA - The replica of a six-sided screwpile lighthouse includes a small museum with exhibits about the original lighthouse’s history and the area’s maritime heritage. The lighthouse, located on Pier A at Long Wharf Park in Cambridge, is open daily, May through October, and by appointment, November through April; call 410-463-2653. For more info. visit www.choptankriverlighthouse.org. DORCHESTER CENTER FOR THE ARTS - Located at 321 High 97
Dorchester Points of Interest Street in Cambridge, the Center offers monthly gallery exhibits and shows, extensive art classes, and special events, as well as an artisans’ gift shop with an array of items created by local and regional artists. For more info. tel: 410-228-7782 or visit www.dorchesterarts.org. RICHARDSON MARITIME MUSEUM - Located at 401 High St., Cambridge, the Museum makes history come alive for visitors in the form of exquisite models of traditional Bay boats. The Museum also offers a collection of boatbuilders’ tools and watermen’s artifacts that convey an understanding of how the boats were constructed and the history of their use. The Museum’s Ruark Boatworks facility, located on Maryland Ave., is passing on the knowledge and skills of area boatwrights to volunteers and visitors alike. Watch boatbuilding and restoration in action. For more info. tel: 410-221-1871 or visit www.richardsonmuseum.org. HARRIET TUBMAN MUSEUM & EDUCATIONAL CENTER - The Museum and Educational Center is developing programs to preserve the history and memory of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday. Local tours by appointment are available. The Museum and Educational Center, located at 424 Race St., Cambridge, is one of the stops on the “Finding a Way to Freedom” self-guided driving tour. For more info. tel: 410-228-0401 or visit www. harriettubmanorganization.org. SPOCOTT WINDMILL - Since 1972, Dorchester County has had a fully operating English style post windmill that was expertly crafted by the late master shipbuilder, James B. Richardson. There has been a succession of windmills at this location dating back to the late 1700’s. The complex also includes an 1800 tenant house, one-room school, blacksmith shop, and country store museum. The windmill is located at 1625 Hudson Rd., Cambridge. For more info. visit www.spocottwindmill.org. HORN POINT LABORATORY - The Horn Point Laboratory offers public tours of this world-class scientific research laboratory, which is affiliated with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The 90-minute walking tour shows how scientists are conducting research to restore the Chesapeake Bay. Horn Point Laboratory is located at 2020 Horns Point Rd., Cambridge, on the banks of the Choptank River. For more info. and tour schedule tel: 410-228-8200 or visit www.umces.edu/hpl. THE STANLEY INSTITUTE - This 19th century one-room African American schoolhouse, dating back to 1865, is one of the oldest Maryland schools to be organized and maintained by a black community. Between 98
1867 and 1962, the youth in the African-American community of Christ Rock attended this school, which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tours available by appointment. The Stanley Institute is located at the intersection of Route 16 West & Bayly Rd., Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-228-6657. OLD TRINITY CHURCH in Church Creek was built in the 17th century and perfectly restored in the 1950s. This tiny architectural gem continues to house an active congregation of the Episcopal Church. The old graveyard around the church contains the graves of the veterans of the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the American Civil War. This part of the cemetery also includes the grave of Maryland’s Governor Carroll and his daughter Anna Ella Carroll who was an advisor to Abraham Lincoln. The date of the oldest burial is not known because the wooden markers common in the 17th century have disappeared. For more info. tel: 410-228-2940 or visit www.oldtrinity.net. BUCKTOWN VILLAGE STORE - Visit the site where Harriet Tubman received a blow to her head that fractured her skull. From this injury Harriet believed God gave her the vision and directions that inspired her to guide so many to freedom. Artifacts include the actual newspaper ad offering a reward for Harriet’s capture. Historical tours, bicycle, canoe and kayak
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Dorchester Points of Interest rentals are available. Open upon request. The Bucktown Village Store is located at 4303 Bucktown Rd., Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-901-9255. HARRIET TUBMAN BIRTHPLACE - “The Moses of her People,” Harriet Tubman was believed to have been born on the Brodess Plantation in Bucktown. There are no Tubman-era buildings remaining at the site, which today is a farm. Recent archeological work at this site has been inconclusive, and the investigation is continuing, although there is some evidence that points to Madison as a possible birthplace. HARRIET TUBMAN VISITOR CENTER - Located adjacent to the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center immerses visitors in Tubman’s world through informative, evocative and emotive exhibits. The immersive displays show how the landscape of the Choptank River region shaped her early years and the importance of her faith, family and community. The exhibits also feature information about Tubman’s life beginning with her childhood in Maryland, her emancipation from slavery, her time as a conductor on the Underground Railroad and her continuous advocacy for justice. For more info. visit dnr2. maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/eastern/tubman_visitorcenter.aspx.
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BLACKWATER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE - Located 12 miles south of Cambridge at 2145 Key Wallace Dr. With more than 25,000 acres of tidal marshland, it is an important stop along the Atlantic Flyway. Blackwater is currently home to the largest remaining natural population of endangered Delmarva fox squirrels and the largest breeding population of American bald eagles on the East Coast, north of Florida. There is a full service Visitor Center and a four-mile Wildlife Drive, walking trails and water trails. For more info. tel: 410-228-2677 or visit www.fws.gov/blackwater. EAST NEW MARKET - Originally settled in 1660, the entire town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Follow a self-guided walking tour to see the district that contains almost all the residences of the original founders and offers excellent examples of colonial architecture. For more info. visit http://eastnewmarket.us. HURLOCK TRAIN STATION - Incorporated in 1892, Hurlock ranks as the second largest town in Dorchester County. It began from a Dorchester/ Delaware Railroad station built in 1867. The Old Train Station has been restored and is host to occasional train excursions. For more info. tel: 410943-4181. VIENNA HERITAGE MUSEUM - The museum displays the last surviving mother-of-pearl button manufacturing operation in the country,
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Easton Points of Interest Historic Downtown Easton is the county seat of Talbot County. Established around early religious settlements and a court of law, today the historic district of Easton is a centerpiece of fine specialty shops, business and cultural activities, unique restaurants and architectural fascination. Tree-lined streets are graced with various period structures and remarkable homes, carefully preserved or restored. Because of its historical significance, Easton has earned distinction as the “Colonial Capital of the Eastern Shore” and was honored as #8 in the book, “The 100 Best Small Towns in America.” Walking Tour of Downtown Easton Start near the corner of Harrison Street and Mill Place. 1. HISTORIC TIDEWATER INN - 101 E. Dover St. A completely modern hotel built in 1949, it was enlarged in 1953 and has recently undergone extensive renovations. It is the “Pride of the Eastern Shore.” 2. THE BULLITT HOUSE - 108 E. Dover St. One of Easton’s oldest and most beautiful homes, it was built in 1801. It is now occupied by the Mid-Shore Community Foundation. 3. AVALON THEATRE - 42 E. Dover St. Constructed in 1921 during the heyday of silent films and vaudeville entertainment. Over the course of its history, it has been the scene of three world premiers, including “The First Kiss,” starring Fay Wray and Gary Cooper, in 1928. The theater has gone through two major restorations: the first in 1936, when it was refinished in an art deco theme by the Schine Theater chain, and again 52 years later, when it was converted to a performing arts and community center. For more info. tel: 410-822-0345 or visit avalontheatre.com. 4. TALBOT COUNTY VISITORS CENTER - 11 S. Harrison St. The Office of Tourism provides visitors with county information for historic Easton and the waterfront villages of Oxford, St. Michaels and Tilghman Island. For more info. tel: 410-770-8000 or visit tourtalbot.org. 5. BARTLETT PEAR INN - 28 S. Harrison St. Significant for its architecture, it was built by Benjamin Stevens in 1790 and is one of Easton’s earliest three-bay brick buildings. The home was “modernized” with Victorian bay windows on the right side in the 1890s. 6. WATERFOWL BUILDING - 40 S. Harrison St. The old armory is 105
Easton Points of Interest now the headquarters of the Waterfowl Festival, Easton’s annual celebration of migratory birds and the hunting season, the second weekend in November. For more info. tel: 410-822-4567 or visit waterfowlfestival.org. 7. ACADEMY ART MUSEUM - 106 South St. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Academy Art Museum is a fine art museum founded in 1958. Providing national and regional exhibitions, performances, educational programs, and visual and performing arts classes for adults and children, the Museum also offers a vibrant concert and lecture series and seasonal events. The Museum’s permanent collection consists of works on paper and contemporary works by American and European masters. Mon. through Thurs. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. First Friday of each month open until 7 p.m. For more info. tel: (410) 822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 8. CHRIST CHURCH - St. Peter’s Parish, 111 South Harrison St. Founded in 1692, the Parish’s church building is one of the many historic landmarks of downtown Easton. The current building was erected in the early 1840’s of Port Deposit granite and an addition on the south end was completed in 1874. Since that time there have been many improve-
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Easton Points of Interest ments and updates, but none as extensive as the restoration project which began in September 2014. For service times contact 410-822-2677 or christchurcheaston.org. 9. TALBOT HISTORICAL SOCIET Y - Located in the heart of Easton’s historic district. Enjoy an evocative portrait of everyday life during earlier times when visiting the c. 18th and 19th century historic houses, all of which surround a Federal-style garden. For more info. tel: 410-822-0773 or visit hstc.org. 10. ODD FELLOWS LODGE - At the corner of Washington and Dover streets stands a building with secrets. It was constructed in 1879 as the meeting hall for the Odd Fellows. Carved into the stone and placed into the stained glass are images and symbols that have meaning only for members. See if you can find the dove, linked rings and other symbols. 11. TALBOT COUNTY COURTHOUSE - Long known as the “East Capital” of Maryland. The present building was completed in 1794 on the site of the earlier one built in 1711. It has been remodeled several times. 11A. FREDERICK DOUGLASS STATUE - 11 N. Washington St. on the lawn of the Talbot County Courthouse. The statue honors Fred-
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Easton Points of Interest erick Douglass in his birthplace, Talbot County, where the experiences in his youth ~ both positive and negative ~ helped form his character, intellect and determination. Also on the grounds is a memorial to the veterans who fought and died in the Vietnam War, and a monument “To the Talbot Boys,” commemorating the men from Talbot who fought for the Confederacy. The memorial for the Union soldiers was never built. 12. SHANNAHAN & WRIGHTSON HARDWARE BUILDING 12 N. Washington St. It is the oldest store in Easton. In 1791, Owen Kennard began work on a new brick building that changed hands several times throughout the years. Dates on the building show when additions were made in 1877, 1881 and 1889. The present front was completed in time for a grand opening on Dec. 7, 1941 - Pearl Harbor Day. 13. THE BRICK HOTEL - northwest corner of Washington and Federal streets. Built in 1812, it became the Eastern Shore’s leading hostelry. When court was in session, plaintiffs, defendants and lawyers all came to town and shared rooms in hotels such as this. Frederick Douglass stayed in the Brick Hotel when he came back after the Civil War and gave a speech in the courthouse. It is now The Prager Building.
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14. THOMAS PERRIN SMITH HOUSE - 119 N. Washington St. Built in 1803, it was the early home of the newspaper from which the StarDemocrat grew. In 1911, the building was acquired by the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club, which occupies it today. 15. ART DECO STORES - 13-25 Goldsborough Street. Although much of Easton looks Colonial or Victorian, the 20th century had its inf luences as well. This row of stores has distinctive 1920s-era white trim at the roof line. It is rumored that there was a speakeasy here during Prohibition. 16. FIRST MASONIC GR AND LODGE - 23 N. Harrison Street. The records of Coats Lodge of Masons in Easton show that five Masonic Lodges met in Talbot Court House (as Easton was then called) on July 31, 1783 to form the first Grand Lodge of Masons in Maryland. Although the building where they first met is gone, a plaque marks the spot today. This completes your walking tour. 17. FOXLEY HALL - 24 N. Aurora St., Built about 1795, Foxley Hall is one of the best-known of Easton’s Federal dwellings. Former home of Oswald Tilghman, great-grandson of Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman. (Private) 18. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDR AL - On “Cathedral Green,”
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Easton Points of Interest Goldsborough St., a traditional Gothic design in granite. The interior is well worth a visit. All windows are stained glass, picturing New Testament scenes, and the altar cross of Greek type is unique. For more info. tel: 410-822-1931 or visit trinitycathedraleaston.com. 19. 202 DOVER - Built in 1874, this Victorian-era mansion ref lects many architectural styles. For years the building was known as the Wrightson House, thanks to its early 20th century owner, Charles T. Wrightson, one of the founders of the S. & W. canned food empire. Locally it is still referred to as Captain’s Watch due to its prominent balustraded widow’s walk. The Inn’s renovation in 2006 was acknowledged by the Maryland Historic Trust and the U.S. Dept. of the Interior. 20. TALBOT COUNTY FREE LIBRARY - Housed in an attractively remodeled building on West Street, the hours of operation are Mon. and Thurs., 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tues. and Wed. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fri. and Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcf l.org. 21. U. of M. SHORE MEDICAL CENTER AT EASTON - Established in the early 1900s as the Memorial Hospital, now a member of University of Maryland Shore Regional Health System. For more info.
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tel: 410-822-100 or visit umshoreregional.org. 22. THIRD HAVEN FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE (Quaker). Built 1682-84, this is the earliest documented building in MD and probably the oldest Quaker Meeting House in the U.S. William Penn and many other historical figures have worshiped here. In continuous use since it was built, today it is still home to an active Friends’ community. Visitors welcome; group tours available on request. thirdhaven.org. 23. TALBOT COMMUNITY CENTER - The year-round activities offered at the community center range from ice hockey to figure skating, aerobics and curling. The Center is also host to many events throughout the year, such as antique, craft, boating and sportsman shows. Near Easton 24. PICKERING CREEK - 400-acre farm and science education center featuring 100 acres of forest, a mile of shoreline, nature trails, low-ropes challenge course and canoe launch. Trails are open seven days a week from dawn till dusk. Canoes are free for members. For more info. tel: 410-822-4903 or visit pickeringcreek.org. 25. WYE GRIST MILL - The oldest working mill in Maryland (ca. 1682), the f lour-producing “grist” mill has been lovingly preserved by The Friends of Wye Mill, and grinds f lour to this day using two massive
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Easton Points of Interest grindstones powered by a 26 horsepower overshot waterwheel. For more info. visit oldwyemill.org. 26. W YE ISL A ND NATUR AL RESOURCE MA NAGEMENT AREA - Located between the Wye River and the Wye East River, the area provides habitat for waterfowl and native wildlife. There are 6 miles of trails that provide opportunities for hiking, birding and wildlife viewing. For more info. visit dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/eastern/wyeisland.asp. 27. OLD WYE CHURCH - Old Wye Church is one of the oldest active Anglican Communion parishes in Talbot County. Wye Chapel was built between 1718 and 1721 and opened for worship on October 18, 1721. For more info. visit wyeparish.org. 28. WHITE MARSH CHURCH - The original structure was built before 1690. Early 18th century rector was the Reverend Daniel Maynadier. A later provincial rector (1764–1768), the Reverend Thomas Bacon, compiled “Bacon’s Laws,” authoritative compendium of Colonial Statutes. Robert Morris, Sr., father of Revolutionary financier is buried here.
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On the broad Miles River, with its picturesque tree-lined streets and beautiful harbor, St. Michaels has been a haven for boats plying the Chesapeake and its inlets since the earliest days. Here, some of the handsomest models of the Bay craft, such as canoes, bugeyes, pungys and some famous Baltimore Clippers, were designed and built. The Church, named “St. Michael’s,” was the first building erected (about 1677) and around it clustered the town that took its name. 1. WADES POINT INN - Located on a point of land overlooking majestic Chesapeake Bay, this historic inn has been welcoming guests for over 100 years. Thomas Kemp, builder of the original “Pride of Baltimore,” built the main house in 1819. For more info. visit www.wadespoint.com. 117
St. Michaels Points of Interest 2. LINKS AT PERRY CABIN - Located on the scenic Miles River with an 18 hole golf course - Links at Perry Cabin. For more info. visit www. innatperrycabin.com. 3. MILES RIVER YACHT CLUB - Organized in 1920, the Miles River Yacht Club continues its dedication to boating on our waters and the protection of the heritage of log canoes, the oldest class of boat still sailing U. S. waters. The MRYC has been instrumental in preserving the log canoe and its rich history on the Chesapeake Bay. For more info. visit www.milesriveryc.org. 4. INN AT PERRY CABIN - The original building was constructed in the early 19th century by Samuel Hambleton, a purser in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. It was named for his friend, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. Perry Cabin has served as a riding academy and was restored in 1980 as an inn and restaurant. For more info. visit www.innatperrycabin.com. 5. THE PARSONAGE INN - A bed and breakfast inn at 210 N. Talbot St., was built by Henry Clay Dodson, a prominent St. Michaels businessman and state legislator around 1883 as his private residence. In 1877, Dodson,
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St. Michaels Points of Interest along with Joseph White, established the St. Michaels Brick Company, which later provided the brick for the house. For more info. visit www. parsonage-inn.com. 6. FREDERICK DOUGLASS HISTORIC MARKER - Born at Tuckahoe Creek, Talbot County, Douglass lived as a slave in the St. Michaels area from 1833 to 1836. He taught himself to read and taught in clandestine schools for blacks here. He escaped to the north and became a noted abolitionist, orator and editor. He returned in 1877 as a U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia and also served as the D.C. Recorder of Deeds and the U.S. Minister to Haiti. 7. CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM - Founded in 1965, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is dedicated to preserving the rich heritage of the hemisphere’s largest and most productive estuary - the Chesapeake Bay. Located on 18 waterfront acres, its nine exhibit buildings and floating fleet bring to life the story of the Bay and its inhabitants, from the fully restored 1879 Hooper Strait lighthouse and working boatyard to the impressive collection of working decoys and a recreated waterman’s shanty. Home to the world’s largest collection of Bay boats, the Museum regularly hosts temporary exhibitions, special events, festivals, and education programs. Docking and pump-out facilities available. Exhibitions and Museum Store open year-round. Up-to-date information and hours can be found on the Museum’s website at www.cbmm.org or by calling 410-745-2916. 8. THE CRAB CLAW - Restaurant adjoining the Maritime Museum and overlooking St. Michaels harbor. Open March-November. 410-7452900 or www.thecrabclaw.com. 9. PATRIOT - During the season (April-November) the 65’ cruise boat can carry 150 persons, runs daily historic narrated cruises along the Miles River. For daily cruise times, visit www.patriotcruises.com or call 410-745-3100. 10. THE FOOTBRIDGE - Built on the site of many earlier bridges, today’s bridge joins Navy Point to Cherry Street. It has been variously known as “Honeymoon Bridge” and “Sweetheart Bridge.” It is the only remaining bridge of three that at one time connected the town with outlying areas around the harbor. 11. VICTORIANA INN - The Victoriana Inn is located in the Historic District of St. Michaels. The home was built in 1873 by Dr. Clay Dodson, a druggist, and occupied as his private residence and office. In 1910 the property, then known as “Willow Cottage,” underwent alterations when 120
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St. Michaels Points of Interest acquired by the Shannahan family who continued it as a private residence for over 75 years. As a bed and breakfast, circa 1988, major renovations took place, preserving the historic character of the gracious Victorian era. For more info. visit www.victorianainn.com. 12. HAMBLETON INN - On the harbor. Historic waterfront home built in 1860 and restored as a bed and breakfast in 1985 with a turn-ofthe-century atmosphere. For more info. visit www.hambletoninn.com. 13. SNUGGERY B&B - Oldest residence in St. Michaels, c. 1665.The structure incorporates the remains of a log home that was originally built on the beach and later moved to its present location. www.snuggery1665.com. 14. LOCUST STREET - A stroll down Locust Street is a look into the past of St. Michaels. The Haddaway House at 103 Locust St. was built by Thomas L. Haddaway in the late 1700s. Haddaway owned and operated the shipyard at the foot of the street. Wickersham, at 203 Locust Street, was built in 1750 and was moved to its present location in 2004. It is known for its glazed brickwork. Hell’s Crossing is the intersection of Locust and Carpenter streets and is so-named because in the late 1700’s, the town was described as a rowdy one, in keeping with a port town where sailors would come for a little excitement. They found it in town, where there were saloons and working-class townsfolk ready to do business with them. Fights were common especially in an area of town called Hells Crossing. At the end of Locust Street is Muskrat Park. It provides a grassy spot on the harbor for free summer concerts and is home to the two cannons that are replicas of the ones given to the town by Jacob Gibson in 1813 and confiscated by Federal troops at the beginning of the Civil War. 15. FREEDOMS FRIEND LODGE - Chartered in 1867 and constructed in 1883, the Freedoms Friend Lodge is the oldest lodge existing in Maryland and is a prominent historic site for our Black community. It is now the site of Blue Crab Coffee Company. 16. TALBOT COUNTY FREE LIBRARY - St. Michaels Branch is located at 106 S. Fremont Street. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit www.tcfl.org. 17. CARPENTER STREET SALOON - Life in the Colonial community revolved around the tavern. The traveler could, of course, obtain food, drink, lodging or even a fresh horse to speed his journey. This tavern was built in 1874 and has served the community as a bank, a newspaper office, post office and telephone company. For more info. visit www. carpenterstreetsaloon.com. 122
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St. Michaels Points of Interest 18. TWO SWAN INN - The Two Swan Inn on the harbor served as the former site of the Miles River Yacht Club, was built in the 1800s and was renovated in 1984. It is located at the foot of Carpenter Street. For more info. visit www.twoswaninn.com. 19. TARR HOUSE - Built by Edward Elliott as his plantation home about 1661. It was Elliott and an indentured servant, Darby Coghorn, who built the first church in St. Michaels. This was about 1677, on the site of the present Episcopal Church (6 Willow Street, near Locust). 20. CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 301 S. Talbot St. Built of Port Deposit stone, the present church was erected in 1878. The first is believed to have been built in 1677 by Edward Elliott. For more info. tel: 410-745-9076. 21. THE OLD BRICK INN - Built in 1817 by Wrightson Jones, who opened and operated the shipyard at Beverly on Broad Creek. (Talbot St. at Mulberry). For more info. visit www.oldbrickinn.com. 22. THE CANNONBALL HOUSE - When St. Michaels was shelled by the British in a night attack in 1813, the town was “blacked out” and lanterns were hung in the trees to lead the attackers to believe the town was on a high bluff. The houses were overshot. The story is that a cannonball hit the chimney of “Cannonball House” and rolled down the stairway. This “blackout” was believed to be the first such “blackout” in the history of warfare. 23. AMELIA WELBY HOUSE - Amelia Coppuck, who became Amelia Welby, was born in this house and wrote poems that won her fame and the praise of Edgar Allan Poe. 24. ST. MICHAELS MUSEUM at ST. MARY’S SQUARE - Located in the heart of the historic district, offers a unique view of 19th century life in St. Michaels. The exhibits are housed in three period buildings and contain local furniture and artifacts donated by residents. The museum is supported entirely through community efforts. For more info. tel: 410745-9561 or www.stmichaelsmuseum.org. 25. GRANITE LODGE #177 - Located on St. Mary’s Square, Granite Lodge was built in 1839. The building stands on the site of the first Methodist Church in St. Michaels on land donated to the Methodists by James Braddock in 1781. Between then and now, the building has served variously as a church, schoolhouse and as a storehouse for muskrat skins. 26. KEMP HOUSE - Now a country inn. A Georgian style house, constructed in 1805 by Colonel Joseph Kemp, a revolutionary soldier 124
St. Michaels Points of Interest and hero of the War of 1812. For more info. visit www.oldbrickinn.com. 27. THE OLD MILL COMPLEX - The Old Mill was a functioning flour mill from the late 1800s until the 1970s, producing flour used primarily for Maryland beaten biscuits. Today it is home to a brewery, distillery, artists, furniture makers, and other unique shops and businesses. 28. CLASSIC MOTOR MUSEUM - Located at 102 E. Marengo Street, the Classic Motor Museum is a living museum of classic automobiles, motorcycles, and other forms of transportation, and providing educational resources to classic car enthusiasts. For more info. visit classicmotormuseum.org. 29. ST. MICHAELS HARBOUR INN, MARINA & SPA - Constructed in 1986 and recently renovated. For more info. visit www. harbourinn.com. 30. ST. MICHAELS NATURE TRAIL - This 1.3 mile paved walkway winds around the western side of St. Michaels starting at a dedicated parking lot on South Talbot Street. The path cuts through the woods, San Domingo Park, over a covered bridge and ending in Bradley Park. The trail is open all year from dawn to dusk.
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Oxford Points of Interest Oxford is one of the oldest towns in Maryland. Although already settled for perhaps 20 years, Oxford marks the year 1683 as its official founding, for in that year Oxford was first named by the Maryland General Assembly as a seaport and was laid out as a town. In 1694, Oxford and a new town called Anne Arundel (now Annapolis) were selected the only ports of entry for the entire Maryland province. Until the American Revolution, Oxford enjoyed prominence as an international shipping center surrounded by wealthy tobacco plantations. Today, Oxford is a charming tree-lined and waterbound village with a population of just over 700 and is still important in boat building and yachting. It has a protected harbor for watermen who harvest oysters, crabs, clams and fish, and for sailors from all over the Bay. 1. JOHN WESLEY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH - Built on a tiny patch of land outside Oxford, this unassuming one-room building without a steeple and without indoor plumbing, once served as an
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Oxford Points of Interest important place of worship and gathering for generations of Talbot County African-Americans. It was an abolitionist and integrated church community in a county which was slave-holding since 1770. Talbot County was at the center of both legal manumission (the freeing of a slave) and Fugitive Slave Act enforcement. The African American community was 50% free and 50% enslaved. It was also the center of Union recruitment of slaves for the U.S. Colored Troops. For more info. visit johnwesleychurch.org. 2. OXFORD CONSERVATION PARK - The park’s 86 acres stretch out on the southern side of state Route 333, near Boone Creek Road, and features walking trails, wetland viewing areas, native bird species, and open landscapes. 3. TENCH TILGHMAN MONUMENT - In the Oxford Cemetery the Revolutionary War hero’s body lies along with that of his widow. Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman, who was Gen. George Washington’s aide-de-camp, carried the message of Cornwallis’ surrender from Yorktown, VA, to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Across the cove from the cemetery may be seen Plimhimmon, home of Tench Tilghman’s widow, Anna Maria Tilghman.
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Oxford Points of Interest created 2 terraced sitting walls, a protective groin and a sandy beach with native grasses which will stop further erosion and provide valuable aquatic habitat. A similar project has been completed adjacent to the ferry dock. A kayak launch site has also been located near the ferry dock. 9. OXFORD MUSEUM - Morris & Market Sts. Devoted to the preservation of artifacts and memories of Oxford, MD. Admission is free; donations gratefully accepted. For more info. and hours tel: 410-2260191 or visit oxfordmuseum.org. 10. OXFORD LIBRARY - 101 Market St. Founded in 1939 and on its present site since 1950. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 10-4. 11. BRATT MANSION (ACADEMY HOUSE) - 205 N. Morris St. Served as quarters for officers of the Maryland Military Academy. Built about 1848. (Private residence) 12. BARNABY HOUSE - 212 N. Morris St. Built in 1770 by sea captain Richard Barnaby, this charming house contains original pine woodwork, corner fireplaces and an unusually lovely handmade staircase. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Private residence) 13. THE GRAPEVINE HOUSE - 309 N. Morris St. The grapevine over the entrance arbor was brought from the Isle of Jersey in 1810 by Captain William Willis, who commanded the brig “Sarah and Louisa.” (Private residence) 14. THE ROBERT MORRIS INN - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Robert Morris was the father of Robert Morris, Jr., the “financier of the Revolution.” Built about 1710, part of the original house with a beautiful staircase is contained in the beautifully restored Inn, now open 7 days a week. Robert Morris, Jr. was one of only 2 Founding Fathers to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. 410-226-5111 or visit robertmorrisinn.com. 15. THE OXFORD CUSTOM HOUSE - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Built in 1976 as Oxford’s official Bicentennial project. It is a replica of the first Federal Custom House built by Jeremiah Banning, who was the first Federal Collector of Customs appointed by George Washington. 16. TRED AVON YACHT CLUB - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Founded in 1931. The present building, completed in 1991, replaced the original structure. 17. OXFORD-BELLEVUE FERRY - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Started in 1683, this is believed to be the oldest privately operated ferry in the United States. Its first keeper was Richard Royston, whom the 130
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The Tilghman’s Island Series by Gary D. Crawford
Introduction Beginning with this issue of the Tidewater Times, January 2020, we embark (together) on a voyage of discovery into the history of one small but unique portion of the Eastern Shore that lies in Talbot County. The colonial administration named it “Choptank Island,” though for the last 278 years it has been known as Tilghman’s Island. Although settled more than three and a half centuries ago ~ in 1659, three years before the county itself was established ~ the island was the subject of just two published histories prior to 1991. The first, by Raymond Sinclair, appeared in 1954 and was titled The Tilghman’s Island Story. Antoinette Covington produced the second history in 1981, which she called Tilghman’s Island Capers. Unfortunately, neither of those fine books was in print when my wife, Susan, and I opened our bookstore (the Book Bank) on the island. So I decided to give it a try myself and produced a modest booklet called Tilghman’s Island: An Exploration. To make my self-imposed deadline (for “Tilghman Day,” the third Saturday in October), I wrote hurriedly, borrowing shamelessly from the Sinclair and Covington books and everything else I could find. Still, I had to chop off my history around the time of the Civil War, promising the reader it was “to be continued.” That was (gulp) 28 years ago. And now I’m right back in the same position ~ a bookseller on an island with no book about the island. All three books were reprinted, though none since 2000, and all three have been sold out. This is a shocking lapse and, to a bookseller, a rather unfortunate one, so I have resolved to do something about it. The Sinclair and Covington books may be printed again sometime in the future, but the third history is in my hands. For years I have wanted to publish a revised and expanded edition, carrying the island’s story forward and adding additional material acquired over the past 28 years. To my delight, the editor of this fine magazine, Anne Farwell, has agreed to help in this effort by publishing this new Tilghman history in installments in the Tidewater Times. This plan affords a wonderful opportunity for participation by readers ~ yes, by you. Anyone with knowl135
edge of the people, places and events described here are invited ~ nay, you are urged ~ to contribute corrections and additions to this project. So, here follows the opening portion of the Revised 2020 Edition of Tilghman‘s Island: An Exploration. If all goes well, we should have a completed manuscript with which we can go to press ~ before next Christmas. ~ GDC Fairbank Tilghman’s Island INTRODUCTION In the middle of the vast Chesapeake Bay lies a small island. Less than three miles long and a mile wide, forming the period at the end of the Bay Hundred peninsula, the island stands sentinel at the mouth of the Great Choptank River, four miles across from Cooke’s Point on the Dorchester shore. One tends to come upon t his island by chance. Driv ing dow n from the city to explore the Eastern Shore, people cross an odd little bridge and soon simply run out of road. It is hard to escape the feeling of being at Land’s End, of having stumbled upon a curious lost world. But this is not the case, as this isle was “found” a very long time ago. A r tifacts found on its shores demonstrate human presence for more than 100 centuries. The island has been continuously occupied by immigrants from the Old World for more than 350 years. For half of that period, it served as a plantation for a succession of owners. Beginning in 1843, the island was broken into parcels of land, and the new owners founded a thriving community.
The names of many of those first settlers remain on the island today. The islanders remain a close-knit, proud and hard-working community, many still striving to wrest a living from the Bay. T he e a rly Eu r op e a n s e t t ler s called it Choptank Island, or Great Choptank Island, after the river. It now carries the unusual and historic name of Tilghman. Many interesting people comprise its history. And the story begins a long time ago.... PRE-HISTORY: THE PALEO-INDIANS Before there was a Tilghman’s Island, even before there was a Chesapeake Bay, Native Americans were in the Delmarva area.
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Ten t hou sa nd ye a r s ago, t he sea level was far lower than it is today, so much lower that the Bay was merely a river f lowing out of Pennsylvania, through Maryland, and far out across the continental shelf to the sea. Delmarva was more like Maine in that distant time, as the Laurentide ice sheet still covered parts of New York. Here it was wooded and cold, with caribou, mastodons, great bi-
Maximum extent of ice 18,000 years ago during the last glaciation. Sea level was more than 300 feet below its present level, and the shoreline at the time was hundreds of miles offshore (see dashed line).
son and dire wolves ranging through the subarctic wilderness.
Man was here, too. We k now t hey occ asiona lly stopped on a small hill overlooking the ancient Susquehanna River. Hundreds of stone tools have been found on this hill, attesting to the presence of Paleo-Indian settlements and hunting camps dating back more than 11,000 years. A Tilghman’s Islander, Darrin Lowery, is conducting archeological studies throughout the lower Bay Hundred region. He has gathered evidence showing that man roamed from Delaware through the Delmarva swamps and woodlands, hunting and fishing. The stone tools he has found demonstrate that Indians camped, undoubtedly many times, on an embankment that is now the western shore of Choptank Island.
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Many of these artifacts show little or no wear from water, and they are still emerging as the island erodes. Many more must lie on the arctic meadow now beneath the waves of the Bay, or hidden in the soil of Delmarva. Much later ~ though still about 4,000 years before the building of the pyramids at Gizeh ~ the climate had warmed significantly and become wet. The melting ice cap raised the sea level, covering the continental shelf and f looding the lower Susquehanna with salt water. Oak and hemlock forests developed. By the time of the Roman Empire, the Bay, essentially as we know it today, was formed and the waters had become saline.
Oysters (f inally!) entered the ecology and, though small by today’s standards, they soon became part of man’s diet. The native Americans developed ceramics and an extensive system of trade and exchange. There is reason to believe that ranked societies had begun to evolve. Indians of the woodlands speared and netted fish from the rivers, hunted the forests for game and scoured the forest for edible plants. They grew squash, gourds and sunf lowers, though farming was only a supplement to their diet until about 1,000 AD, when corn became a staple. When Europeans arrived, they found settlements throughout the Bay area linked by trade and political networks. The plentiful forest provided building materials for dwellings: bark longhouses in the north and mud-wattle huts in the south. Farming eventually brought a new form of society, as settlements grew into large fortified towns with rigid castes and specialized artisans. The New Arrivals No one can be sure when the Chesapeake was first explored by people from the Old World. The Flatey Book written in the 14th century attributes the initial discovery of America in 985 to the Viking seaman Bjarni Herjólfsson. Nevertheless, Lief Eiriksson, son of Eirik the Red, generally is credited with having made a landfall on Vinland
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land in 1502 with “haukes” and “an Egle.” Another brought three “men taken in Newe Found Land.” These, the first Indians taken to England, were “clothid in beastysskinnys and eteRawe Flesh.” But all this was in the north, far from the Chesapeake. Meanwhile, far to the south, Balboa crossed Panama in 1513 but found the land route to the Pacific long, difficult a nd un hea lt hy. Si x yea rs later, Magellan slipped between the bottom of the continent and Tierra del Fuego, into the Pacific and across the vast ocean to the Philippines. They learned that the sea route into Antarctic waters was long, cold and bleak. A viable trade route to East Asia
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still eluded the Europeans. Their attention inevitably turned to the only unexplored stretch of coastline south of the Arctic Circle and north of Panama ~ the thirteen degrees of latitude from what is now Georgia to Maine. That is where the Chesapeake lies ~ where native American societies were living out their last undisturbed generation. France Explores the Mid-Atlantic Coast The silk merchants of Lyon were especially eager to find a direct passage to the Pacif ic. With f inancial backing from the bankers of Milan, they formed a syndicate and gave command of the expedit ion to Giovanni da Ver ra zano. Early in 1524, Verrazano arrived off Cape Fear (North Carolina) in the 100-ton French nav y caravel La Dauphine. He sailed south to Florida, then reversed course up the coast to New York, reaching as 141
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ano passed the eleven-mile entrance to the Chesapeake Bay without entering. His express mission was to seek out every waterway that might possibly reach the Pacific. He did land on the Atlantic coast of southern Delmarva, however. He spent three days exploring in either Ac c omack C ou nt y, V i rg i nia, or Worcester County, Maryland, where the beautiful trees prompted him to name the region “Acardia.” Pushing westward toward the Bay, Verrazano encountered an old woman and a young girl with a group of children. They managed to kidnap an Indian boy about eight years old, but the young woman strenuously resisted their efforts. While in Delmarva, Verrazano may have reached as far as the headwaters of the Nanticoke River ~ but he did not reach the Bay. Verrazano’s voyage was historic for his discovery of New York Harbor and the Hudson River, but it was
hardly the thorough exploration it was meant to be. He crossed from Cape Henlopen to Cape May without entering the Delaware Bay; he spent only one day in the Hudson before deciding it was just a lake. Verrazano did, however, leave us with a refreshingly sensitive description of a group of Native Americans he encountered in Rhode Island: “These people are the most beautiful and have the most civil customs that we have found on this voyage. They are taller than we are; they are a bronze color, some tending more toward whiteness, others to a tawney color; the face is clear-cut; the hair is long and black, and they take great pains to decorate it; the eyes are black and alert, and their manner is sweet and gentle, very like the manner of the ancients...they have all the pr op or t i on s b e lon gin g to any well-built men. Their women are just as shapely and beautiful; very gracious, of attractive manner and pleasant appearance...” But if not Verrazano, then who was the first European to enter the Chesapeake Bay? Portugal Explores the Mid-Atlantic Coast A few months after Verrazano returned to Dieppe, the Portuguese seaman Estevão Gomes made landfall somewhere near Cape Breton (Nova Scotia) and then coasted southward. He came down as far as what is now Newport, Rhode Island,
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Tilghman's Island Series but where he went from there is not known. He may have sailed straight to Cape Hatteras or the Caribbean; possibly, he returned directly to Spain. In any event, he skipped the Mid-Atlantic coast entirely. Spain Explores the Mid-Atlantic Coast The Spanish, established in Florida since 1513, soon began launching probes to the north. In 1521, Luis Vázquez de Ayllón directed Francisco Gordillo to explore the north coast of Florida. Later that year, Gordillo and the slave hunter Pedro de Quexos sailed to the mouth of a large river in the vicinity of South Carolina, possibly the Peedee River at Winyah Bay. Ayllón attempted to establish a colony in 1525 on a river that de Quexos had named Rio Jordan, now assumed to be near Cape Fear (North Carolina), though the actual location has not yet been found. Three large ships transported 600 settlers, including the first black slaves in North America, but malarial fever and Indian raids soon forced the Spanish to abandon the attempt. The Chesapeake Bay is Discovered There is no indication that Ayllón’s expedition reached the Chesapeake Bay, but the Spanish did come to learn about the Bay sometime during the next twenty years. Pedro Menéndez de Avilés wrote to King
Philip II in 1565 about the “Bay of Santa Maria,” which he placed in the land of the Indians in 37 degrees. He stated that “within half a league there is another arm of salt water running east-northeast which it is suspected goes to the South Sea.” This apparently is a reference to the Potomac, where Avilés said the Indians slaughtered cattle (bison) for hides to barter with the French in the north. Reports of bison in the Chesapeake area may seem surprising, but archeological evidence has been found as far east as Cumberland County, New Jersey, and Adriaen van der Donck, writing about New Netherland in the 1640s, noted that “Buffaloes are also tolerably plenty.” According to Jasper Dankers and Peter Sluyter, bison were in the area (New York) as late as 1680. The Spanish eventually did carry out a pla n sug ge sted by Av i lé s when, in 1570, they established a Jesuit mission on the York River (Virginia). Known as the Ajacán Mission, led by Father Juan Bautista de Segura, it did not go well. Their Indian guide, kidnapped in 1561 and educated in Cuba and Spain, slipped away and joined the Kiskiak Indians. Then, on February 9, 1571, the Kiskiaks overran the settlement and axed the Jesuits to death. Avilés avenged the massacre 18 months later by plundering the Kiskiak village and hanging eight of the suspected murderers. The disaster did, how-
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ever, discourage the Spanish from attempting further colonization in the Middle Atlantic area. I n 1 5 7 3 , Ju a n Me né nd e z d e Má rque s e x plore d t he we ster n shore of the “Bahia de Madre Dios” almost to the head of the bay. As de Márques squeezed past Kent I sla nd , he mu s t h ave se en t he headlands and offshore islands of Talbot County. French fur traders, infiltrating the region from Canada through New York and Pennsylvania, also may have been in the Bay early, though they left no records. Undoubtedly, Great Choptank Island was used for farming, fishing and hunting by many Indian tribes and families, but whether permanent settlements were ever established here is not known. The relative absence of pre-European history in the Chesapeake area is a great loss. More tragic is the fact that within a few years of the coming of Europeans, virtually all the previous inhabitants were gone. A few migrated north and west, but most had died off. They had no resistance to western diseases such as inf luenza, tuberculosis and smallpox. Some estimate that in some areas 90% of the population was lost ~ every hundred years. By the time the English arrived early in the 17th century, Delmarva already was considerably depopulated. The Powhatan chiefdom was in the south, the powerful Susquehannocks in the north, with scat145
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by Roger Vaughan Previously: The year is 1998. Andy Thomas made an ill-advised tactical call during a race in 50foot sailboats that nearly caused a dangerous collision. His father, Mitchell (at the helm), was livid. Later, at the awards dinner, a drunken Andy delivered a public declaration that made it virtually impossible for Mitchell Thomas, a well-known amateur sailor, not to mount a Volvo Round the World Race challenge. Mitchell is CEO of Moss Optics, a company inherited by his wife, Deedee Moss. Mitchell was thoroughly outraged by his son’s gaffe. At a board meeting of Moss Optical held in the company’s planetarium, a proposal for the company to sponsor the first American boat in the Volvo Race is presented, and accepted, much to Deedee’s delight. * * * * The parking lot of Jack Sargent’s Mondo Sports office on North Draper Avenue in San Diego was crowded with TV vans. As usual, every station in town had responded to Sargent’s announcement of a
press conference. It would take a major military f lare-up somewhere in the world, or a particularly juicy political scandal at City Hall, to keep the TV crews away from a Sargent press conference. The twotime America’s Cup winner was the most colorful sailor to come along since Ted Turner. He could run the gamut of mean, nasty, vindictive, funny and charming in a single sentence. The only sure thing about Sargent was that he never let a news crew down. Unlike so many professional sailors, who can be more politically correct than the original astronauts, Jan Sargent always fired from the hip. When Sargent was on a roll, even innocent bystanders had been known to catch a slug. Nobody loved holding a press conference more than Jack Sargent. The sight of several 30-pound, $150,000 professional Beta Cams leveled at him from their perches on sturdy tripods, their cold, unblinking eyes ready to bring his most subtle expressions, his every twist and turn of phrase
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the cosmetic arts. Jack Sargent had taken a course in public speaking, into the living rooms of millions not that he really needed it. He was of homes, was second only to the a natural. one-minute signal on a crowded, He had called the press conferwind-blown starting line for the ence to announce his acquisition of a adrenaline rush it produced. When major sponsor for his America’s Cup the sound guy clipped that little la- campaign that would come to fruivaliere mic to his shirt and ran the tion three years hence. It was a coup wire under his clothing, he always to have a major sponsor on board broke a light sweat. It was like be- so early, and Sargent had played it ing handed a fully loaded automatic to the hilt. He’d taken a few light weapon. When the talent stepped shots at the other, less fortunate up and delivered that first question, American syndicates ~ “pretendhe was as psyched as any hitter who ers” he’d called them ~ praised his ever faced major league pitching in sponsor’s good judgement and was a clutch situation. now taking questions. Jack Sargent’s office was a virtual “Ed Tower, WETX. Are you plansound stage, from the ning a two-boat eye-catching arrangecampaign?” It was the eyes ment of trophies, Sargent turned that had it. half-models and phohis large head a few tographs crowding degrees and leveled a the TV-friendly blue wall behind glance at Tower. It was the eyes that his desk, to the color-balanced had it. Sargent’s eyes were stone track lighting in the ceiling that had cold, no matter what emotions or been installed by cinematic special- theatrics the rest of his face was ists from Los Angeles. The tail of exhibiting. He could be laughing, the hidden broadcast-quality mi- frowning or surprised, but the eyes crophone on his desk terminated in never changed. The voice was that a panel that accommodated sound of a detective questioning a murder plugs from eight cameras and was suspect. accessible behind a hinged door on “Ed, how many America’s Cups the front of the desk. There was a have you covered?” private side entrance to Sargent’s “Three. No. Four.” office from the bathroom. When “Wouldn’t you say that anything all was ready, he could take a last but a two-boat campaign would be approving look at the effect he was stupid?” after and make his entrance. Doris, As the assembled media chuckhis secretary, had taken a course in led, Sargent was distracted by Do150
ris, who had slipped into the room cations sponsorship. Five million. via the side door. Sargent motioned Not too shabby, eh? That’s more her to his desk. She handed him a than you’re writing me a check for, slip of paper and left. Mitchell. About five million more.” “Okay, guys, I have to take this Sargent mimed a big silent laugh for phone call. Cameras off. But you can his attentive audience. stay, no problem. You might find it “So how’d you do in Newport?” interesting. I might find it interest- He aimed a cagey smile at the ing.” Sargent picked up the tele- troops, indicating that he knew phone. Talking on the phone in front very well, down to the last detail, of an audience was one of his favor- how Mitchell Thomas had done in ite gambits. He was a master at it. Newport, down to the last crossing “Mitchell Thomas! How’s my fa- tack of the last race, when Alastaire vorite Corinthian! Did I receive the Koonce had nearly cut him in half. shipment of binoculars you sent for “Yeah, I heard you nearly got him my America’s Cup crew? No, not in that last race. Must have been yet. But how thoughtful of you.” close. A little too close, maybe…” Sargent exchanged a wink with Sargent rolled his eyes. Ed Tower, reeling “Okay, I’m listenhim back in after Notes could only come ing.” making him look stuFor several minback to haunt you. pid. That was Jack utes, Sargent lisSargent’s game. He tened, long enough went one-on-one with everyone. for the news crews to tire of the It’s how he kept control. He had a game and begin looking at their personal relationship with each of watches. Sargent took no notes. the reporters in the room, just as he He didn’t believe in notes. Notes did with each man on his crew and could only come back to haunt you. with each person in his company. His brain was the only recorder he He dealt with everyone privately. needed. That way, no one knew what he had “Interesting. Very interesting… to say to anyone else. Each person no, it’s not out of the question at knew where he stood with Sargent, all… give me a day to think about but not in relation to where anyone it… no, I understand… I’ll give you else stood. Divide and conquer. my thoughts tomorrow… good… Only Sargent had the full picture. okay, Mitchell…” Only Sargent had the reins. Sargent hung up, serious now as “What am I doing? I’m in the he turned to face the cameras. middle of a press conference. I just “You might want to roll on this.” announced the Gaflack Communi- He paused as camera crews came 151
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dusty disarray of neglect. Jeff Lin, Andy’s best friend in the to attention, did sound checks, got company, was staring intently into their equipment rolling. the eyepiece of a small, deceptively “All set?” powerful telescope mounted on a “I would like you all to be the first tripod near the window. An opticist, to know that I have just been invited Jeff had been the creative force beto skipper a boat in the Volvo Ocean hind the development of the Moss Race Around the World. My invita- Stealth Scope that he was now using tion comes from Mitchell Thomas, to peer into offices and apartments who announced last week that his many blocks away. What better use company, Moss Optics, planned to for such a marvelous instrument, underwrite the first American boat Jeff had once asked Andy. Andy ever to enter this race that until couldn’t think of one. The two were now has been called the Whitbread high-tech peeping Toms, giving their Round the World race.” favorite subjects names, fantasizing Sargent paused. about their jobs, lives and relation“Any questions?” ships. “Andrea” was a favorite of AnEight reporters dy’s. But Andy looked started talking at broken. Even the She just stood up, once. promise of Andrea’s she's fixing her scarf. new look couldn’t “Man, you should see Andrea today. distract him. Hair all piled up on her head. And a “I need a drink.” dress we’ve never seen. Red. Slinky. “This is better than booze. She Pretty rad for the office. My God, just stood up. She’s fixing her that woman is built. Come look.” scarf…” “Can’t.” Andy was slumped at his “Shut up, man. I’m dying here. desk on the 42nd floor of Moss Op- I’ve been Shanghaied, knocked tics’ Manhattan headquarters, head senseless, dumped in a sack and in hands. His office was a shamble heaved on board this goddamn boat, of stacked boxes. It looked as if no trapped like a rat, hemmed in on all one had done a thing since the mov- sides. It’s like being put on board ers had left three weeks ago, but it the Titanic when you know it’s godid show signs of habitation. Old ing to go down. Maybe my boat isn’t soft drink cups languished on win- going down, but it may as well. I’d dowsills and tables among piles of rather the thing went down right magazines and newspapers. Andy’s after the start so I wouldn’t be tordesk was buried. It wasn’t the clut- tured for nine months. Nine months ter of nonstop business; it was the is a long time to be tortured.” 152
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worked without your input. I’d say almost a mile.” Andy straightened up, looked Andy got up and began pacing. “How the hell did this happen to at Jeff and resumed his pacing. “If me, Jeff? Hey, it’s me, Andy Thom- you’re such a genius, help get me as, gentleman alcoholic, playboy out of this mess. Can you see me doin training, poor little rich guy ing this? Come on… me, taking off doin’ the best he can, hiding away into the briny trapped in a 35-foot in the heavens with his books, his plastic tube with eleven gung-ho dogs, his high-maintenance trophy animals for nine months, so bad out girlfriend who treats him like a there most days that you can’t even hostage, and Momma Deedee who brush your teeth let alone wash your regularly saves his ass and makes pits, tryin’ to take a dump over the it all possible. What’s gone wrong? side while the boat’s being whipped Where’s Momma Deedee when I around like a rag in the mouth of a need her? Something is strange crazed terrier…” “I thoughts the boats were 65 here, man. She’s avoiding me. She says talk with Mitchell. Talk with feet.” Andy stopped Mitchell? There’s a first. Why is she so Like a rag in the mouth pacing. “They are, but you got to keep fixated on this godof a crazed terrier. weight out of both damn race? Withends. Weight in the out her running interference, Mitchell is gonna ride ends slows a boat down, makes it me right into the ground. He’s got pitch. So everybody lives and works a rope around my nuts, and he’s in the middle of the boat.” “I see.” lovin’ it.” Andy laughed at how easily Jeff Jeff took his eye away from the scope and regarded his friend. could sidetrack him. Bloody sciAndy walked over and bent to the entists. He began pacing again. “I’m glad you see it, Jeffie, because eyepiece. “My luck, she’s gone… no, here it’s all a goddamn blur to me. How she comes, wow, you’re right, lookin’ about the Southern Ocean, Drake good, mighty good. What a class act Passage, Cape Horn? Sounds cool, of a babe. What a piece of work, this doesn’t it? Magic names. The stuff scope. Look at that image. It feels as of romance for landlubbers like if I could speak to her. How far away you. Well, I’ve seen the videos on are we? A mile? You’re a freaking ESPN, talked to a couple of the poor slobs who have done this race. And genius, Jeffie.” “Thanks. But it never would have there’s nothing romantic about it 154
when you’re the guy in charge of leisurely cruise around the world. providing romantic visions for fu- It’s brutal, man. The ESPN shows ture generations. You’re freezin’ use on-board footage. I’ve seen it!” ass out there, colder than you ever Andy paused but kept pacing, thought you could be, and for weeks getting more worked up. at a time. There’s no place to hide. “An average of two boats per race The deck in 25 to 50 knots of wind lost masts. Crunch, smacko, down and huge seas looks like a combat they came. Two thousand miles zone. The water flying off the bow from nowhere, with no mast. People knocks guys right off their feet. Be- probably hurt. People like me, Jeflow decks is like a swamp in win- fie.” ter. You’re out of the wind, and it’s Jeff buried his head in the telea little warmer if the heater isn’t scope. There was nothing he could broken, which I’m told it usually is, think of to say. but not enough to get the chill out “What do they eat? Nothing but of your bones. And that’s when ev- freeze-dried food. Ever eat any of erything is running smoothly. Now that junk? It’s like glue. We’re talkthe odd wave smacks your stern at ing impaction. Ruins your health the same time you for years afterwards. catch a gust of wind Two thousand miles from Why? To save weight. in the 40-knot range, Madness. nowhere with no mast. and all hell breaks “And ice! Oh, loose. You spin out, yeah, let’s not forwith the boat pinned on its side by a get about the ice. You’re screamspinnaker full of wind, then water; ing along at 25 knots boat speed at mast parallel with the horizon. You night in the middle of the Southern know what you do then, Jeffie? You Ocean. Ever look at the map? That hang by your thumbs and wait for ocean circles the globe at around the spinnaker to rip apart. No, you 40 degrees south, unimpeded. pray for it to rip apart. That can take There’s no land in the way to slow several minutes, a lifetime when down the weather. I’ve seen videos you are laid over 90 degrees. When of crews sailing the Southern Ocean the chute finally rips apart, the wa- in a damn blizzard ~ the Roaring ter dumps out and the boat rights it- Forties they call it ~ can’t see to the self. Then you hurry to clean up the front of the boat, the snow is commess, working with twenty pounds ing so thick. You’ve got a face mask of wet clothes on, boots full of wa- and goggles on, and it’s lucky that ter, hands numb, because you’ve got everything, including your brain, to get another spinnaker up. Why? is half-frozen because if you could Because you’re racing! This isn’t a think, here’s what you’d be thinking 155
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rel would be inches from his foot. The right one? No, the left. Would about: growlers. You know what a he take his shoe and sock off, watch growler is, Jeffie? It’s a chunk of ice the hole appear in his foot as he that breaks off a big berg. A chunk fired, watch the foot jerk as the bulthe size of a pickup truck. Solid as let hit it, watch the blood splatter… concrete. It floats just above or be- no, leave the sock on, like a hood low the surface. Think about hitting they put over the head of somebody one of those at 25 knots…” about to be executed. Give the poor Andy slumped into his chair, the foot that much dignity. But no need picture of dejection. His sudden ruining the shoe. Although with laugh sounded hollow. “It’s like rid- a bullet hole, it would make a nice ing a motorcycle through a mine- trophy. Bam! He heard the distant field at high speed. Last race during echo of another shot, one fired in a press conference, one bloodthirsty a tunnel a long time ago. A wave of journalist asked the skippers if they nausea crawled past. Shoot himself weren’t worried about the possibil- in the foot? Who was he kidding? ity of hitting growlers at night in With his luck, it would get infected the Southern Ocean. and they’d have to You know what one You could always shoot cut it off. No way. The skipper said? ‘Growlintercom buzzed. yourself in the foot. Andy ignored it. It ers don’t come out at night.’” Jeff smiled. buzzed again. “Romantic enough for you? That’s Andy didn’t move. He wondered what these guys do… me!... that’s if he might be unconscious. A third what I’m going to be doing unless buzz. Bad sound. He managed to we can think of something. Come move one hand and find the inon, man. Help me out here.” tercom button. “Yes, Gloria.” His “You could always shoot yourself mouth was mashed into several layin the foot,” Jeff said quietly, not ers of newspaper on his desk. His taking his eye off the scope. “My voice sounded muffled, foreign to older brother says a friend of his did him. that in the ’60s to keep from getting “Your father would like to see drafted.” you, Andy.” Andy let his head fall to the desk. His eyes were closed. He imagined Roger Vaughan lives, works and pointing a gun at his foot, the old sails in Oxford, Maryland. bolt-action .22 caliber rifle he used for shooting squirrels off the bird feeder. The muzzle of the long bar156
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Fox Island: Right Where it Should, and Shouldn’t, Have Been. by Tom Horton
I was just 33 when I met her, turning 50. A 40-year relationship ensued ~ intimate, though I shared her with so many others. And now we’re parting. It was educational. The 11-bedroom lodge on Great Fox Island, built in 1929 amid protective tidal marshes at the juncture of Tangier and Pocomoke sounds, was a base for waterfowlers for her first half-century. In 1976, she was donated to the Che sape a ke Bay Fou nd at ion, a young organization formed around
this simple notion: Get schoolchildren out on the Bay, show them all that makes it special ~ and vulnerable. Teach them to care. Fox Island, which I had the pleasure of managing for CBF during a hiatus from writing, afforded literal immersion in the wonders of the Chesapeake, built as it was on pilings that let the waves roll beneath it, shuddering the whole structure as the tide rose and the wind sang. Leafing through decades of students’ journals as we helped CBF’s Paul Willey “decommission” the
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Fox Island place recently, a word frequently encountered was “mud”; mud as in wallowing in it head to toe, faces so muddy the whites of kids’ eyes pop from old photographs. Mud is the essence of our shallow estuary, the literal bottom line. “You’ve got mud between your toes,” say the folks of nearby Smith and Tangier islands. It means you’ve bonded with the Bay. Willey was wistful. I understood. I had hired him here on the dock of the old lodge 30 years ago, and he’s been with Fox ever since, now director of operations for what has grown into one of the nation’s finest environmental education programs. The lodge was the first of four residential education centers CBF would build. I estimated 16 years ago that Fox Island had worked its magic on some 18,000 school kids who came for three days and two nights. Equally impactful was how Fox Island nur tured so many young educators who lived and worked there through five decades, and who have gone on to run environmental programs across the country. One of them, Cindy Dunn, is now Pennsylvania’s secretary of conservation and natural resources. And there’s Bo Hoppin, now heading the amazing Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership in Maine. Bo graced the June 1993 cover of National Geographic, silhouetted
by a rising sun as he leapt across a row of tall pilings outside the Fox Island lodge. The genius of Fox was that it was just so out there, miles from the grid, from the sounds of human traffic. Kids rode an improvised stationary bicycle in the kitchen to pump water for washing and cooking. Composting toilets handled waste; solar panels and a wood stove handled electricity and heat. I loved to climb with kids to the crow’s nest atop the lodge, predawn. We’d watch as light began dividing day from night, dawn tugging color and texture from the void, distinguishing land from water, revealing creatures of the air and the sea, winging and splashing to the horizons. One looked upon all of this and knew that it was good ~ this everyday beginning at Fox Island ~ and a fair summary of God’s creation from the first chapter of Genesis. And now it’s the fall of 2019 and Fox Island is closing, teaching the world a last lesson. Erosion from the Bay’s wind and waves has been nibbling away for centuries at the marshes and beaches that buffered the place from storms and offered sheltered coves and creeks for kids to canoe and kayak. But climate change and rising sea levels are accelerating the erosion to the point now that it is becoming dangerous to continue the mission there. If memories were concrete and
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good karma was cash, there’d be more than enough of both to just wall the place in, give it another lease on life. Even then, the spirit would have gone out of the place. So it’s time ~ CBF is taking bids to sell it, though it’s hard to imagine who will want it now. Paul Willey was taking down the “Great Fox Island” sign he’d carved back in 1992. He said he’d always thought the building would go before the land. I reminded him that the lodge almost did go in Hurricane Isabel in 2003 (a few hundred thousand dollars in repairs bought another 16 years); and I’d bet the owners in 1954 made extensive repairs after Hur r ic ane Ha zel, which roared straight up the Chesapeake, instead of veering east of the Bay, as most do. We can fix hurricane damage; rising sea levels and sinking landscapes are another story. Indeed, on Willey’s mind are CBF’s three other residential education centers, at Tangier and Smith islands and on the Bishops Head peninsula of lower Dorchester County. All are exactly where they should be, on the bleeding edge of land and water, to maximize the Chesapeake educational experience. And all are exactly where they shouldn’t be so long as we refuse to take our climate crisis seriously. After seeing off the press folks CBF had hauled out on Halloween 161
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Fox Island eve from Washington, Baltimore and Norfolk to spread the last lesson of Fox Island, we hooked and released dozens of rockfish from around the old lodge, keeping a couple for dinner. One educator recalled once catching rock from his bedroom window there. So amazing, so typical, so going away. I’ll leave you with a tale of Fox magic from the late Dallas Bradshaw, a Smith Islander who served as boat captain and world’s greatest storyteller for years there. Kids loved Dallas and the job was therapy
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for him after the tragic drowning loss of his own son. Dallas taught a group of schoolchildren to dangle a big jimmy crab off the dock, tied by a string to his f lipper. At the right season, Dallas knew, the sex pheromones exuded by male crabs beckon irresistibly to lady crabs ready to shed their shells and mate. The jimmy soon “had himself a wife” ~ and another and another, as the kids removed the ecdysiast females and redangled the jimmy. Talk about coitus interruptus. Talk about frustrating. One time, t houg h, Da l l a s he a r d t he k id s shrieking for him to come look: The jimmy had come up not with prospective wives, but with a large pair of barnacled, orange-handled scissors, dropped and covered by mud long ago. “I took those scissors and cut him loose. Don’t you agree he deserved it?” Dallas asked me. The scissors were added to decades of bones and shells and art and other Bay memorabilia enshrined on the wall of the lodge. Reprinted with permission from the Bay Journal. Tom Horton has written about the Chesapeake Bay for more than 40 years, including eight books. He lives in Salisbury, where he is also a professor of Environmental Studies at Salisbury University.
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and locations in the Mid-Shore a re a, v i sit ea ste r n shore mdalanon.org/meetings. Every Thurs.-Sat. Amish Country Farmer’s Market in Easton. An indoor market offering fresh produce, meats, dairy products, furniture and more. 101 Marlboro Ave. For more info. tel: 410-822-8989. Thru Jan. 5 Exhibit: Un*Sus*Tain*A*Ble at the Main Street Art Gallery, Cambridge, featuring artist Karen O’Dowd. This is a visual portrayal of our unrelenting use of plastic. For more info. tel: 410-330-4659 or visit www. mainstgallery.org.
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January Calendar Thru March 1, 2020 Exhibition: On Land and On Sea ~ A Century of Women in the Rosenfeld Collection at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. The exhibition features the work of Morris and Stanley Rosenfeld, who created the world’s largest and most significant collection of maritime photography. This exhibition is sponsored by the Mar yland State Arts Council. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916 or visit cbmm.org. Thru April 2020 GAMELTRON@ A AM: Bodyphones in the Mu-
seum front yard. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bodyphones is an immersive insta llat ion by A aron Taylor Kuffner (1975), an Americanborn conceptual artist. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 1 Meeting: Nar-Anon at Immanuel United Church of Christ, Cambridge. 7 to 8 p.m. 1st Wednesday. Support group for families and friends of addicts. For more info. tel: 800-477-6291 or visit nar-anon.org. 1,6,8,13,15,20,22,27,29 Core & More Fitness RX Class with instructor Mark Cuviello, owner of
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Fitness Rx Performance Training Studios, at the Oxford Community Center. $12 per person per class. Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-226-5904 or visit oxfordcc. org. 1,8,15,22,29 Meeting: Wednesday Morning Artists. 8 a.m. at Creek Deli in Cambridge. No cost. All disciplines and skill levels welcome. Guest speakers, roundtable discussions, studio tours and other art-related activities. For more info. tel: 410-463-0148. 1,8,15 ,22 ,29 Chair Yoga w ith Susan Irwin in the St. Michaels Housing Authority Community Room, Dodson Ave. Wednesdays from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Free. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073 or visit stmichaelscc.org. 1,8,15,22,29 The Senior Gathering at the St. Michaels Community Center, Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for a well-prepared meal from Upper
Shore Aging. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073 or visit stmichaelscc.org. 1,8,15,22,29 Acupuncture Clinic at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit evergreeneaston.org. 1,8,15,22,29 Meeting: Choptank Writers Group at the Dorchester Center for the Arts, Cambridge. Wednesdays from 3 to 5 p.m. Everyone interested in writing is invited to join. For more info. tel: 443-521-0039. 1,8,15,22,29 Yoga Nidra Meditation at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. Wednesdays from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-8193395 or visit evergreeneaston. org. 2 Dog Walking at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 1st Thursday at 10 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-
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Center. Tues. and Thurs. at 9 a.m. with Nathan Spivey. $75 monthly ($10 drop-in fee). For more info. tel: 410-226-5904 or visit oxfordcc.org. 2,7,9,14,16,21,23,28,30 Steady and Strong exercise class at the Oxford Community Center. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:15 a.m. $60/10 classes or $8 per class. For more info. tel: 410-226-5904 or visit oxfordcc.org. 2,7,9,14,16,21,23,28,30 Mixed/ Gentle Yoga at Everg reen: A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit evergreeneaston.org. 2,9,16,23,30 Men’s Group Meeting at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. Thursdays from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Weekly meeting where men can frankly and openly deal with issues in their lives. For more info. tel: 410-
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month. For more info. tel: 410819-3395 or visit evergreeneaston.org. 3 First Friday in downtown Easton. Art galleries offer new shows and have many of their artists present throughout the evening. Tour the galleries, sip a drink and explore the fine talents of local artists. 5 to 8 p.m. 3 First Friday in downtown Chestertown. Join us for our monthly progressive open house. Our businesses keep their doors open later so you can enjoy gallery exhibits, unique shopping, special performances, kids’ activities and a variety of dining options. 5 to 8 p.m. 3 Dorchester Sw ingers Square Dancing Club meets 1st Friday at Maple Elementary School on Egypt Rd., Cambridge. $7 for guest members to dance. Club
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County residents. Must provide identification. Each family can participate once per week. Every Monday: Dinner buffet at Union United Methodist Church. 4 to 7 p.m. Every Friday: Lunch buffet at St. Michaels Community Center. 11 to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073 or visit stmichaelscc.org. 3,7,10,14,17,21,24,28,31 Free Blood Pressure Screenings from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fr idays at Universit y of Maryland Shore Medical Center, Cambridge. 3,10,17,24,31 Meeting: Vets Helping Vets ~ Informational meet-
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January Calendar 3,10,17,24,31 Bingo! every Friday night at the Easton Volunteer Fire Department on Creamery Lane, Easton. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and games start at 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-4848. 4 Winter Walk at Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge. The walks provide a great opportunity to experience areas of the Refuge not usually open to the public, with a good chance of spotting waterfowl and wildlife. Guided walks start promptly at 8 a.m. Registration for each walk is limited to 20 participants, first-come,
first-served. Children over 12 are permitted, but no dogs. Walks a re f re e, but t a x- de duc t ible donations payable to Friends of Eastern Neck are greatly appreciated to keep the program self-sustaining. For more info. tel: 410-639-7160. 4 First Sat urday g uided wa lk. 10 a.m. at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Free for members, $5 admission for non-members. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit adkinsarboretum.org. 4 Concert: Cold Chocolate in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit
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Regional Hospice, Grief Support Services Wing, Centreville. For more info. visit compassregionalhospice.org. 6 Bluegrass Jam at St. Andrew’s Episcopa l Church, 303 Main St., Hurlock. 1st Monday from 7 to 10 p.m. Bluegrass musicians and fans welcome. Donations accepted for the benefit of St. Andrew’s food bank. 6 Meeting: Cambridge Coin Club at the Dorchester County Public Library. 1st Monday at 7:30 p.m. Annual dues $5. For more info. tel: 443-521-0679. 6 Meeting: Live Playwrights’ So-
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ciet y at t he Ga r f ield C enter, Chestertown. 1st Monday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-810-2060. 6-March 31 Exhibition: The Tidewater Camera Club to exhibit their photography at the Todd Performing Art Center at Chesapeake College, Wye Mills. Members include both professional and non-professional photographers. For more information visit tidewatercameraclub.org. 6,13,20,27 Meeting: Overeaters Anonymous at UM Shore Medical Center in Easton. Mondays from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. For more info. visit oa.org. 6,13,20,27 Monday Night Trivia at the Market Street Public House, Denton. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Join host Norm Amorose for a funfilled evening. For more info. tel: 410-479-4720. 7 Intro to Excel Class at the Talbot County Free Librar y, Easton. 1:30 to 3 p.m. Computer training with Rita Hill. Bring your own PC laptop or just sit and observe. No Macs, please. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 7 Read with Wally, a Pets on Wheels therapy dog, at the Talbot County
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7,14,21,28 Free Blood Pressure Screening from 9 a.m. to noon, Tuesdays at University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Diagnostic and Imaging Center, Easton. For more info. tel: 410820-7778. 7,14,21,28 Meeting: Bridge Clinic Support Group at the UM Shore Medical Center at Dorchester. Tuesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free, confidential support group for individuals who have been hospitalized for behavioral reasons. For more info. tel: 410-2285511, ext. 2140. 7,14,21,28 Healing Through Yoga at Talbot Hospice, Easton. Tuesdays from 9 to 10 a.m. This new complementary therapy guides participants through mindfulness and poses that direct healing in positive ways. Participants will learn empowering techniques to cope with grief and honor their
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Me e t i ng: B ay w ater C a mer a Club at the Dorchester Center for the A rts, Cambridge. 2nd Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. All are welcome. For more info. tel: 443-939-7744.
8 Open Mic at the Academy Art Mu s eu m , E a s ton. T heme: A New Leaf. Share and appreciate t he r ich t ape st r y of creat ivity, skills and knowledge that thrive here. All ages and styles of performance are welcome. The event is open to all ages. 7 to 9 p.m. Admission is free. Snacks provided; nominal charge for beverages. For more info. e-mail RayRemesch@gmail.com.
Dancers at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. $12 per person, $20 for both classes. For more info. tel: 410-200-7503 or visit continuumdancecompany.org. 9 Mid-Shore Pro Bono Legal Clinic at the Caroline County Senior Center, Denton. 2nd Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon. For more info. and to schedule an appointment tel: 410-690-8128 or visit midshoreprobono.org. 9 Member Night at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels ~ An Evening with Marc Castelli. 5 to 7 p.m. Free
8,22 Bay Hundred Chess Class at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 1 to 3 p.m. Beginners welcome. For all ages. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 8,22 Meeting: Choptank Writers Group, 2nd and 4th Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Dorchester Center for the Arts, C a mbr id ge. Ever yone i nter ested in w riting is inv ited to participate. For more info. tel: 443-521-0039. 8,22
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January Calendar for CBMM members. For more info. tel: 410-745-4991 or e-mail druzicka@cbmm.org. 9 Learn about the new park dedicated to Frederick Douglass with Dr. Barbara Paca at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-8221626 or visit tcfl.org. 9 Concert: Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra presents the Elizabeth Loker Concerto Competition final round at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 7 p.m. For more info. visit midatlanticsymphony.org. 9-12 Musical: Here We Go Again presented by Groove Theatre Company at the Historic 447 on Race Street, Cambridge. Visit GrooveTheatre.com for showtimes and ticket availability. 9,23 Memoir Writers at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Record and share your memories of life a nd fa mi ly. Pa r t icipa nt s a re invited to bring their lunch. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 10 Open Bota nic a l A r t St ud io w ith L ee D’ Zmura at Adk ins Arboretum, Ridgely. 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Participants will 178
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10 Mid-Shore Pro Bono Legal Clinic at the Dorchester County Public Library, Cambridge. 2nd Friday from 10 a.m. to noon. For more info. and to schedule an appointment, tel: 410-690-8128 or visit midshoreprobono.org. 10 Concert: Dan Navarro in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org. 10-Feb. 14 Early Winter Homeschool Classes for ages 6 to 10+ at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Fridays from 1 to 2:30 p.m. $90 members, $100 nonmembers. For more info. tel:
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January Calendar ond Saturday Book Sale at the Dorchester County Public Library, Cambridge. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. $10 adults and children ages 3+. For more info. tel: 410-228-7331 or visit dorchesterlibrary.org. 11 Dog Walking at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 2nd Saturday at 10 a.m. For more info. tel: 410 - 634-2847, ext. 0 or v isit adkinsarboretum.org. 11 Lecture: When Women Won the Vote ~ the State by State Drama of Ratification. 10 a.m. at the Ta lbot C ount y Free L ibra r y, Easton. Sponsored by the Ameri-
can Association of University Women and the Talbot County Free Library. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 11 Live at the MET in HD: Berg’s Wozzeck at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org. 11 Second Saturday at the Artsway from 1 to 5 p.m., 401 Market Street, Denton. Interact w ith artists as they demonstrate their work. For more info. tel: 410-4791009 or visit carolinearts.org. 11 Second Saturday and Art Walk in Historic Downtown Cambridge on Race, Poplar, Muir and High streets. Shops will be open late. Galleries will be opening new shows and holding receptions. Restaurants w ill feature live music. 5 to 9 p.m. For more info. visit CambridgeMainStreet.com. 11 Second Saturday Art Night Out in St. Michaels. Take a walking tour of St. Michaels’ six fine art galleries, all centrally located on Talbot Street. For more info. tel: 410-745-9535 or visit townofstmichaels.org. 11,25 Country Church Breakfast at Fa it h Ch ap el a nd Tr app e United Methodist churches in Wesley Hall, Trappe. 7:30 to
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10:30 a.m. TUMC is also the home of “Martha’s Closet” Yard Sale and Community Outreach Store, open during the breakfast and every Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to noon. 12 Firehouse Breakfast at the Oxford Volunteer Fire Company. 8 to 11 a.m. $10 for adults and $5 for children under 10. For more info. tel: 410-226-5110. 13 Meeting: Caroline County AARP Chapter #915 meet s at noon with a covered dish luncheon at the Church of the Nazarene in Denton. New members are welcome. For more info. tel: 410482-6039. 13 Caregiver Support Group at the Talbot County Senior Center, Easton. 2nd Monday, 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 443-746-3698 or visit snhealth.net. 13 Stitching Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 3 to 5 p.m. Work on your favorite project with a group. Limited instruction for beginners. Newcomers welcome. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 13-Feb. 17 Class: Intermediate/Advanced Pottery with Paul Aspell at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Mondays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. $205 members, $245
non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 13-Feb. 17 Class: Intermediate and Advanced Potter’s Wheel with Paul Aspell at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Mondays from 1 to 3 p.m. $205 members, $245 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 13-Feb. 24 Minecraft Mondays at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 3 to 5 p.m. Mine for diamonds and battle creepers. For ages 10-16. Light refreshments will be served. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 14 Workshop: Scrap Happy Day with Sheryl Southwick at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 9:30 a.m. to noon. $45 members, $54 nonmembers, plus $8 materials fee paid to the instructor. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 14 Advance Healthcare Planning at Talbot Hospice, Easton. 2nd Tue sd ay at 11 a.m. Hospic e sta f f a nd t ra ined volunteers will help you understand your options for advance healthcare pla nni ng a nd c omplete you r advance directive paperwork, including the Five Wishes. Free
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January Calendar a nd op en to t he publ ic . For more info. tel: 410 -822- 6681 to register. 14 Family Craf ts at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 3:30 p.m. Winter crafts/ yarn scarf. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 14 Meeting: Us Too Prostate Cancer Support Group at UM Shore Regional Cancer Center, Idlewild Ave., Easton. 2nd Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-820-6800, ext. 2300 or visit umshoreregional.org. 14 Meeting: Tidewater Stamp Club at the Old Railway Station on Pennsylvania Ave., Easton. 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 301-704-3811 or visit twstampclub.com. 14,28 Meeting: Buddhism Study Group at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living, Easton. 2nd
and 4th Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Open to the public. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit evergreeneaston.org. 14-Feb. 18 Class: Port raits in Three Colors with Bradford Ross at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $175 members, $205 non-members, plus model fee due to instructor. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 14-Feb. 18 Class: Oil Painting ~ Explorations in Color and Value with Meg Walsh at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Tuesdays from 1 to 3:30 p.m. $190 members, $225 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 14- Feb. 25 Story Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. Tuesdays at 10 a.m. (program repeats at 11 a.m.) for ages 5 and under accompanied by an adult.
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For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcf l.org. 15 Me et i ng: Dorche ster C a re g ivers Suppor t Group. 3rd Wednesday from 1 to 2 p.m. at Pleasant Day Adult Medical Day Care, Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-228-0190. 15 St. Michaels Library Book Club to discuss The Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacIntyre at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 3:30 to 5 p.m. Open to all. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 15 Child Loss Support Group at Ta lbot Hospic e, Ea ston. 3rd
Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. This support group is for anyone grieving the loss of a child of any age. Free and open to the public. For more info. tel: 410-822-6681. 15,22 Class: Winter Wonderland in Pastel with Katie Cassidy at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. $140 members, $170 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 15-Feb. 19 Class: Beginning and Intermediate Potter’s Wheel with Paul Aspell at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. $205 members, $245 non-members.
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please pre-register. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 15,29 Story Time at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels at 10:30 a.m. For children ages 5 and under accompanied by an adult. For more info. tel: 410745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 16 Family Unplugged Games at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 3:30 p.m. Bring the whole family for an afternoon of board games and f un. For all ages (children 5 and under accompanied by an adult). For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 16 Stroke Survivor’s Support Group at Pleasant Day Medical Adult Day Ca re in Ca mbr idge. 3rd Thursday of the month. 1 to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-2280190 or visit pleasantday.com. 16 Young Gardeners at the Talbot County Free Librar y, Easton. For children grades 1 to 4 at 3:45 p.m. Fun, hands-on learning program. Spaces is limited, so please pre-register. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 16 Third Thursday in downtown Denton from 5 to 7 p.m. Shop for one-of-a-kind floral arrangements, gifts and home dÊcor,
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16 Meeting: Grief Support for Overdose Loss group from 6 to 8 p.m. on the 3rd Thursday of the month at Compass Regional Hospice, Grief Support Ser vices Wing, Centreville. For more info. visit compassregionalhospice.org.
16 -Feb. 13 7 th Annual Winter Challenge ~ A Painting a Day for 30 Days! with Diane DuBois Mullaly at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $175 members, $210 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org.
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January Calendar $250 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 17 Concert: The Dirty Grass Players in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 5 and 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-8227299 or visit avalonfoundation. org. 18 Bilingual Story Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 1:30 p.m. For ages 5 and older. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 18 All-You-Can-Eat Spay-ghetti Dinner at the East New Market Fire Hall from 4 to 7 p.m. to benefit the spaying and neutering program at Baywater Animal Rescue, Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-228-3090 or visit BaywaterAnimalRescue.org. 18 Concert: Live at the Fillmore at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org. 19 Concert: Richard Thompson at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-8227299 or visit avalonfoundation. org.
20 Me et i ng: S t. Michael s A r t League at Christ Church Parish Hall, St. Michaels. 9 to 11:30 a.m. Free and open to the public. Speaker: award-winning artist Matthew Hillier. For more info. visit smartleague.org. 20 Caregiver Support Group at the Talbot County Senior Center, Easton. 3rd Monday at 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 443-746-3698 or visit snhealth.net. 22 Meeting: Diabetes Suppor t Group at UM Shore Regional Health at Dorchester, Cambridge. 4th Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. For more
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January Calendar info. tel: 410-822-1000, ext. 5196. 22 Concert: Chuck Prophet in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org. 23 Concert: Town Mountain in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org. 23-Feb. 27 Milk and Cookies and ... Chapter Books! at the Talbot County Free Librar y, Easton. Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. for ages 6 and up. For more info. tel: 410822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 25 Immanuel United Church of Christ’s annual Waterfowl Hunt and Shotgun Raffle. Registration for the Hunt begins at 5:30 a.m. A shotgun will be raffled off the day of the hunt, with the winner drawn at approximately 1 p.m. Ticket purchasers do not need to be present to win. Tickets are $10 each or 3/$25. There will also be a Goose Call Raffle for $1 each or 6 for $5. For more info. e-mail IUCC_wfhunt@yahoo.com. 25 Nature Girl Womanless Pageant at the Moose Lodge, Cambridge. Doors open at 7 p.m. $5. The
National Outdoor Show hosts a pageant of a different sort. It’s all about the menfolk taking on a beauty pageant, complete with evening gowns and beach wear. All in good fun. The winner has the option to make an appearance as Miss Nature Girl at the National Outdoor Show, Feb. 22. Each contestant is required to wear an evening gown as well as beach wear. For more info. tel: 443-521-0422. 25 Concer t: CA L David Bowie Ziggy Stardust at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org.
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27 Oxford Book Club meets the 4th Monday of every month at the Oxford Community Center. 10:30 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-226-5904 or visit oxfordcc.org. 27 Read w it h T iger, a Pet- onWheels therapy dog, at the Talbot County Free Librar y, Easton. 4 p.m. Bring a book or choose one from the library’s shelves to read with Janet Dickey and her dog, Tiger. For ages 5 and up. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 27 Warming Up Your Creativity at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 4 p.m. for ages 6 to 16.
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please pre-register. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 27 Book Discussion: Portrait of a Lady by Henry James at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-
28 Movies @ Noon at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. Title TBD. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 28 Winter Speaker Series: The Talbot County Garden Club to present Peter Hatch on Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 1:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. For more info. visit talbotcountygc.org. 28 Meeting: Breast Cancer Support Group at UM Shore Regional Cancer Center, Idlew ild Ave., Easton. 4th Tuesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1000, ext. 5411 or visit umshoreregional.org. 28 Meeting: Women Supporting Women, lo c a l bre a s t c a nc er support group, meets at Christ Episcopal Church, Cambridge. 4th Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-463-0946.
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28 Monthly Grief Support Group at Talbot Hospice. This ongoing monthly support group is for anyone in the community who is grieving the death of a loved one, regardless of whether they were served by Talbot Hospice. 4th Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. For more info. tel: 410-822-6681. 30 Lecture: Transformation of a Waterfront ~ Navy Point in St. Michaels Over Two Centuries with Pete Lesher at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 2 to 3:30 p.m. This is part of the Winter Speaker Series. $7.50 per session, with a 20% discount for members. Register
online for all five sessions and receive an additional discount. For more info. tel: 410-745-4947 or e-mail lseeman@cbmm.org. 30 Camp- “In” at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. Winter camping-themed games, crafts, scavenger hunt and more. 5 to 6:30 p.m. For ages 2 to 8 accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration required. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 30 Concert: Front Country in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org.
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111 N. West St., Suite C Easton, MD 21601 410-820-5200 tcohee@firsthome.com
www.tracycohee.com
NMLS ID: 148320
This is not a guarantee to extend consumer credit. All loans are subject to credit approval and property appraisal. First Home Mortgage Corporation NMLS ID #71603 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org)
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$1,599,000
Truly one-of-a-kind property on Peachblossom Creek off the Tred Avon River between Easton and Talbot CC. Main & Guest house connected by breezeway all overlooking gorgeous gunite pool & waterfront splendor. Main & Guest have kitchens open to family rooms, total 4 bedrooms & 6 baths, garage w/finished 2nd flr, sep artist studio.
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Perfect family waterfront compound with deep water dock on Miles river just five minutes from downtown Easton. Enjoy this lovely 7+ acre estate with large one-story “open concept” main house, waterside guest cottage & two large outbuildings one with a 1500+/-sf 2 bedroom apartment!
Janet Larson, Associate Broker
410.310.1797 · jlarson@bensonandmangold.com www.shoremove.com
BENSON & MANGOLD REAL ESTATE
31 Goldsborough St., Easton, MD 21601 · 410.822.6665 · www.bensonsandmangold.com
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POTTER HALL , ca. 1806 Brick res. with 13 ft. ceilings, 3-story staircase, elaborate woodwork and 6 FPs. Extensive frontage on the deep Choptank River. Sunset views. Income producing second house. Rare find at $690,000.
312 GOLDSBOROUGH ST., EASTON Recently renovated four/five bedroom cedar shingled home close to downtown. Fully replaced wiring. Central A/C. Gorgeous floors and impressive staircase. Awaiting final touches. $329,000
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BOSTON CLIFF, ca. 1729 Perfectly maintained brick house & guest house. Outbuildings, pool, deepwater dock. 2000 ft. Choptank River shoreline. Big views. 20 private acres of high land, close to Easton. Hunting. $2,990,000.
109 GOLDSBOROUGH ST., EASTON Large bright, comfortable home zoned for res. or comm. use. Fully remodeled and beautifully maintained. High ceilings. Oak floors. Large lot with offstreet parking and garden. $499,000
SHORELINE REALTY 114 Goldsborough St., Easton, MD 21601 410-822-7556 · 410-310-5745 www.shorelinerealty.biz · bob@shorelinerealty.biz
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