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Tidewater Times

Since 1952, Eastern Shore of Maryland Vol. 67, No. 10

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March 2019

Features: About the Cover Photographer: Fred Stocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Elvising: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Understanding a Chesapeake We’ve Never Seen: Tom Horton . . . 23 Mountain Towns: Bonna L. Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Tidewater Kitchen ~ Fresh Pineapples: Pamela Meredith . . . . . . . . 49 For All Season’s 9th Annual Heart & Music: Amelia Steward . . . . . 59 An Expanding Comic Book Universe: Michael Valliant . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Route 50 Comes to Talbot County: James Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Perdita: Gary D. Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Late-Season Cruise: Rick Klepfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Changes ~ A Man and His Boats: Roger Vaughan . . . . . . . . . 159

Departments: March Tide Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Dorchester Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Easton Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 St. Michaels Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Oxford Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Tilghman ~ Bay Hundred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Caroline County ~ A Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 March Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 David C. Pulzone, Publisher · Anne B. Farwell, Editor P. O. Box 1141, Easton, Maryland 21601 102 Myrtle Ave., Oxford, MD 21654 410-226-0422 FAX : 410-226-0411 www.tidewatertimes.com info@tidewatertimes.com

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About the Cover Photographer Fred Stocker Fred Stocker has been a journalist and professional photographer his entire life. He started writing short stories as a teenager, and soon thereafter joined the Vermont Sunday News as a staff feature writer. As is the case with most small newspapers, Fred was required to shoot photographs to accompany his stories. He and his bosses soon discovered that Fred was a much better photographer than writer. As a result, he soon shifted his professional focus to photography and photojournalism. In the ensuing years, Fred has been employed as a photojournalist for some of the nation’s leading news

organizations, including the Associated Press in Boston, the New York Times, The Times of London, Der Spiegel News Magazine, CBS News, ABC News, NBC News and CNN. Fred’s images were part of the Atlanta Constitution Journal Magazine’s special piece dealing with insecticides and U.S. Agriculture. Called When Bugs Fight Back, the special section won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. Fred lives in Oxford, with his superb cat Louie, and now spends much of his time capturing images of the Eastern Shore’s natural beauty. The cover photo was taken over Town Creek in Oxford.

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by Helen Chappell I have an ambivalent relationship with Elvis Presley. I have a hobby of going to see Elvis Tribute Artists, as The King impersonators call themselves, whenever one is in driving distance. I’ll drive to Harrington Raceway to see the great Doug Church, the True Voice of Elvis, whenever he’s in town because he’s the best. He’s got the look, his costumes are first rate, he has a backup band and real singers, and he sings like Elvis. No karaoke for this man. He’s the real deal, and he knows how to make you believe you’re seeing The King in person. I’ve seen Elvis impersonators so bad they make you wince. They lip sync the music and don’t even bother with a real costume. There was one I saw a few years ago whose uncle told us (tipsy) girls that he was really a stripper. I’ll never forget Black Elvis from Paynter, Virginia, or Quentin, who stumbled through a performance at a fire hall in Elkton. There was Mike El, who did a number of shows before retiring due to an orthopedic injury. A friend was his nurse when he was recovering from surgery, and she said he never broke character, not even coming out of anesthesia.

Doug Church as Elvis. My friend Karen celebrated a birthday on board the Dorothy Megan featuring Elvis E. I’ve seen ’em all, and I know I’ll see a lot more before I collapse into the keyboard. I just love Elvising. It’s a harmless hobby, and it makes me think about the quality of American popular culture. Elvising explains so much about the American psyche. Not to mention, Elvii are big in Europe. So many Elvises, so little time for Elvising them all. 9

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with impersonators came to me late in life, but it’s so much fun in a good/bad way. I don’t know what started the phenomenon of impersonating Elvis. Maybe it was because, at the height of his fame, the man couldn’t leave the house without being torn apart by fans, so one person had the bright idea of giving the people what they wanted: Elvis Tribute Artists, the closest thing to being The King. And now that he’s dead, Elvising has become an industry, such an ingrained part of the culture that the trademark gaudy white suit, black sideburned hair, shades and karate moves are all you need to Instant Elvis. With the right stuff, anyone can be Elvis.

I’ve seen other impersonators who range from the cheesy to the good, and if there’s one around, I’ll go check them out. This obsession

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chose the easy way to make money, rather than the innovative or creative. But I didn’t know that then. I was into Motown and then the British Invasion. Elvis belonged to an older, less hip Eisenhower generation. Or so I thought. We were hippies. We were too cool for school. And then. . . . The ’68 Comeback broadcast gave The King new respect with a new generation. My sister-inlaw and I watched him on a tiny black-and-white TV in their starter apartment and were blown away. Clad in skin-tight black leather and master of the situation, Elvis won us over. He was worthy of our respect. He was back, baby. And that was pretty much where he stayed, in a pantheon that included rock gods like Dylan, Aretha, Morrison, Janis and Hendrix. There was a kind of low hum of humor there, as if, being over thirty, he couldn’t really be trusted, but he remained a subject of grudging fascination. Now, we grind through the next couple of decades, wherein The

Or at least look like him. It’s fascinating, as American as apple pie. I didn’t start out as an Elvis fan. I was only about eight or nine when he burst into the national consciousness on The Ed Sullivan Show, something my family watched almost religiously on Sunday nights. I don’t remember much about him, but I remember that my older cousin Judy, who was my adored role model, viewed him with detached interest. By the time I was old enough to get into rock and roll, Elvis was no longer the rebel, the sexy gyrating rocker who was bringing that “race music” to American teenagers. With his string of truly dreadful films and his slick recordings, he seemed like a joke, a parody of himself. Of course, he was under the spell of the Svengali Colonel, his vampire of a manager who 16

Elvising King became The God of Excess. The gaudy Graceland with its overthe-top décor of jungle prints and smoked mirrors, just every example of poor taste, became a sort of camp icon ref lected in John Waters’ films. Campy, f lashy, trashy bad taste was suddenly in fashion. Divine is a cousin to Elvis when it comes to dubious couture. Restrained, elegant style was out. Inyour-face, breathtakingly glitzy, clashing awfulness was in. As John Waters himself has said, “There’s good bad taste, and there’s bad bad taste.” And Waters lovingly parodied animal prints and pink f lamingoes and Jungle Rooms right into the mainstream.

in his chest hair. So worshipped was he that scarves he used to wipe his sweaty brow were fought over by his screaming, hysterical fans. Elvis was, indeed, The God of Excess, and if you were sick and tired of the restrained, constipated taste of our parents, you dove right into it like an ageing drag queen in a Miami thrift shop. Elvis’ show biz schtick was just so fabulous, it was divine. He and Las Vegas were meant for each other. Neither knows the meaning of restraint, and it was and is an eternal Saturnalia of neon, trash, f lash and lights. To this day, Vegas is filled with Elvii. Some friends of mine were married by an Elvis. The marriage didn’t last, but it was a terrific gesture. Of course, if the man weren’t a great entertainer and musician, it wouldn’t have meant much. Plenty of country singers in embroidered Nudie suits have come and gone,

Elvis was a great entertainer, and he was able to play to sold-out arenas and venues everywhere, but he was best known for his spangly, glittering, over-the-top costumes with their beading, fringes, f langed collars and huge golden belts. Huge rings sparkled on his fingers, and gold necklaces nestled 18

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Serious academics have studied the Elvis phenomenon with the same care and introspection they might have used to study an ancient civilization. Scholarly studies and serious biographies exist. Elvis has achieved the status of a folk saint. And one, it’s been suggested by worshipful fans, who died for our sins. So, it’s on to the next Elvis Tribute Artist. So much Elvising, so little time.

but Elvis is immortal. He is the true God of Excess, and if you can’t appreciate huge, neon, fringed and glittery taste, you might as well faint on your English reproduction chintz couch and die without having really lived. The King may have died on his throne, unsurprisingly of an overdose, but isn’t that all part of the legend?

Helen Chappell is the creator of the Sam and Hollis mystery series and the Oysterback stories, as well as The Chesapeake Book of the Dead. Under her pen name, Rebecca Baldwin, she has published a number of historical novels.

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Understanding a Chesapeake We’ve Never Seen by Tom Horton

“Why will you ask for other glories when you have soft crabs?” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, chiding Baltimore in an 1860 essay

Nowadays, around 350 million to 450 million blue crabs inhabit Chesapeake Bay, according to accurate surveys. That’s not harvests, mind you, but all crabs ~ soft and ha rd , f rom t hu mbna i l- si z e up. It supports harvesting that both watermen and chicken-neckers are fairly happy with. But how happy should we be?

Should we expect more in our quest to restore the estuary’s health? Consider: In 1883, W. K. Brooks, a Joh ns Hopk ins scient ist who studied the Chesapeake closely, found Virginia hard crabbers routinely making up to two dollars a day, selling their catch for a penny a dozen. That translates to around 20 bushels ~ and they were using

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50,000 a week. In 1916, as many as seven railroad cars of fresh softies rolled out of Crisfield some days. These crab stories are told by ret ired Universit y of Ma r yla nd scientist Victor S. Kennedy in his new book, Shifting Baselines in the Chesapeake Bay: An Environmental History (Johns Hopkins Press). Kennedy has examined the Bay’s past abundances of seafood, from terrapins and sturgeon to oysters and shad and waterfowl, sif ting through anecdotal evidence and early surveys to arrive at a sense of just how full of life the Chesapeake was as Europeans began to settle it. His book also pulls together an accounting of how thoroughly we squandered the “immense protein factory” praised by journalist H. L. Mencken. Kennedy says that “generational a m ne sia” relat i ng to h istor ic a l abundances risks setting the bar too low for restoration goals. Suc h for ge t f u l ne s s c a n h ap pen quickly. In the 1980s, the late Martin O’Berry ~ who for decades captained research vessels for the University of Maryland ~ had tears in his eyes when he told me how f r ust rat ing ly impossible it wa s during fish surveys to make politicians, environmental managers and young scientists understand just how enormously abundant the Bay had once been. They were thrilled with the marine life that came up in O’Berry’s

sail power or rowing only, running trotlines, working only the Bay’s shallow fringes, no more. Crab pots, which would have let them harvest deeper water, hadn’t been invented. A nd t he y wer e k no c k i ng of f work by around 10 a.m. ~ noon at the latest. Hard crabs, Brooks wrote, had so little value that fish netters shook them from their meshes, leaving thousands crushed and dying on the shorelines. As for soft crabs, which had begun to fetch a decent price, the town of Crisfield in high harvest would ship 180,000 of them a day in 1909, with Deal Island adding another 24

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writes; rather, it represented the efforts of 1,700 dredge boats and 3,000 tongers working at the time in Maryland alone ~ breaking apart the dense but widely separated reefs in which oysters naturally occurred ~ and scattering the mollusks far and wide. For a time, this scattering must have seemed an improvement, as oysters, freed from their reefs, grew fuller and fatter and easier to harvest. Now we know it also made them more vulnerable to covering by sediment, and it destroyed the massive capacity of the reefs, themselves, to harbor myriad other Bay life. Perhaps though, it explains the belief, deeply held to this day by oystermen, that “working” the bottom is vital to healthy oysters, even as science guides us toward establishing sanctuaries where reefs can once again form.

trawls. He’d explain how it paled in comparison to what similar trawls had y ielded just 25 or 30 years before ~ before the big declines in seagrasses and oxygen hit the Chesapeake. “But they just didn’t get it,” the old captain said. “You don’t know what you never saw.” So Kennedy’s fine and readable effort, released in late November 2018, does a real service as modest upturns in Bay water quality have us daring to think about what a “saved” Chesapeake might look like. It’s not just about quantity. While the book describes oysters stretching almost continuously for 140 miles along the Eastern Shore, from Kent Island to Cape Henry, in 1869, that was grossly unlike the original state of oysters in the Chesapeake. Kennedy

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bodies and their wastes, significant energies to fuel Bay food webs. Perhaps a lot of the nitrogen that now fuels too much algae in the modern Bay was tied up then in the living tissues of all of those fish and birds. “You cannot manage what you do not understand,” the author says; and this book moves us toward understanding better the great gift that was Chesapeake Bay.

A provocative final chapter examines how the pre-European Chesapea ke may have been d if ferent ecologically as a consequence of its bounty. Shoals of spawning fish, so vast they created waves coming upriver that were visible at a distance, were bringing into the estuary massive amounts of nutritional energy harvested from the oceans, in their flesh, feces, urine, mucus. Likewise for the sky-darkening flights of waterfowl, whose nightly noise likely kept native humans awake, and whose taking flight could be heard miles away. From across the continent they brought, in their

Reprinted with permission from the Bay Journal. Tom Horton has written about 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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Mountain Towns by Bonna L. Nelson

Mountain towns exude their own charm, culture and personalities. This is certainly true of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and Asheville and Bryson City, both in North Carolina. Bryson City and Gatlinburg are nestled in the Great Smok y Mountains (GSM), while the Blue Ridge Mountains (BRM) provide the backdrop for A shev ille’s ar t and music scene. Fresh mountain air, museums, recreation, shopping and a multitude of hotel and dining options are common to all three. The lesser known of the three, Bryson City, calls itself an outdoor

and nature vacation paradise with boating, fishing, rafting, kayaking, swimming and tubing available on nearby Lake Fontana, the Nantahala and Tuckasegee Rivers and numerous crystal-clear streams. Sightseeing, hiking, skiing, horseback riding and beautiful waterfalls are available in the nearby GSM National Park just north of the town. The GSM Railroad is headquartered there. Established in 1887 and lauded by the Smithsonian as one of the “Best Small Towns to Visit,” Bryson City is located an hour west of Asheville via freeway and just 20 minutes

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Friendly staff and guests greeted us at the wine and cheese happy hour held in the coffeehouse and spilling out onto the charming courtyard on our first night. Folks were mostly from the East Coast, a wide range of ages, and many were repeat guests and avid hikers or nature lovers. The small, secluded, casual and charming resort included multiple buildings housing apartments and suites with porches that provided lovely views from the hillside. A delicious, nutritious breakfast w it h oat me a l, g ra nola, yog u r t, homemade breads, fruit, coffee and tea was served every morning in the coffeehouse which we enjoyed while overlooking the f lowers on the courtyard attended to by hum-

from Cherokee. We spent three days here ~ our rest and spa destination during a 10-day tour of the BRM and GSM. We found a peaceful respite at the Lakeview at Fontana Boutique Mountain Inn and Spa, perched on a heavily forested mountainside with views of the shimmering blue Lake Fontana.

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mingbirds. The nightly happy hour included wines, a variety of cheeses, breads, fruit and olives and gave us a chance to relax, interact with guests and swap stories about the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adventures. Surrounded on all sides by mountains, Bryson City encompasses the beauty of the wilderness with a picturesque small-town atmosphere. In addition to embarking on a train ride through the GSM from the Bryson City Depot and Museum, we tou re d t he 2. 2- squa re -m i le town bordering the southeastern side of the GSM with a population of 1,500. The easily strollable town

Downstairs in the stately historic courthouse, we found the Visitor Center, GSM National Park Store and a local heritage museum with plenty of brochures and advice for our journey. Across the street, we perused the Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians, with a focus on the history, equipment and fish involved in the popular local sport. The rustic interior is framed in authentic barn siding with exhibits and videos about the evolution

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and noise of the popular tourist town. Our lovely, comfortable room overlooked the bubbling mountain stream below, which could be viewed from chairs on our private balcony. The lodge also offers a pool and lazy river for recreation. But what a night we had. A hot rod convention was underway in Gatlinburg, and the rods drove by our hotel all night, revving their already loud engines and resulting in a sleepless

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a mall, an aquarium and other restaurants on the main drag. Gatlinburg also boasts a Hop-On/Hop-Off Trolley, a space needle, Guinness and Ripley museums, miniature golf and more than 400 specialty shops. An aerial tram provides a unique view of the town. After crawling through the traffic, we located the Great Smoky Arts and Crafts Community outside of town, where the work of more than 120 mountain artisans is displayed. We browsed through many shops, studios and galleries along an eightmile loop and admired the work of skilled traditional craftspeople, in-

night that contrasted starkly with the peace and quiet of our nights at Lakeview in Bryson City. After partaking of the Lodge’s complimentary breakfast, we drove down the “Parkway,” U.S. Route 441, the main street that runs north to south though the center of Gatlinburg. Hot rods, motorcycles and ordinar y tourist traf f ic crawled along bumper to bumper on the twolane Parkway lined with parked cars on both sides. Long lines stretched out from popular pancake houses located next to hotels, tourist shops,

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cluding broom makers, candy makers, candle makers, carvers, jewelry makers, potters and painters. We left the artist colony to drive back over the glorious GSMs and then southeast to Asheville, NC. The largest of the three mountain towns, and the only one of the three located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Asheville boasts the natural beauty of the encircling jade green forests and blue mountains, yet has a dynamic

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Historic District, passing many of the 600 primarily residences built between 1890 and 1920. Fascinating home styles include Victorian, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Arts and Crafts, Greek Revival and others with complex roof styles, turrets, towers, trimmed porches and all were primarily earth colors. The homes ref lect the wealth and vitality of the town during that booming building period. Next, we passed the lovely Basilica of St. Lawrence, a Spanish Baroque-style church with elaborate stained glass windows completed in 1909. The architectural and spiritual treasure in historic downtown Asheville has the largest free-standing elliptical dome in the

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Spring is the Time for Fresh Pineapple Columbus encountered the pineapple in 1493 on the leeward island of Guadeloupe. He called it piña de Indes, meaning “pine of the Indians,” and brought it back with him to Spain, thus making the pineapple the first bromeliad to be introduced by humans outside of the New World. Since then, we have enjoyed the prickly-skinned fruit. The pineapple has also been used

as a symbol of hospitality. And, of course, its juicy yellow f lesh blends beautifully with spices, vegetables, meats and other fruits. One of the quickest ways to enjoy pineapple f lavor is to preserve it in pickles and jam or marmalade. The pickle recipe that I have included uses cloves and cinnamon to add a tangy taste. There are many ways to enjoy

Fresh Pineapple fresh pineapple, such as in the yummy tropical-tasting orange, carrot and pineapple cooler. We all know that fresh carrot juice is incredibly nourishing, but sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hard sell. Mixed with orange and pineapple, it makes a fresh breakfast drink that somehow seems more familiar. Chunks of pineapple also perk up a salad. It is best to wait until the last minute to stir the juicy fruit into meat salads because fresh pineapple contains an enzyme that breaks down protein. The same enzyme prevents gelatin mixtures from congealing when fresh pineapple is used. Heat deactivates it, so canned pineapple is better suited for congealed mixtures. It is also better to mix fresh pineapple to fruit salads right away, as it will help keep fruit such as bananas, apples and pears from turning brown. When selecting fresh pineapple, look for large fruit with deep green leaves. Pineapples are harvested when fully ripe. The shell color is only an indication of variety, not ripeness. Fragrance, a good sign of quality, will only help if the pineapple is at room temperature. PINEAPPLE PICKLES Makes 3 pints 2 fresh pineapples 1 cup sugar 50

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1 quart fresh strawberries, hulled Peel and trim eyes from pineapple; remove core. Chop pineapple, and measure 2-1/2 cups. Combine pineapple, orange rind, oranges and sugar in a large Dutch oven. Bring to a boil; cook over medium-high heat for 15 minutes, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add strawberries and continue to cook about 35 minutes or until mixture measures 221Â° on a candy thermometer. Stir frequently, remove from heat and skim off foam. Quickly pour hot marmalade into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/8 inch headspace; cover jars at once with metal lids and screw on bands.

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1/4 cup mayonnaise 1/4 t. curry 1/4 t. sea salt 1/8 t. freshly ground pepper 1 pineapple Lettuce, optional Combine all ingredients, except pineapple; stir well. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours. Cut pineapple in half lengthwise; remove core. Cut pineapple pulp into 1/2-inch cubes and set 1 cup aside for salad. Put the rest aside for other uses. Combine 1 cup cubed pineapple with chicken salad, mixing well. Spoon into pineapple shells or lettuce cups.

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the oven is heating, use a pastry brush to coat a 10-inch cast-iron skillet with the canola oil, making sure to coat the corners and sides well. Roughly chop 2 sticks plus 2 tablespoons of the butter and scatter across the bottom of the pan and place over medium heat to melt. Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly into the pan and allow to melt. Add the pineapple juice, stir, cook for 1 minute to combine, and remove from heat. Carefully arrange the pineapple rings over the caramelized sugar and set aside. In a small bowl, combine the milk and vanilla. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together into another bowl. In a large bowl, beat the remaining 6 tablespoons of butter and the sugar until light and pale lemoncolored. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Add 1 cup of flour at a time, alternating with the milk, beating well

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For All Seasons’ 9th Annual Heart & Music: Songs from the Stage by Amelia Steward

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An Expanding Comic Book Universe by Michael Valliant

When Stan Lee died last November at the age of 95, he’d lived long enough to see his comic book creations become household names and blockbuster movies. And with the movie Black Panther earning the first Oscar nomination for Best Picture for a superhero movie, maybe mainstream culture is starting to catch on to the idea that comic books are an art form and a unique way of storytelling. Lee was creator, writer, editor, publisher, voice and champion for Marvel Comics, where he helped create or launch characters that included Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk, to name a few. He realized that comic books delivered on something that was hard-wired into us from an early age. “My theory about why people like superheroes is that when we were kids, we all loved to read fairy tales,” Lee said. “Fairy tales are all about things bigger than life: giants, witches, trolls, dinosaurs and dragons, and all sorts of imaginative things. Then you get a little bit older and you stop reading fairy tales, but you don’t ever outgrow your love of them.” My love of comic books started

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cool, he would just talk comics with you and point stuff out, and I started going back regularly. And from that habitual visit, he got to know me, started to understand my taste and know what I liked.” When he was 17, Steve got a job at Alliance Comics (Twilight Zone had new owners and a new name) and loved what he did. But he was from a blue collar family, and the idea of owning a comic book shop didn’t seem like an option. Until he tried other jobs and found none of them were for him. “I said, this is what I am going to do, there is nothing else I want to do,” Steve said. “If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work, but I am going to try it. So I started saving all my money and I started selling my own personal comic book collection. And when I was 25, I met Trish and we started dating. We started selling the collection together and doing comic shows.” In 2008, Annapolis’s only comic book shop, Green Alien Head, had gone out of business. So Steve and Trish bought some of the shop’s in-

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an environment where the general idea is that if you read more comics, you sell more comics.” Over their 10 years, Third Eye has hosted countless events with big-name writers, artists and personalities and has learned the art of event management. A recent event stands out as something special. Acclaimed writer Tom King, who is a former CIA operations officer living outside Washington, D.C., wanted to do something for government workers who were affected by the shutdown. King is one of DC Comics’ star writers, currently writing Batman and Heroes in Crisis, which features Superman, Batman and other household names, and is a huge fan of Third Eye. So they col-

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1948 Maryland state road map shows Route 213, which would later be called Route 50, coming straight down the Shore. 72

Route 50 Comes to Talbot County by James Dawson U.S. Route 50 is such a big part of Talbot County life that one can be excused for assuming that it has always been here. But it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always been here, nor, for the most part, was it a widening of old roads. The Route 50 that we know came to the Eastern Shore in stages and wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fully established until 1952. And, the story goes, the Eastern Shore was never the same again! Nor was Talbot County, Easton or Trappe. In 1925, U.S. 50 was a major coast-to-coast highway about 3,000 miles long. It ran, with a few gaps,

from Wadsworth, Nevada, to Annapolis, Mar yland. It was later extended west to Sacramento and then east from Annapolis to Ocean City in 1949. A major highway that bisected Ta lbot C ount y a nd t he Easter n Shore was a great idea, but there was one problem: the Choptank River was in the way. There had been ferries across the Choptank at various times since the 1700s. In the days before the bridge, to go from Easton to the Cambridge ferry, you would go down Washing-

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why anyone would want to drive to Cambr idge. Since the shores of his farm sloped gently into the Choptank, he could drive his mules and wagon right into the river and load tomatoes directly into a boat that pulled alongside to take them to the canning house in Cambridge. Who needed a bridge! A photo exists of the mules and wagon full of tomatoes out in the river waiting for the boat. When t he $1. 43 million t wo and-a-half-mile-long bridge with a center swing span opened on Oct. 26, 1935, it was a major event witnessed by thousands of people. The ladies of Trappe sold sandwiches and coffee from a booth near the entrance. At 3:30 p.m., President

ton Street in Easton, which would then become the Old Trappe Road, then down Main Street in Trappe, onto Howells Point Road a short distance, and then take another road that doglegged its way to the Cambridge ferry, located very near where the Choptank bridge is now. The Dover br idge acros s t he Choptank on the Easton-to-Preston road was completed in 1932, and almost immediately people were agitating for a more direct link to drive from Easton to Cambridge. W he n my g r e at- g r a nd f at he r heard a rumor about a bridge to Cambridge, he thought it was absurd because he could not imagine

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Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the br idge f rom his yacht Sequoia, which was the first boat to go under the bridge. That first day, hundreds of autos from as far away as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York funneled their way down Main Street in Trappe on their way to the bridge. Overnight, Trappe

went from being a sleepy village along an old country road to being a town on a busy state highway. And not everyone there was happy about that. In the 24-hour period between midnight Aug. 29, 1936 and midnight Aug. 30, 1936, 5,224 vehicles cro s se d t he br id ge, wh ich w a s

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Bowdle Highley, who lived next to the bridge, opened Highley’s Beach for water sports which included beach umbrella rentals, concessions and even one ride ~ a slide down a sliding board into the muddy Choptank (sea net tles were optional). Still later, he opened Hi-Le Park for harness racing and a liquor store to cash in on all the thirsty traffic. Highley’s Beach, located on the skinny sands and usually placid waters of the Choptank, could not compete with the thundering surf and wide beaches at Ocean City, but his race track and liquor store were more popular. Since Dorchester County was dry as far as sales of alcohol were concerned, Highley’s liquor store had two names on its road sign: Last Chance Liquors for when you were heading into dry Cambridge and Dorchester County from wet Talbot County, and First Chance Liquors when you were coming back. He got you coming and going, as the phrase is and was in business for years. Highley, the son of a Methodist minister, knew how to cash in on people’s vices. Route 213 was the main road down the Shore to the beach then. It went f rom t he Bay fer r ies at Bet ter ton and Tolchester above Chestertown, then to Centreville, Wye Mills (at that time, the highway actually went under a huge branch of the Wye Oak), Easton on the old Wye Mills-Centreville road, then down Washington Street and left

opened 12 times for boat traffic. The jam of cars was a mixed blessing and a hint of things to come, and there wasn’t even a Route 50 there yet, as it was still years in the future. One Talbot County entrepreneur,

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worst of the curves from Trappe to the bridge had been straightened. The proposed dual highway down the Shore would come w ithin a very short distance of Easton, and completion was expected by 1937, which turned out to be optimistic by about three decades. A bridge across the Chesapeake Bay had also been in the planning stage at various locations since 1935, but it would be delayed, too. The Old Trappe Road had been widened and paved in 1917. At only

on Dover Road, east to the Dover bridge, then across the river and then back to Cambridge and on to Salisbury and Ocean City. With the coming of the Choptank bridge in 1935, Route 213 was diverted from Dover Bridge straight on dow n Wa sh i ng ton St re et to the Old Trappe Road and through Trappe and across the new bridge to Cambridge, which saved about 18 miles of driving. At that time, the

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14 feet wide, it was fine for Model T traffic, but it proved increasingly inadequate for 1935 autos, and there were ma ny accidents a long t he roadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many zigs and zags. Trappites complained about the noise and congestion through Trappe, so a Route 213 bypass for Trappe and Old Trappe Road was built in 1940. It ran alongside Trappe, straight up to the six-cornered church at Peachblossom Creek, just south of Easton. This bypass worked so well and diverted so much traffic that downtown Trappe went into a trance from which it did not recover for years. Be careful what you wish for! What would seem to be an innocuous new stretch of road would have an enormous impact on the

old way of life. The construction that began on June 12, 1940 could be thought of as the birth of what would be Route 50 in Talbot County and even on the Eastern Shore, or at least blazing the trail for its arrival. The winning bid was $243,773 for the 5.748 miles of road, including grading, drainage, concrete surfacing and bridge construction at Peachblossom Creek. Wages would be $.44 an hour for skilled labor, $.35 for intermediate grade and $.30 for unskilled labor. These jobs were a big deal in those Depression days when so many people were unemployed. On Nov. 22, the new road had reached t he old r uins of White Marsh Church, and construction

Route 213 bypass looking south at the headwaters of Peachblossom Creek. 79

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t he fe der a l h ig hw ay s y s tem to handle national defense vehicles, and additional land was purchased at the time to make Route 50 a dual highway. But even a single-lane Route 50 on the Shore was still some years in the future. Construction of another section of road costing $400K to divert traffic from Washington Street and downtown Easton was scheduled to begin in the spring of 1942, but the project was delayed until after the war. It was completed in 1948 to became Easton’s first bypass, although you would hardly know it today given the fact that Easton has spread to the east of this bypass. What we know now as Route 50 from the Choptank bridge to Easton is composed of these 1935, 1940 and 1948 sections. Route 50 was later extended north to the new 4.3-mile-long, $45 million Chesa-

was virtually complete. Old Trappe R oad , w h ic h h ad b e en pa r t of the old 1935 Route 213, became Route 565 and remains so today. A lthough most of the work was finished in 1940 and the road was in use, it wasn’t until 1942 that the inspections and paperwork were completed. On one 1942 USGS topographical map, the improvements to the road south of Washington Street in Easton to the Choptank bridge is shown as U.S. Route 213, yet on the identical map from the same USGS surveys as issued by the War Department that same year, this stretch of road is shown as U.S. Route 50, the first known use of the name Route 50 on a map of the Eastern Shore. This was due to an interest during the war to improve

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old buggy, sold Tony and apparently never ventured across Route 50 again. A second para llel Bay br idge was opened in 1973, and the old Choptank bridge was replaced with a dual-lane bridge in 1987 and the 1935 bridge turned into a fishing pier. A second bypass named the Easton Parkway was built on the west side of Easton in 1971, which paved the way for commercial and residential developments along the bypass, including the Glebe Road Shopping Center in 1972, Tred Avon Square shopping center in 1976 and the Waterside Village Shopping Center in 2008. The Dover bridge was replaced in 2018. The old 213 route to the beach had been called the Shore Boulevard, which implied a picturesque Sunday drive through the country. The two-lane Route 50 was touted as the Main Street of the Eastern Shore for all the commerce it would bring. However, when Route 50 became a dual highway, the Talbot County section was called Ocean Gateway: i.e., the fastest way to reach the beach. When Maryland Gov. Schaefer’s Reach The Beach campaign was initiated in 1987, it seemed that Talbot County and the Eastern Shore were now just some annoying red lights on the way.

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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

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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 11A. FREDERICK DOUGLASS STATUE - 11 N. Washington St. on the lawn of the Talbot County Courthouse. The statue honors Frederick 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

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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. 14. THOMAS PERRIN SMITH HOUSE - 119 N. Washington St. Built in 1803, it was the early home of the newspaper from which the Star-Democrat 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 roofline. 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 Eastonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Federal dwellings. Former home of Oswald Tilghman, great-grandson of Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman. (Private)

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Easton Points of Interest 18. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDR AL - On “Cathedral Green,” 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. INN AT 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

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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

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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

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St. Michaels Points of Interest 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,

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a druggist, and occupied as his private residence and office. In 1910 the property, then known as “Willow Cottage,” underwent alterations when 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

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St. Michaels Points of Interest 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

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St. Michaels Points of Interest office, post office and telephone company. For more info. visit www. carpenterstreetsaloon.com. 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

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St. Michaels Points of Interest constructed in 1805 by Colonel Joseph Kemp, a revolutionary soldier 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 f lour 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. TENCH TILGHMAN MONUMENT - In the Oxford Cemetery the Revolutionary War hero’s body lies along with that of his widow. Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman carried the message of Cornwallis’ surrender from Yorktown, VA, to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Across the cove from the

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Oxford Points of Interest cemetery may be seen Plimhimmon, home of Tench Tilghman’s widow, Anna Marie Tilghman. 2. THE OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER - This former, pillared brick schoolhouse was saved from the wrecking ball by the town residents. Now it is a gathering place for meetings, classes, lectures, and performances by the Tred Avon Players and has been recently renovated. Rentals available to groups and individuals. 410-226-5904 or www.oxfordcc.org. 3. THE COOPERATIVE OXFORD LABORATORY - U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Maryland Department of Natural Resources located here. 410-226-5193 or www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/oxford. 3A. U.S. COAST GUARD STATION - 410-226-0580. 4. CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY - Founded in 1851. Designed by esteemed British architect Richard Upton, co-founder of the American Institute of Architects. It features beautiful stained glass windows by the acclaimed Willet Studios of Philadelphia. www.holytrinityoxfordmd.org. 5. OXFORD TOWN PARK - Former site of the Oxford High School.

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Recent restoration of the beach as part of a “living shoreline project” 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. 6. 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: 410-226-0191 or visit www.oxfordmuseummd.org. 7. OXFORD LIBRARY - 101 Market St. Founded in 1939 and on its present site since 1950. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 10-4. 8. BRATT MANSION (ACADEMY HOUSE) - 205 N. Morris St. Served as quarters for officers of the Maryland Military Academy. Built about 1848. (Private residence) 9. 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) 10. THE GRAPEVINE HOUSE - 309 N. Morris St. The grapevine over the entrance arbor was brought from the Isle of Jersey in 1810 by

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Oxford Points of Interest Captain William Willis, who commanded the brig “Sarah and Louisa.” (Private residence) 11. 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 www.robertmorrisinn.com. 12. 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. 13. TRED AVON YACHT CLUB - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Founded in 1931. The present building, completed in 1991, replaced the original structure. 14. OXFORD-BELLEVUE FERRY - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Started in 1683, this is believed to be the oldest privately operated ferry Tidewater Residential Designs since 1989

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Tilghman’s Island “Great Choptank Island” was granted to Seth Foster in 1659. Thereafter it was known as Foster’s Island, and remained so through a succession of owners until Matthew Tilghman of Claiborne inherited it in 1741. He and his heirs owned the island for over a century and it has been Tilghman’s Island ever since, though the northern village and the island’s postal designation are simply “Tilghman.” For its first 175 years, the island was a family farm, supplying grains, vegetables, fruit, cattle, pigs and timber. Although the owners rarely were in residence, many slaves were: an 1817 inventory listed 104. The last Tilghman owner, General Tench Tilghman (not Washington’s aide-de-camp), removed the slaves in the 1830s and began selling off lots. In 1849, he sold his remaining interests to James Seth, who continued the development. The island’s central location in the middle Bay is ideally suited for watermen harvesting the Bay in all seasons. The years before the Civil War saw the influx of the first families we know today. A second wave arrived after the War, attracted by the advent of oyster dredging in the 1870s. Hundreds of dredgers and tongers operated out of Tilghman’s Island, their catches sent to the cities by schooners. Boat building, too, was an important industry. The boom continued into the 1890s, spurred by the arrival of steamboat service, which opened vast new markets for Bay seafood. Islanders quickly capitalized on the opportunity as several seafood buyers set up shucking and canning operations on pilings at the edge of the shoal of Dogwood Cove. The discarded oyster shells eventually became an island with seafood packing houses, hundreds of workers, a store, and even a post office. The steamboats also brought visitors who came to hunt, fish, relax and escape the summer heat of the cities. Some families stayed all summer in one of the guest houses that sprang up in the villages of Tilghman, Avalon, Fairbank and Bar Neck. Although known for their independence, Tilghman’s Islanders enjoy showing visitors how to pick a crab, shuck an oyster or find a good fishing spot. In the twentieth century, Islanders pursued these vocations in farming, on the water, and in the thriving seafood processing industry. The “Tilghman Brand” was known throughout the eastern United States, but as the Bay’s bounty diminished, so did the number of water-related jobs. Still, three of the few remaining Bay skipjacks (sailing dredgeboats) can be seen here, as well as two working harbors with scores of power workboats. 139

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by Gary D. Crawford If we were to use our patented WayBack Machine to jump back 251 years, to the summer of 1768, and then take a little stroll around the picturesque town of Oxford ~ as we all enjoy doing ~ we might hear talk about an interesting young woman. She had arrived in town that June from England, as a stowaway, aboard the ship Integrity, Capt. John Coward, and went to work as an indentured servant at his home, Plimhimmon, an estate just outside of Oxford. What made this woman so interesting, apart from the strong likelihood that she was young and pretty, was that she wouldn’t reveal her true name. She was still a teenager and apparently feared that news of her arrival in Maryland would upset her family in England. So, someone dubbed her “Perdita,” after the longlost daughter of King Leontes in Shakespeare’s play A Winter’s Tale. (In 1768, that play was only 150 or so years old, as something written in the Civil War, like The Red Badge of Courage, would be today; some folks, at least, would have been familiar with the reference.) Now, Perdita is hardly a common name for a girl. Indeed, according to those who track such things, it doesn’t rank anywhere among the

top 1,000 American female names ~ and never has. Still, there are a few famous modern Perditas.

Perdita Felicien There’s Perdita Felicien, for example, from Ontario, Canada. She is a famous track athlete, a two-time Olympian, a two-time world champion in the 100-meter hurdles, and a two-time world silver medalist. Then there is the winsome Welsh

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Perdita and Honeysuckle Weeks lass Perdita Rose Annuziata Weeks, the actress who played Mary Boleyn in The Tudors and now appears in Magnum, P.I. as Juliet Higgins. Her sister is the talented (and wonderfully named) Honeysuckle Weeks, who played Sam so brilliantly in Foyle’s War. The Weeks family must have had fun naming their kids. And, of course, there’s Perdita, the mother of 99 of the Dalmatians in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians.

There is a reason why the name Perdita is so very uncommon. It means “lost one.” But why would the Oxford folk call the young woman by such an unhappy name? And who, after all, was she? Indeed, why do we even know of her today? After all, a great many English immigrants arrived as indentured ser vants, both male and female. That was how many paid their passage to the New World. T he t r a n sp or te d p er s on w a s obliged to serve several years (usua lly seven) in repay ment. They were worked hard on the colonial plantations as field hands or house servants. They weren’t allowed to marry, and should a woman have a child while indentured, she had to work more years (for the child). Still, after working off their time, they were free and could work for themselves. Perdita’s story, however, is most unusual, and it comes down to us in a most extraordinary way. Capt. Coward’s fine home, Plimhimmon, and its later occupants figure into the story again, so we need

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to sketch its history. John Rousby was the first to possess the 600acre property, which was surveyed in 1659 for Henry Morgan. It was Rousby who, in 1718, sold Plimhimmon to Richard Coward, the father of our Capt. John Coward, who subsequently inherited the estate. He and his descendants held the property until 1783, when the Tilghman family entered the picture. This part of the story must begin w ith Tench Tilghman. He was a bright and energetic young man, well-read and f luent in French, a skill that proved useful in meetings with our allies. Before the Revolutionary War, he helped George Washing ton ma nage his Mount Vernon estate. During the war, he

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Washington, Lafayette & Tilghman uncle Matthew Tilghman of Rich Neck Manor, near the modern-day v illage of Claiborne. Their f irst child, Anna Margaretta, was born in May of the following year, 1784. Tench’s health continued to deteriorate, however, and he passed away in April of 1786 at the age of 41. Everyone, including George Washington, was devastated by his untimely passing. The distraught Anna Maria was pregnant with their second daughter; Elizabeth was born the following October. Fortunately, the widow’s loving

father, Matthew Tilghman, stepped for ward to care for her and his granddaughters. The following year, he presented Anna Maria with a place for them to live, close to friends in Oxford and across the road from Bonfield, the home of their cousins, the Chamberlaines. Tilghman purchased the property from the Coward family and had a fine brick house built there. As you may already have guessed, it was Plimhimmon. Anna Maria Tilghman presided at Plimhimmon for over fifty years. In 1812, when her elder daughter died suddenly at the age of 28, she took in Anna Margaretta’s son. He, too, was named Tench Tilghman, for his mother had married a Tilghman. Mrs. Tilghman made him her heir, and upon her death in 1843, Tench inherited Plimhimmon. Now back to our tale. Sometime in the early 1820s, Mrs. Tilghman and her grandson entertained a visitor, a Mr. Theodore Sedgwick. He was a native of Massachusetts, about 40 years of age and a practicing lawyer in A lbany, New York. His father (also Theodore) was a prominent lawyer and politician who rose to become Speaker of the House of Representatives. Why Theo was on the Eastern Shore is not known, but we know he spent some time at Plimhimmon. There, at the Tilghman dinner table, he heard the story ~ then more than 50 years old ~ of a teenaged English girl who came to Oxford disguised

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Perdita did not conform to the stereotypical conduct of women at the time. Theodore’s report on the Perdita story caught her interest. Brief ly, it went as follows: In 1768, a teenaged girl in England met a young man from Virginia and they fell in love. Her family was not supportive of their union, so they decided to elope by boarding a ship bound for the Chesapeake. The y se c u re d t hei r pa s sa ge by going as crew members, with her disguised as a cabin boy. She was taken on, but to her disappointment, her beau failed to show up and the ship sailed without him. Her masquerade somehow worked until they docked at Oxford and the crew fell into a drunken celebration. The captain was furious, for he felt she had cheated him out of a fare. When she refused to give her name, she was forced into indentured service at the captain’s home. (We can almost hear the Tilghmans exclaiming, “Yes, she worked here, in this very house!” But not for very long, it seems.) A local apprentice seaman named Stewart Dean met Perdita in Oxford and took pity on her. He agreed to smuggle her back to England aboard the Hazard, Capt. Coxen, the ship on which he was then serving. The Oxford port records show the Hazard sailed from there in the summer of 1769 to the Isle of Wight,

suggesting that Perdita spent about a year in Oxford. A p p a r e n t l y, D e a n’s s c h e m e worked and Perdita slipped back home safely. OK, now here’s the fun part. When Theodore reported the Perdita tale to his sister, Catharine Sedgwick, she jumped at it. She arranged to meet Captain Dean and learned of his impressive seafaring career. Years after young Dean rescued Perdita, he became a ship’s captain with a distinguished career. During the Revolutionary War, he engaged in various privateering voyages. In 1782, he took command of the armed merchantman Nimrod and ventured to the Caribbean. While at anchor in St. Kitts, then controlled by the French, he was jumped by two British ships and taken to Antigua, then under British rule. This seizure infuriated the French authorities, America’s allies, and they held up a British merchant convoy until the governor of Antigua released Dean and restored his vessel. After an absence of more than four months, Dean brought the Nimrod safely to the head of the Elk River (now Elkton). Later, Dean commanded the second American merchant ship to China, the Experiment, in 1786, and went on to a successful career on the China run. He was, by all accounts, an honest and respected fellow. Cat har ine Sedg w ick now had t he f i x ings for a more complex and interesting story. She picked

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Catharine Maria Sedgwick up her pen and wove a marvelous romance. The beginning was as she had heard it: Perdita ran away from England disguised as a cabin boy, was discovered in Oxford, and was put into indentured servitude by the captain. She made him out to be a rather nasty scoundrel. She invented ‘Frank Stuart’ to play the part of Stewart Dean, the gallant lad who returned Perdita to England by smuggling her aboard his ship. But then Catharine had a brilliant idea ~ why not make use of Capt. Dean’s further adventures in the Caribbean to bring ‘Frank’ and ‘Perdita’ together again, later in life? Here’s what she came up with. In Catharine’s story (entitled The Chivalric Sailor, by the way), when Perdita reaches England again, she thanks ‘Frank’ by giving him a gold ring. Years later, during the

American Revolution, when ‘Frank’ is captain of a privateer cruising in the Caribbean, he captures an English ship. When the English captain has two passengers aboard, the wife and the mother of the Governor of Antigua, ‘Frank’ recognizes the wife as ‘Perdita.’ She doesn’t recognize him, but does so when he sends her a note with the ring enclosed. Once again, ‘Frank’ rescues Perdita, taking them all to safety in Antigua. Here’s the final twist. ‘Frank’ is later captured by two British vessels in St. Kitts, just as the real Capt. Dean was. In Catharine’s version, ‘Frank’ is wounded and brought in irons before the Governor of A ntigua. When he sees who the

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bred country gentleman who owned the fine estate of Plimhimmon…”

American is, the governor releases ‘Frank’ and his men immediately, reequips his ship, and they bid him a fond farewell. Finis. Now, Gentle Reader, the question arises: Is any of this true? Was there ever a “Perdita” in Oxford Town at all? And who was she, really? Here’s what I think. When Catharine Sedgwick’s two-part short story appeared in the Easton Gazette (Dec. 16 and 23, 1826), there was a reaction. A letter to the editor later appeared, signed only “C.” The letter-writer took exception to the characterization of the captain on whose ship she came disguised as a cabin-boy. Sedgwick hadn’t named John Coward, but everyone in Oxford certainly knew who he was. The letter-writer objected to him being described as “a coarse illiterate man” and “despotic as a pasha.” We need to remember that her short story appeared in 1826, just 57 years after Perdita arrived. People were still alive who knew Capt. Coward or knew of him. “C” insisted that the captain in question was “not only an intelligent sea captain, but a well-

I consider that letter to be solid ev idence t hat Perd ita d id ex ist and that she was rescued by Dean, although other portions were made up. So did Oswald Tilghman in his History of Talbot Count y, 1914. But he was wrong in believing that Dean’s privateering in the Caribbean was fictitious; that did happen, minus Perdita. Sedgwick herself never named Dean. In the opening paragraph of her story, she declares that the “leading incidents” are true. Of her hero, she says that “there is no name better known than his from Cape May to the Head of Elk.” She explains that his real name must be suppressed and then adds, “we here honestly beg the possessor’s pardon for compelling him, for the first time in his life, to figure under false colours.” I take that as an apology to Captain Dean for using the real events of his adventures in the Caribbean to concoct a fictional reunion with Perdita. The final question, then, is this: What was Perdita’s real name? We will never know. If Dean knew it, he never divulged it, to Sedgwick or anyone. Gary Crawford and his wife, Susan, own and operate Crawfords Nautical Books, a unique bookstore on Tilghman’s Island.

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Fall has the potential to be the best time of the year to do a little cruising in the Chesapeake Bay and its creeks and rivers. I say potential because it is also the time of year when the number of small-craft advisories increases. Still, if one is persistent, a few days of really nice weather can be cobbled together. As an added bonus, there is often a good sampling of fall colors in the offing. This year, we managed to squeeze a three-day cruise in between the higher than usual number of gales this season. My wife and I had hoped to get sta r ted on a Thursday, but t he weather did not moderate to the extent promised by the weathermen. On Friday, things looked better, although there were still some small whitecaps in the water off of the Cambridge Yacht Club. Still, we saw a possible opportunity and decided that if we went upriver, things could only improve. In mid-morning, we slipped the docklines on our little power cruiser and motored out into two-foot seas. By slowing down to around 7 mph, we could manage the waves with little discomfort. From time to time, the water would pile up into a bigger wave and we would be treated

to a little surfing. By the time we got up around Preston, things had smoothed out and we had a pretty and peaceful morning for the rest of our trip to our intended destination of Denton. We found that the fall colors lining the riverbanks were much subdued for November ~ mostly, we thought, because of the strong w inds and heav y rains that had defined our weather for the last month. A sur pr ising number of trees were completely bare of leaves, while some were still fully f ledged and green. No matter, the water was beautiful and the day bright. A s we traveled upstream, the riverbanks came ever closer and, due to the reduced foliage, we were able to see houses and farms that would have been hidden by trees in the summer. At the Dover Road Bridge, we were surprised to see the old swing-span still in existence and closed, although the new high-rise

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Late-Season Cruise bridge is complete and carr ying traffic. Since the old bridge has a ten-foot clearance, our nine-foot boat could slip under without calling for a bridge-tender to come to our assistance. On the 30 -some mile upr iver course to Denton, we saw only one other boat. When we came into the town proper, we found that the marina was empty and there were only a few boats tied along the piers on the west bank of the river. We saw that the Choptank River Yacht Club had only a few boats in slips, and

so we tied up to their face dock and went to see if we could get permission to stay. The place was closed up and unoccupied, so we decided to walk into town and see what we could see. It is an easy walk across the bridge to the town center, and we spent the afternoon poking around the shops and public buildings. We had a fine lunch at the Market Street Public House and then went down the street to the library. We were very impressed with the library. It has a decent collection, a number of work spaces, and a thing called Makerspace, an interactive learning component that, in this

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Choptank River Yacht Club we could look out the portlites and see fish rising in the moonlight. The next morning, we got going as early as we could and were surprised to find a place called River Landing Salvage Depot, just a few hundred feet from where we were docked.

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We had fun rooting through all the treasures and came away with a heavy brass f loor lamp that we had to take back to the boat. From there, we made an all-day tour of Denton. The architecture of Denton is very fine for such a small town. We took photos of the courthouse, the county jail, the Rural Life Museum and a number of the classically detailed homes. We bought some pastries from Turnbridge Point; a book and some cookies at Nichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s C of fee House; a few Chr ist mas

presents at the Foundry Community Art Gallery; and had lunch at Pizza Empire, where we were impressed to see their wonderful tin ceiling still almost completely intact after over a hundred yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; use. We returned to the boat with many bags and discovered that a wedding reception was to take place at the yacht club that evening. This gave us the opportunity to ask permission to spend another night on their dock, which the manager graciously agreed to let us do. That night, we walked

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ARTHUR CURTISS JAMES, Unsung Titan of the Gilded Age

by Roger Vaughan This excerpt covers the three legendary yachts owned by Arthur Curtiss James, the last of the railroad barons and one of the men who ran America in the 1930s. James was born with a fascination for the sea that would turn into a passion for sailing on blue water. At first, his enthusiasm for sailing would exceed his capabilities. Coronet If one of the great yachts of its day hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been rigged, crewed, and ready to sail at (and under) his command, it might have been different. In his wisdom, had D. Wil-

lis James craftily provided Coronet as an irresistible alternative for his sailing-obsessed son? Since his graduation from Amherst in 1890, Arthur had been taking courses at New York Nautical College to earn

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A Man and His Boats his master’s papers. Since childhood, he had been reading books about ocean voyages under sail. He was hopelessly drawn to the sea. Arthur had been given Coronet in October 1893. Just four months after remarkably pronouncing the 160-ton, 133-foot, two-masted tops’l schooner-rigged vessel that was without auxiliary power to be “an ideal type in which the young and inexperienced sailor could gain experience,” Arthur, his wife Harriet, and three friends had departed the Brooklyn, New York, waterfront where Coronet was moored, for a cruise to the West Indies. As one

of his guests wrote in his report of the trip, “Only Jake would consider a 130-foot schooner to be a perfect training vessel for the inexperienced.” Jake is what his friends called Arthur on board. Superstition about leaving port on a Friday was not the only caution dismissed by the young and inexperienced Jake. It was two degrees below zero. Snow had fallen the previous evening. Weather bulletins indicated a blizzard was brewing. Coronet’s salty old Captain Crosby pronounced it a “dirty day.” None of that diminished Arthur’s enthusiasm for going to sea. According to the report of guests Arthur Francis and William Kingsley, at 8 a.m. on February 16, sail was made. With double reefs, Coronet tore through the Narrows at 10 knots. They turned south, and in three hours logged 36 nautical miles. “Such a following sea there was,” the guests wrote, “that Coronet seemed to be chasing herself, and was awash from stem to stern.” They wrote of the helmsman being lashed to the wheel, of lifelines being strung. They wrote of Jake and Arthur Francis holding fast to the quarter rail and being surprised “by a perfect deluge of green water, wresting both from their hold, and hurling Jake to the binnacle which he fortunately grasped.” That night was said to be a frightful experience for inexperienced yachtsmen, several of whom

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prayed they might live to see terra firma again. It was tough sledding for the veterans as well. The mate had called for volunteers to work aloft, not wanting to order men to do so. With the temperature hovering in the low 30s, one can imagine all passengers were questioning the decision to willingly sail into such trying conditions. By morning, the wind had abated and the air temperature was up a few degrees, but wind against the Gulf Stream current produces a most uncomfortable seaway. The passengers huddled below until dusk. When they finally ventured on deck, it was with trepidation. “Jake alone was master of the situation,” the guests wrote. “We agreed

it would take a diabolical mixture and an unearthly upheaval to disturb his equanimity.” Mr. Crosby might have been Coronet’s captain, but when Arthur was on board, he was not just the owner, he was Master of the yacht. Being Master was a great source of pride for him, and rather than cause him to sit back and give orders, it gave him license to lead by example in all departments. He was everywhere on board, putting in many hours on navigation, shooting sun and stars with sextant and doing the mathematics to ascertain the yacht’s position. He stood regular watches with the crew. He kept precise logs that stated position, conditions, course and speed, and

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A Man and His Boats very little else. He constantly examined all aspects of the yacht for wear and tear. On Sundays, he read the religious service, which was attended by the paid hands as well as guests. He loved steering the yacht, “fondling the spokes as one would caress a pet dog,” one guest noted. And as host, another guest wrote, “he hides his feelings during difficult times, and braces everyone up by being encouraging.” That Arthur was a gregarious host was lucky. It is evident from the frequent bouts with seasickness mentioned that many of the guests aboard his various yachts were friends, not “sailors” accus-

tomed to the rigors associated with venturing upon blue water. Even a luxurious yacht like Coronet, with its piano, library, hand-carved furnishings, gourmet galley, and a raft of creature comforts equaling those found in the most comfortable homes, was at the mercy of Neptune’s whims. Those whims can be downright violent at times. It warmed up, eventually. The Jameses and their friends enjoyed the rest of their cruise south in more typical fashion: playing card games in the evening; playing quoits on deck and reading during the day; exalting over frenzies of porpoises frolicking in the bow wave; bathing on deck for the men; swimming; and lowering the dinghy during pe-

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riods of dead calm for the thrill of rowing a small boat in mid-ocean. Their landfall was the island of Barbados, where the guests reported that “Jake’s oily persuasion” got the better of the officious harbor master, and that “his suave manner with all officials was certainly irreproachable, and occasioned good natured bantering.” *** Coronet’s major voyage under Arthur’s command was from San Francisco to Tokyo with a group of astronomers to photograph the eclipse of the sun in 1865. After his father died in 1907, Arthur decided he needed a larger vessel.

various waters, and it is safe to say that all of them could fail at some point or another. Mother Nature will always win if she wishes. Serious sailors know that, but for them, the combination of wind and water is impossibly seductive. They find the enduring pleasures it offers to be well worth the risk. Armed with due respect, and a vessel all their experience tells them is as fit as possible for the job, they venture forth with confidence. Serious sailors who are wealthy build their dream boats and often amass a f leet. That’s what Arthur Curtiss James would do. In the winter of 1896-97, not

Aloha the brig One thing serious sailors have in common is their never-ending lust for boats. Like car guys, or those preoccupied by the opposite sex, serious sailors never, ever tire of looking at (or dreaming of) the objects of their passion. Water is such an unstable medium that the challenge it offers yacht designers is infinite. Combine water with wind and you have two very unstable mediums disharmoniously working to beset whatever vessel one tries to design. There is all manner of water, from the deceptively innocent-looking pond, to lakes large and small; from broad, cranky rivers and stormy bays to the legendary perils of the open ocean. Many vessels have been built for these

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A Man and His Boats long after the Japan trip, Arthur got in touch with a budding naval architect by the name of Clinton Crane, asking him to design a small sailing lifeboat for Coronet. There is no indication that Arthur was a friend of Crane’s, but serious sailors used to regularly promote kinships from afar with a designer based on the vessels he produced. That sort of thing happened more in the days before wind tunnels, test tanks, and ultimately, computer modeling began making vessels look so similar. Before the science of determining the most efficient shapes for vehicles moving through air (automobiles in particular) or water took over, the

art of design prevailed. Just as any eight-year-old boy worth his salt could tell a Ford from a Chevrolet a quarter mile away in the 1950s, serious sailors could identify a Herreshoff, a Burgess, a Crane, an Alden, or a Fife from the subtle curve of a sheer line, the rise of a bow, or the f low of a stern quarter. The look of every yacht in those early days bore the designer’s unmistakable signature. Crane was regarded as an “amateur” designer who drew yachts for himself and his friends. His body of work would eventually rank him among the most noteworthy naval architects. He started a small design shop, but quit to run the family’s mining business, the St. Joseph Lead Company, in Mis-

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souri. Crane’s involvement with mining surely had something to do with Arthur’s inclination towards him as a designer. Crane was president of St. Joseph Lead for 34 years, and he was a member of the Phelps Dodge board of directors as a “renown mining engineer.” Somehow, he made time to design a bunch of beautiful, significant yachts, including several 12-Meters, such as Gleam (US 11), and the J-Class Weetamoe. Crane was also from Oyster Bay, New York, and a member of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club. Even without all the connections, the talent Crane’s lovely designs revealed would alone have been sufficient to attract Arthur’s attention. In any case, Arthur tried him out with the little lifeboat for Coronet. In his book Yachting Memories, Crane wrote that the lifeboat for James was his first professional order as a designer: “The boat was to be designed with a self-bailing cockpit and watertight compartments, so she might be a lifeboat and yet be so designed that she would be fun to sail when Coronet was in port.” The only indication that the lifeboat was a success was Arthur James’ subsequent request to Crane for the design of a seagoing auxiliary yacht to replace Coronet. “This yacht was to be a steam auxiliary of 126-foot waterline,” Crane wrote, “rigged as a brigantine, with square yards on the

foremast and fore-and-aft sail on the main.” That’s quite a leap, from a 15-foot sailing lifeboat to a 126foot, full-rigged brigantine. As a designer, Crane was interested in producing the fastest possible square-rigger. Yachts of the size James had requested were indeed the fastest sailing vessels in the world at the time. But Crane knew that in order to support the larger rig he envisioned, he would have to reduce the interior living space to accommodate the more robust gear that would be required. “I am sure that as she finally came out,” Crane wrote, “with the smaller rig and more comfortable quar-

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A Man and His Boats ters inside, the Jameses enjoyed the Aloha more, but it was a little disappointing to the designer.” Aloha was built of steel by the J. N. Robins & Company shipyard (having merged with Erie Basin and Drydock Company) in Brooklyn, New York, and launched on June 22, 1899. The New York Times covered such events in those days. The Times reported the yacht was 160 feet overall, and would carry 13,000 square feet of canvas. Her beam was 29 feet, 6 inches, she had 16 feet of depth below decks, and her sides were full, allowing for a main saloon that measured 15 by 25 feet. There were watertight bulkheads throughout, but no mention of a piano. Two items in the report were extraordinary for the day. First, the yacht’s funnel was of the telescoping variety so it could be lowered when under sail. The other was even more noteworthy: Aloha had a feathering propeller, with blades that folded up when not in use to reduce drag. Finish work on the yacht would be expedited so her commissioning would be in time for the New York Yacht Club cruise in August. The New York Yacht Club’s archives do not, alas, include a list of the yachts participating in that cruise. One thing the Times piece did not include was the confusion over Aloha’s figurehead. Arthur had

told Clinton Crane that he wanted his yacht to have a figurehead, and he had decided to surprise Harriet by having it carved in her likeness. He supplied Crane with portraits of Harriet. Crane gave the photographs to the sculptor and forgot about it amid the more essential details of construction. Finally, when it was approaching the time for the figurehead to be installed, Crane went to see the sculptor. “When I went to inspect it,” Crane wrote, “I found it had been modeled in the nude. The sculptor said that was the way figureheads should be, but I persuaded him to put on some Greek drapery.” In fact, it was Arthur who had

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A Man and His Boats jogged Crane’s memory about the figurehead. Arthur had stopped by the sculptor’s studio to check the work in progress and had been greatly amused by what he saw. He couldn’t disagree that the figurehead tradition had been dutifully followed with the topless rendering of his wife’s likeness. But he knew a bit of draping would have to be done. Arthur had arranged for the sculptor to leave him the key to his studio so he could privately show Harriet what would be more of a surprise than he had planned. Anyone passing by the studio that evening would have heard gales of

laughter coming from the young married couple, followed by a titillated female voice saying, “But Arthur, you know that’s not me!” Through their yacht club and design associations, Arthur and Clinton Crane became close. “He was such a loyal friend,” Crane wrote, “that he always forgave me my mistakes and stood by me through thick and thin. He loved the sea, was never seasick, and especially loved long ocean voyages where the square rigs were really at their best.” *** Battened down in a small trickle in Labrador during a bad storm, Arthur contemplated an even larger boat. After four days, the storm

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let up and Arthur had some promising sketches of a new vessel to show for it. In addition to running a complex system of railroads and building three imposing houses, he would put 270,000 miles under the keels of his three vessels. He gave Hawaiian names to all the boats in his fleet. Aloha the bark At the same time Beacon Hill House was being built for Arthurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Newport estate, Aloha the bark was under construction at Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy,

Massachusetts. Given the attention being lavished upon the dwelling on Telegraph Hill, the influential companies and many experts involved, it is difficult to comprehend that Aloha the bark was an even more demanding operation. But it was. Either project would have been considered an ultimate expenditure of time, energy, and money for most capable, dynamic men of means. But Arthur Curtiss James handled them both with aplomb. And not from his easy chair. He was fully involved in both. James initiated the original

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A Man and His Boats sketches for the yacht, as we know, and his multi-talented Captain Bezanson built a large detailed model of the vessel as imagined during Alohaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winter layup at New London in 1908-09. While Clinton Crane was again the lead designer of the vessel, both Craneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design firm, Tams, Lemoine & Crane, and the firm of A. Carey Smith & Ferris were involved. Nearly three years were spent planning before the building contract was placed, during which time six sets of plans were drawn (all by hand in those days), and six models were built. James was on top of the project the whole way.

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Built of steel, Aloha would be the new f lagship of the New York Yacht Club. Rigged as a bark (a sailing ship, typically with three masts, in which the foremast and mainmast are square-rigged and the mizzenmast is rigged fore-and-aft), the yacht was 216 feet overall, 167 feet on the waterline, with a beam of 35 feet, 6 inches and a draught of 17 feet, 6 inches. Fully rigged, Aloha would weigh in at 659 tons. Her mainmast would just make it under the Brooklyn Bridge at mean high water (276.5 feet). Her lines were elegant. Her freeboard (distance from waterline to deck) was on the shallow side, giving a yacht of such size and tonnage an unusually racy look. The sweep of her sheer was subtle. Her overhangs fore and aft ~ 40 feet in total ~ were finely tapered. Her decks were teak, which was heavier but longer-lasting than the traditional pine. Noncorrosive white metal was used for deck gear and fittings instead of brass, which would have required constant polishing. Her service boats included steam launches of 30 and 21 feet, three lifeboats housed on a boat deck and launched by steam power, and a dinghy. Aloha would carry 20,000 square feet of sail, and make ten knots under the power of a 400-horsepower, tripleexpansion steam engine driving a feathering propeller (diesel power would replace steam in 1926). Below were six large staterooms

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New York and checked the layout for accuracy of ellipse.” The décor below deck was just as carefully considered by Arthur and Harriet. On a stop at Iceland on Coronet some years before, they had marveled at scenes from Norse literature in which the various Icelandic sagas are set. When it came time to decorate Aloha, replicating these scenes seemed most appropriate. Not just with murals, but with hand-carved teak panels. They called upon acclaimed artist and teacher Karl von Rydingsvärd, who carved three large panels illustrating Viking sagas of hunting, fishing, and ~ largest of all ~ a panel showing the saga of Sigurd wresting the sword from the Brandstock tree. Von Rydingsvärd also carved a series of smaller panels representing the evolution of vessels through history, including a Chinese Junk and Cleopatra’s Barge. Von Rydingsvärd carved furniture of his own design for the cabins, pieces that bore the heavy, strong character of Scandinavian antiques. ARTHUR CURTISS JAMES, Unsung Titan of the Gilded Age, will be available in March at acjproject. com, and at amazon.com. Roger Vaughan has lived, worked and sailed in Oxford since 1980.

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Caroline County – A Perspective Caroline County is the very definition of a rural community. For more than 300 years, the county’s economy has been based on “market” agriculture. Caroline County was created in 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne’s counties. The county was named for Lady Caroline Eden, the wife of Maryland’s last colonial governor, Robert Eden (1741-1784). Denton, the county seat, was situated on a point between two ferry boat landings. Much of the business district in Denton was wiped out by the fire of 1863. Following the Civil War, Denton’s location about fifty miles up the Choptank River from the Chesapeake Bay enabled it to become an important shipping point for agricultural products. Denton became a regular port-ofcall for Baltimore-based steamer lines in the latter half of the 19th century. Preston was the site of three Underground Railroad stations during the 1840s and 1850s. One of those stations was operated by Harriet Tubman’s parents, Benjamin and Harriet Ross. When Tubman’s parents were exposed by a traitor, she smuggled them to safety in Wilmington, Delaware. Linchester Mill, just east of Preston, can be traced back to 1681, and possibly as early as 1670. The mill is the last of 26 water-powered mills to operate in Caroline County and is currently being restored. The long-term goals include rebuilding the millpond, rehabilitating the mill equipment, restoring the miller’s dwelling, and opening the historic mill on a scheduled basis. Federalsburg is located on Marshyhope Creek in the southern-most part of Caroline County. Agriculture is still a major portion of the industry in the area; however, Federalsburg is rapidly being discovered and there is a noticeable influx of people, expansion and development. Ridgely has found a niche as the “Strawberry Capital of the World.” The present streetscape, lined with stately Victorian homes, reflects the transient prosperity during the countywide canning boom (1895-1919). Hanover Foods, formerly an enterprise of Saulsbury Bros. Inc., for more than 100 years, is the last of more than 250 food processors that once operated in the Caroline County region. Points of interest in Caroline County include the Museum of Rural Life in Denton, Adkins Arboretum near Ridgely, and the Mason-Dixon Crown Stone in Marydel. To contact the Caroline County Office of Tourism, call 410-479-0655 or visit their website at www.tourcaroline.com. 175

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Thru March 31 Exhibition: Kent’s Carvers and Clubs at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. The ex hibit ion sha res stor ies of Ma r yla nd’s Kent County carvers and hunting clubs through a collection of decoys, oral histories, historic photographs and other artifacts. For more info. tel: 410-745-4960 or visit cbmm.org. T h r u M a r c h 31 E x h i bit ion: Ex plor ing the Chesapeake ~ Mapping the Bay at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. The exhibition will view changes in maps and charts over time as an expression of what people were seeking in the

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tography on display at the LeHatchery Galleria, Kemp Lane, Easton. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info. visit bjgilbertphotography.com or tel: 406-214-5384.

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1 The regular meeting of the Cambridge Woman’s Club will begin with a board meeting at 11 a.m., followed by a membership meeting at noon and refreshments at 12:30. Frances Cresswell, Librarian, Dorchester County, speaking at 1 p.m. on Early Literacy. The public is invited. 1

T h r u M a r c h 31 E x h i bit ion: Dressed to Kill in Love and War ~ Splendor in the Ancient World at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. This exhibition features Roman, Greek and Hellenistic jewelr y, helmets, vessels and other nearly 2,000-year-old and more recent objects. Academy A r t Museum ex hibit ions a re sponsored by the Talbot County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council. Free docent tours on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. Thru April 30 Exhibit: A variety of photos from B.J. Gilbert’s Pho-

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.

1 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. 1 Dorchester Sw ingers Squa re Dancing Club meets 1st Friday at Maple Elementary School on Egypt Rd., Cambridge. $7 for guest members to dance. Club members and observers are free.

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and Bruce Nauman. Free docent tours on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to noon. Reception March 1 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org.

Refreshments provided. 7:30 to 10 p.m. For more info. tel: 410221-1978, 410-901-9711 or visit wascaclubs.com. 1 Concert: Aztec Two-Step in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org.

1,2,8,9,15,16,22,23,29,30 Rock ’N’ Bowl at Choptank Bowling Center, Cambridge. Fridays and Saturdays from 9 to 11:59 p.m. Unlimited bowling, food and drink specials, blacklighting, disco lights and jammin’ music. Rental shoes included. $13.99 every Friday and Saturday night. For more info. visit choptankbowling.com.

1-April 7 Exhibition: Matthew Moore ~ Post Socialist Landscapes at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Matthew Moore is a n A ssociate P rofe ssor of Photography and the Chair of the Visual Arts Department at Anne Arundel Community College. His current project was born as an investigation on the rural and urban landscapes of countries that were once occupied by the Soviet Union. Free docent tours on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to noon. Reception March 1 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org.

1,8,15 ,22 ,29 Meeting: Fr iday Morning Artists at Denny’s in Easton. 8 a.m. All disciplines welcome. Free. For more info. tel: 443-955-2490.

1-April 7 Exhibition: Recent Acquisitions ~ Photography at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, presents recently acquired works of photography, including works by Ansel Adams, Berenice Abbott, Tom Baril, Ed Clark, William Eggleston, Lisette Model,

1,8,15,22,29 Meeting: Vets Helping Vets ~ Informational meeting to help vets find services. 1st and 3rd Fridays at Hurlock American Legion #243, 57 Legion Drive, Hurlock; 2nd and 4th Fridays at VFW Post 5246 in Federalsburg. 9 a.m. All veterans are welcome.

1,5,8,12,15,19,22,26,29 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.

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For more info. tel: 410-943-8205 after 4 p.m. 1,8,15,22,29 Gentle Yoga at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. Fridays from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit evergreeneaston.org. 1,8,15,22,29 Jeannie’s Community Café soup kitchen at the St. Michaels Community Center. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Menu changes weekly. Pay what you can, if you can. Eat in or take out. All welcome. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073 or visit stmichaelscc.org. 1,8,15,22,29 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.

2 Chicken and Dumpling Dinner at Immanuel United Church of Christ, Cambridge. 4:30 to 7 p.m. Adults $10, children 4-12 $5 , u nder 4 f r e e. C a r r y- out available. For more info. tel: 410-228-4640. 2 Concert: Charlie Mars in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 7 and 9 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org. 2-3 St. Michaels ChocolateFest at Simpatico. Enjoy 5 ($8) or 10 ($15) tastings of hand-selected wines, liquors and spirits paired w ith fabulous chocolates and Italian cheeses. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

2 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. 2 Live at the MET in HD: Donizetti’s’s La Fille du Regiment at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org. 181

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munity Center. 8 and 10 a.m. $12/class ~ drop-ins welcome. In Sanskrit, anahata means “unhurt, unstruck and unbeaten.” For more info. tel: 410-226-5904 or visit oxfordcc.org.

For more info. tel: 410-745-0345 or v isit simpaticostmichaels. com. 2-3 Intro to Woodworking with S eip Fou nd at ion Sh ipw r ig ht Apprentice Zack Haroth at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Both power and hand tools will be demonstrated. No experience necessary; materials and tools will be provided. $130 with a 20% discount for CBMM members. For more info. visit cbmm.org/introwoodworking. 2-3 Two-day Chart Navigation course with Captain Jerry Friedman at the Chesapeake Bay Marit i me Mu seu m, St. Michaels. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 3:30 p.m. The course will have participants gaining knowledge and confidence in reading charts, understanding navigational aids, plotting courses, anchoring properly, tying knots and responding to emergencies, along with other helpf ul information. $35 per participant, with a 20% discount for CBMM members. For more info. visit cbmm.org/shipyardprograms.

2,9,16,23 Class: The Next Step ~ Oil Painting for New or Returning Painters with Diane DuBois Mullaly at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 4 Bus Trip: Philadelphia Flower Show sponsored by Adkins Arboretum. Exhibits will take a comprehensive approach to the t heme, “Flower Power,” w it h sweeping landscapes and artful interpretations that convey a universal language. For more adventure, add an early-afternoon guided tour of the Rail Park! The tour will start at 21st & Pennsylvania Avenue and end at 12th & Noble, the site of the recently opened Phase I. Participants will

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be dropped off near the Rodin Museum to enjoy the Dorrane H. Hamilton Garden and have lunch on their own before the walking tour at 2 p.m. Phase I of the park is within a half mile of the Philadelphia Flower Show, where pa r t ic ipa nt s c a n joi n the others for the show. $95 members, $120 non-members for bus, driver gratuity and entrance ticket. Flower Show plus Rail Park is $130 members, $155 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit adkinsarboretum.org. 4

Lunch & Learn at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. Author Kathy Sander on Mary Elizabeth Garrett: Society and Philanthropy in the Gilded Age at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. A century ago, Mary Elizabeth Garrett of Baltimore was hailed as one of the nation’s great philanthropists and businesswomen. She had “the business capabilities ranking among the great financiers of America,” the New York Times wrote of her. Noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org.

4 Read with Wally, a Pets on Wheels Therapy Dog, at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 3:30 p.m. Bring a book or choose a library book to read with Ms. Maggie Gowe and her therapy

dog, Wally. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 4 Movie Night at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. 1st Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit evergreeneaston.org.

4 Meeting: Tidewater Camera Club at the Talbot Community Center, Easton. 7 p.m. Guest speaker: Steve Rosenbach on Cityscapes/ Townscapes. He will describe his approach to maneuvering safely through a city, to composing a cityscape image that tells a story, and how the use of bold color or contrast, dramatic graphic design or interesting juxtaposition can generate a great initial impact on the viewer. The public is encouraged to at tend. For more info. visit tidewatercameraclub.org.

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March Calendar 4 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. 4 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. 4 Meeting: Live Playwrights’ Societ 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. 4,11,18,25 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. 4,11,18,25 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. 4 ,6 ,1 1,1 3 ,18 , 2 0, 2 5 , 27 Fo o d Distribution at the St. Michaels C om mu n it y C enter on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1 to 2 p.m. Open to a ll Ta lbot

County residents. Must provide identification. Each family can participate once per week. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073 or visit stmichaelscc.org. 5 ALL Class: How to Read Tarot Cards with Suzanne Sanders at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 10 to 11:30 a.m. $10.50 members, $15 non-members. For more info. e-mail lseeman@cbmm.org, tel: 410-745-4947 or register online at cbmm.org. 5 ALL Class: Stroke and TIA with Dr. Kamsheh at the Talbot Senior Center, Easton. 1:30 to 3 p.m. Enrollment is limited; sign up early! Free. For more info. e-mail lseeman@cbmm.org, tel: 410-745-4947 or register online at cbmm.org. 5

Family Craf ts at t he Ta lbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 3:30 p.m. Irish cultural crafts. For more info. tel: 410745-5877 or visit tcfl.org.

Meeting: Eastern Shore Amputee Support Group at the Easton Family YMCA. 1st Tuesday at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome. For more info. tel: 410-820-9695.

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a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $175 members, $210 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 5,12,19,26 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. 5,12,19,26 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 loss. No previous yoga experience necessary. Yoga mats will be provided, and walk-ins are welcome. Free and open to the public. For more info. tel: 410-822-6681 or bdemattia@talbothospice.org. 5,19 Meeting: Breast Feeding Support Group, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at UM Shore Medical Center, 5th floor meeting room, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-1000, ext. 5700 or visit shorehealth.org. 5,19 Afternoon Chess Academy at

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the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 4:30 p.m. Learn and play chess. For ages 6 to 16. Snacks ser ved. Limited space, please pre-register. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcfl.org.

Easton. 1:30 to 3 p.m. Learn the ins and outs of using Microsoft’s Excel. Bring your own PC laptop, or just sit and observe. No Macs, please. For more info. tel: 410822-1626 or visit tcfl.org.

5,19 Cancer Patient Support Group at the Cancer Center at UM Shore Regional Health Center, Idlewild Ave., Easton. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 443-254-5940 or visit umshoreregional.org.

6 We are Builders at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 3:30 p.m. Enjoy STEM and build with Legos and Zoobs. For ages 6 to 12. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org.

5,19 Grief Support Group at the Dorchester County Library, Cambridge. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Sponsored by Coastal Hospice & Palliative Care. For more info. tel: 443-978-0218. 6 A r ts Express bus tr ip to the Phi ladelphia Flower Show ~ Flower Power, sponsored by the Academy Art Museum, Easton. The Philadelphia Flower Show is the nation’s largest and longest running horticultural event and features stunning displays by the world’s premier floral and landscape designers. $100 members, $120 non-members, includes admission. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 6 Intro to Excel with computer training specialist Rita Hill at the Talbot County Free Library,

6 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. 6,13,20,27 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. 6,13,20,27 Chair Yoga with 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. 6,13,20,27 The Senior Gathering at

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March Calendar 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. 6,13,20,27 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. 6,13,20,27 Meeting: Choptank Writers Group at the Dorchester Center for the Arts, Cambridge. 3 to 5 p.m. Everyone interested in writing is invited to join. For more info. tel: 443-521-0039. 6,13,20,27 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: 410-819-3395 or visit evergreeneaston.org. 6-April 10 Class: Pastel ~ The World of Color Harmony with Katie Cassidy at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $195 members, $234 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org.

6-April 10 Class: Painting the Still Life in Oil with Bradford Ross at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 7 Dog Walking at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 1st Thursday at 10 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-6342847, ext. 0 or visit adkinsarboretum.org. 7 Arts & Crafts at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 10 a.m. to noon. Free instruction for knitting, beading, needlework and more. You may bring your own lunch. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 7 CBMM Winter Speaker Series: Towns in the Colonial Chesapeake: London Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Experience w ith Rod Cof ield at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Mus eu m , S t . M ic h ael s. C of ield examines London Tow nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development ~ and decline ~ as a colonial Chesapeake town. 2 p.m. The cost per session is $7.50 per person, with a 20% discount for CBMM members. For more info. visit cbmm.org. 7 Pet Loss Support Group on the 1st Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. at Talbot Hospice, Easton. Monthly support group for those grieving

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the loss of a beloved pet. Hosted jointly by Talbot Humane and Talbot Hospice. Free and open to the public. For more info. contact Linda Elzey at lwelzey@ gmail.com or Talbot Humane at 410-822-0107.

Debut! at the Easton Church of God. 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature Schubert’s Symphony No. 4. Tickets for these concerts and more of the MSO are available online at midatlanticsymphony. org or tel: 888-846-8600.

7 Lecture: Science Bytes with Pat Gilbert at Piazza Italian Market, Easton. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free talk with an HPL scientist on current environmental topics. Sponsored by Horn Point Lab. For more info. tel: 410-221-8408 or e-mail cstarr@umces.edu.

7 Concert: The Honey Dewdrops 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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prepares volunteers to work with the public as interpreters, lead group tours, and more. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941 or e-mail aspeight@cbmm.org.

Gr u nden r e t u r n w it h S ongs from the Stage with selections from Carole King, Sara Bareilles, and Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Opening Night Gala on Thursday at 6 p.m. includes cocktails and dinner. Tickets start at $150. Weekend performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and a Sunday matinee on at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $25 for adults and $10 for students. For more info. tel: 443-258-2130 or visit heartmusic.eventbrite. com.

7,14,21 ALL Class: A Little Bird Told Me ~ An Introduction to Bird Language with Samantha P it t s at t he P icker i ng Creek Audubon Center, Easton. March 7 from 2 to 4 p.m., March 14 and 21 from 9 a.m. to noon. Members $31. 50, Non-members $45. For more info. e -mail l seeman@ cbmm.org, tel: 410-745-4947 or register online at cbmm.org.

7-April 11 Class: Portrait Drawing from Life with Bradford Ross at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $175 members, $235 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org.

7,14,21,28 Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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: 410-819-3395 or visit evergreeneaston.org.

7-Apr i l 11 Class: Collage and Mixed Media with Sheryl Southwick at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Thursdays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org.

7,14,21,28 Mahjong at the St. Michaels Communit y Center. 10 a.m. to noon on Thursdays. Open to all who want to learn this ancient Chinese game of skill. Drop-ins welcome. Free. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073 or visit stmichaelscc.org.

7,12,14,19,21 Free training for volunteers at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Advanced registration is required. Docent t raining

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$100 non-members; individual tickets, $24 members, $29 nonmembers. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 7,14,21,28 Caregivers Support Group at Talbot Hospice. Thursd ay s at 1 p.m. Th i s ongoi ng we ek ly suppor t g roup i s for caregivers of a loved one with a life-limiting illness. Free and open to the public. For more info. tel: 410-822-6681 or e-mail bdemattia@talbothospice.org.

A r t Museum, Easton. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. In a new 4-part series, “Classical Sounds of the Cinema,” we explore this massive yet barely noticed component of mov ie scor ing: t he use of pre-composed classical music. Comedies, war films, romances, tragedies, you name it: all film gen r e s h ave b e en en h a nc e d with classical music. Series tickets: (4 lectures) $84 members,

7,14 ,21,28 Kent Island Far mer’s Market from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. every Thursday at Christ Church, 830 Romancoke Rd., Stevensville. For more info. visit kifm830.wixsite.com/kifm. 7,21 Meeting: Samplers Quilt Guild from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, Cambridge. The Guild meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month. Prov ide your ow n lunch. For more info. tel: 410-228-1015.

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7,21 Classic Yoga at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. 12:30 to 2 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month. For more info. tel: 410819-3395 or visit evergreeneaston.org.

9 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.

8 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. 9

Friends of the Librar y Second 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. Bilingual Story Time with the Spanish Honor Society at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 11 a.m. Easton High’s Spanish Honor Society will be reading a bilingual children’s book. For ages 6 to 10. For more info. tel: 410822-1626 or visit tcfl.org.

9 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. 9

Concert: High Voltage, “The Nation’s Premier AC/DC Tribute Band,” at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org.

9-10 Delaware Restoration Work Days at t he Chesapea ke Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $50 for a single

9 Second Saturday at the Artsway from 2 to 4 p.m., 401 Market Street, Denton. Interact w ith artists as they demonstrate their work. For more info. tel: 410-479192

day, $90 for a weekend, or $170 for two weekends, with a 20% discount for CBMM members. For more info. visit cbmm.org. 9,16,23,30 Class: Creating a Photo Project with Stephen Walker at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon. $150 members, $180 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 9,23 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 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. 10 Firehouse Breakfast at the Oxford Volunteer Fire Company. 8 to 11 a.m. Proceeds to benefit fire and ambulance services. $10 for adults and $5 for children under 10. For more info. tel: 410-226-5110. 10

Concert: An Intimate Evening of Songs with Graham Nash at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org.

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Chapter #915 at noon, with a covered dish luncheon, at the Church of the Nazarene in Denton. Our speaker will be Weida Stoecker f rom t he Ma r yla nd Dept. of Agriculture. We w ill learn about the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. New members are welcome. For more info. tel: 410-482-6039. 11 Caregiver Support Group at the Talbot County Senior Center, Easton. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 443-746-3698 or visit snhealth.net. 11 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 tcf l. org. 11 Meeting: St. Michaels Art League from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Christ Church Parish Hall, St. Michaels. Open to the public. For more info. visit smartleague.org. 12 Advance Healthcare Planning at Talbot Hospice, Easton. 2nd Tuesday at 11 a.m. Hospice staff and trained volunteers will help you understand your options for advance healthcare planning and complete your advance directive paperwork, including the Five

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March Calendar Wishes. Free and open to the public. For more info. tel: 410822-6681 to register. 12 Coloring for Teens and Adults at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 3:30 p.m. Explore the relaxing process of coloring. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 12 Peer Pilots: Fly into a Day in the Life of a High Schooler at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton 6 p.m. Meet current high school students and discover proven ways to make friends and inf luence teachers. For 8th grade students and high school freshmen. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 12 Grief Support Group Meeting ~ Healing from Traumatic Loss at Talbot Hospice, Easton. 2nd Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. This ongoing monthly support group is specifically for families impacted by a traumatic death, including accident, overdose, suicide or homicide. For more info. tel: 410-822-6681 or e-mail bdemattia@talbothospice.org. 12 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. 12 Meeting: Tidewater Stamp Club at the Mayor and Council Building, Easton. 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-8226471 or visit twstampclub.com. 12,26 Bay Hundred Chess Class at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays from 1 to 3 p.m. Beginners welcome. For all ages. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 12,26 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. 13 Meeting: Bayside Quilters, 2nd Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Easton Volunteer Fire Department on Aurora Park Drive, Easton. Guests are welcome, memberships are available. For more info. e -mail mhr2711@ gmail.com. 13 Featured Native Plants available for presale order at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 1 p.m. This program is free for members and free with $5 admission for nonmembers (payable on the day of

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the walk). Sun or shade, clay or sand, wet, windy, salty, or dry ~ determining the right plants for your landscape can be challenging. Join Chris Pax of the Arboretumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Native Landscape Design Center to learn about the plants offered for sale at our spring and fall sales and their preferences in the landscape. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit adkinsarboretum.org. 13 Peer Support Group Meeting ~ Together: Positive Approaches at Talbot Par tnership, 28712 Glebe Rd., Easton. 2nd Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Peer support group for family members currently struggling with a loved one with substance use disorder, led by trained facilitators. Free. For more info. e -ma i l mar iahsmission2014@gmail.com. 13 Meet ing: Bay water Ca mera 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. 13 ALL Class: Flight of the Tim-

berdoodle with Mark Scallion at the Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Easton. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Enrollment is limited; sign up early! $10.50 members, $15 non-members. For more info. e-mail lseeman@cbmm.org, tel: 410-745-4947 or register online at cbmm.org. 1 3 Me et i ng: O pt i m i st Club at Washington Street Pub, Easton. 6:30 to 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-310-9347. 13 Open Mic at the Academy Art Mu seu m, E a ston. Sha re a nd appreciate the rich tapestry of creativity, skills and knowledge that thrive here. Topic: Madness (NCAA). 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. 13 Concert: Kristin Andreassen in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org. 13,27 Stor y Time at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 10:30 a.m. For children 5 and under accompanied by an adult. For more info. tel: 410745-5877 or visit tcfl.org.

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grades 1 to 4. Please pre-register. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 14 The Original Harlem Globetrotters at the Wicomico Civic Center, Salisbur y. 7 p.m. $18 general admission. The Original Harlem Globetrotters are known for amazing feats of basketball, humor and acts of goodwill on and off the court, but this year everything we do will bring fans closer to the action than ever before. For more info. tel: 410548-4911.

14 Birds and Brews: The Dancing Timberdoodle ~ w ith a local brew in hand, walk with Picker ing Creek Audubon Center naturalists to look for the male Timberdoodle. In early spring, the unusual Timberdoodle mating ritual fills the skies around Pickering Creekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meadows. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Space is limited, advanced reservation required. For more info. tel: 410-822-4903 or visit pickering.audubon.org.

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1 4 , 28 Memoi r Wr iter s at t he Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Record and share your memories of life and family. Participants are invited to bring their lunch. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 15 Public Sip & Scratch at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Guests are invited to enjoy two adult beverages while creating their own iron-cast molds. These molds then will be used to turn this design into a work of art using traditional iron casting techniques during an iron pour demonstration held on Saturday, March 16. Guests are inv ited to the shipyard on March 16 to watch the live demonstration and their design pieces being poured. $30. For more info. tel: 410-7454980 or visit cbmm.org. 15 Concert: Van Hunt in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org. 16 E ag le Fe st iva l at Black water National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All programs and act iv it ies w ill take place at and around the Blackwater Visitor Center. The Eagle Festival celebrates birds of

prey with educational programs that allow the visitor an up-close view of this unique class of birds, as well as many activities for children, from archery to wildlife crafts. Blackwater’s experienced volunteers and staff will be leading several guided tours throughout the day. For more info. tel: 410-228-2677 or visit friendsofblackwater.org. 16 Soup ‘n Walk: Early Blooms, Songbirds and Spring Frog’s S oup at Ad k i n s A rb or e t u m, Ridgely. 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Listen for early songbirds and spring frogs while searching for early purple, pink and whiteblooms. Plants of interest include skunk cabbage, paw paw, spring beauty and bloodroot. Following a guided walk with a docent naturalist, enjoy a delicious and nutritious lunch along with a brief lesson about nutrition. Copies of recipes are provided. $25 members, $30 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit adkinsarboretum.org. 16 The Delmarva Review’s 11th anniversary Celebratory Reading at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 1 to 3 p.m. Select authors from past issues including Sue Ellen Thompson, Meredith Davies Hadaway, Anne Colwell, Wendy Ingersoll and Bill Peak will read from their work. For

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every year on St. Patrick’s Day at midnight. Proceeds benefit the St. Michaels and Tilghman Fire Departments. The Blackthorn Irish Pub will have its annual event with live music and Bag Pipers. For more info. tel: 410-745-9535 or visit stmichaelsmd.gov. 18 Lunch & Learn: In honor of Women’s Histor y month, Dr. Stephen G old ma n w i l l pre sent The Changing Port rayal of Women in the Mass Media over Six Centuries at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. From the 16th century’s Catherine De Medici of Fra nce to t he 21st cent ur y ’s Hillar y Clinton, par ticipants may cringe, be inspired or see a new perspective on women and their portrayal over the centuries! Noon. For more info. tel:

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Bell. Four in-class sessions at the Waterfowl Building, Easton, and four field trips. $31.50 members, $45 non-members. For more info. e-mail lseeman@cbmm. org, tel: 410-745-4947 or register online at cbmm.org.

18 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. 18 ALL Class: Italian Cheese Tasting with Emily Chandler at Piazza Italian Market, Easton. Enrollment is limited; sign up early! 1:30 to 3 p.m. $10.50 members, $15 non-members. For more info. e-mail lseeman@cbmm.org, tel: 410-745-4947 or register online at cbmm.org. 18 Peer Support Group Meeting ~ Together: Positive Approaches at Tilghman United Methodist Church. 3rd Monday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Peer support group for family members currently struggling with a loved one with substance use disorder, led by trained facilitators. Free. For more info. e-mail mariahsmission2014@gmail.com.

19 Ready, Set, Spring at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 10 a.m. Master gardeners answer questions about how to approach the landscape in spring and what tasks are most important. For more info. tel: 410-7455877 or visit tcfl.org. 19 ALL Class: Civil War on the Ma r yl a n d E a s te r n S h or e ~ Unionville with Michael Cone at

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March Calendar the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 1 to 2:30 p.m. $10.50 members, $15 nonmembers. For more info. e-mail lseeman@cbmm.org, tel: 410745-4947 or register online at cbmm.org. 20 Meet ing: Dorchester Ca 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. 20 Intermediate Excel with computer training specialist Rita Hill at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 1:30 to 3 p.m. Already know a little bit about Microsoft Excel? Rita Hill will take you to the next level. Bring your own PC laptop or just observe. No Macs, please. For more info. tel: 410822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 20 St. Michaels Library Book Club to discuss Varina by Charles Frazier. 3:30 to 5 p.m. Open to all. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit tcfl.org. 20 Designing Your Bird-Friendly Landscape at Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Easton. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Do you love the idea of gardening to attract birds, but wonder how best to design

your home landscape? Get some helpful hints. For more info. tel: 410-822-4903. 20 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 or e-mail bdemattia@talbothospice.org. 20-April 24 Looking Ahead ~ This six-week grief support group is for anyone in the community grieving the death of a loved one. Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. at Talbot Hospice, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-6681 or e-mail bdemattia@talbothospice.org. 21 Special Story Time: Tooth Fairy! at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10 a.m. For ages 5 and under accompanied by an adult. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 21 Stroke Survivorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Support Group at Pleasant Day Medical Adult Day Care in Cambridge. 1 to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-2280190 or visit pleasantday.com. 21 Author Phil Burgess to discuss Reboot! What to Do When Your Career is Over and Your Life Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 1 p.m. For

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9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants will leave this course with a greater understanding of not only the str ucture and proper care of three-strand rope, but also how to for m and use a var iet y of splices. $50, with a 20% discount for CBMM members. For more info. visit cbmm.org/shipyardprograms.

assessed. Each participant must sign up for a 30 -minute session with an appraiser. Contact Tracey Muller y at tmullery@ academyartmuseum.org or tel: 410-822-2787 to register. 22 Whimsey: Fairy and Gnome Houses at Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Easton. Bring your little ones to come explore the magic of a 100-year-old forest and ignite their imagination to build small shelters in the woods for our fairy friends. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll build, play, and listen to a story under the beech trees and hope for a glimpse of some woodland creatures! 4:30 to 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-4903. 23 Indoor Craft and Yard Sale sponsored by the Caroline County 4-H from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Caroline County 4-H Park, Denton. All vendors welcome. Set-up on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. Food will be available for purchase. Items to include household items, furniture, jewelry, antiques, horse tack, tools, pet items and more. For more info. tel: 410-479-0565. 23 Work shop: Int ro to ThreeS t r a n d Ro p e S p l i c i n g w i t h CBMMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead rigger, Sam Hilgartner, at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels.

23-April 13 Class: Introduction to Basic Drawing with Katie Cassidy at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $150 members, $180 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit academyartmuseum.org. 24 Concert: David Mayfield presents Cave Twins in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org. 25 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. 25 Read with Latte, a certified therapy dog, at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 4 p.m. Bring a book or choose one from the library and read with Janet Dickey and her dog, Latte. For children 5

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27 Lecture: Charlotte Heath Presents: Ever Try to Draw a Flower? at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 1:30 p.m. Award-winning botanical artist Charlotte Heath will journey up the Delmarva Peninsu la f rom her home in Onancock, Virginia, to tell her story of a lifelong love of drawing plants and flowers. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit tcfl.org. 27 Meet ing: 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 info. tel: 410-822-1000, ext. 5196. 28 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. 29-April 7 Play: Groove Theatre presents its f irst show of the season, Red Riding Hood, a new interpretation of a classic tale. Come and join us at the historic 447 on Race Street for this family-friendly show. Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets available online and at the door. For more info. visit groovetheatre.com.

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March Calendar 29-May 3 (No class April 19) Class: Botanical Drawing III with Lee D’Zmura at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Improve your drawing skills. Working with your choice of subject, you’ll complete a botanical art piece in pencil. Each class will include new techniques and individual critiques. Prerequisite: Botanical Drawing II. $155 members, $180 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit adkinsarboretum.org. 30 Live at the MET in HD: Wagner’s Die Walkure at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org. 30 Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day at Easton High School c a feter ia. This f ree reg iona l event is part of a national effort to commemorate the sacrifices of Vietnam Veterans and their families and to recognize the men and women who were denied a proper welcome upon returning home more than 40 years ago. The program is cosponsored by Coastal Hospice, Compass Regional Hospice and Talbot Hospice, and will include speakers, music and light ref reshments. L ocal, state and national resources for veterans

w ill be available. 1 to 3 p.m. Register at bit.ly/WHVV2019 or tel: 443-262-4100, ex. 177. 30 Recommissioning Your Outboard Motor with Josh Richardson at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 1 to 4 p.m. $45 , w it h a 20% discount for CBMM members. Richardson will guide participants through checking their outboard motor’s running condition and temperature, ignition and starting systems. He will also demonstrate how to replace the engine’s fuel filter. For more info. tel: 410-745-4980. 30 Concert: Pete in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit avalonfoundation.org. 30-31 Daffodil Festival in St. Michaels. Join us for a beautiful weekend celebrating the tens of thousands of daffodils planted and displayed in the historic waterfront town of St. Michaels. Daffodil Parade on Saturday at 10 a.m., historic daffodil walk, daf fodil festival tailgate picnic, daffy-dog costume contest and much more. For more info. v isit st michaelsinbloom.org/ daffodil-festival. 30-31 The Tred Avon Players will

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produce a professionally staged reading of the play Mr. Morris! Mr. Morris! by Anthony Gallo, with 23 actors under the direction of Ed Langrell at the Oxford Communit y Center. Saturday eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show w ill feature a gourmet dinner catered by the Robert Morris Inn. Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Dinner theater, $65, Sunday matinee, $5. For more info. tel: 410-226-

C la s s: C ompa s s Ro se w it h Kelly Sverduk at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 12:30 to 4 p.m. A compass rose indicates the four cardinal directions on a map but can also be a beautiful and interesting design element on its own. This class will take students through the steps of creating a traditional compass rose, followed by creating their ow n u n ique i nter pret at ions. All levels of art experience are welcome. $35 members, $40 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit adkinsarboretum.org.

Celebrating 25 Years Tracy Cohee Hodges Vice President Area Manager Eastern Shore Lending

111 N. West St., Suite C Easton, MD 21601 410-820-5200 tcohee@ďŹ rsthome.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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Two Premier Homes in the Village at Cooke’s Hope

5,500 +/- square foot home on quiet cul-de-sac backing to large common area with direct views of wildlife pond. 1st ﬂoor master plus 3 bedrooms up, lovely kitchen open to family room, separate dining, living, den and screened-in porch. 2-car garage, tons of storage. $864,900

This lovely home backs to trees and fields, very private location in the village. 1st floor master with dressing room, 2 walk-ins and bath. Large eat-in kitchen; family, living, dining rooms and office/ bedroom, 2 bedrooms up, large bonus room over 2-car garage, 12 x 6 shop and porch. $849,000

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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"SHIPSHEAD" one of the finest points on the Miles River. DEEP water (10 ft MLW at pier), rip-rapped shoreline, magnificent trees, laid out as three parcels. Classic 5 BR residence. Total privacy. Please inquire for details.

“THE SHIRETON” Just listed, and the first unit available in months. Second story. High quality construction, crown moldings, working fireplace. Granite counter tops, exquisite decor. $229,000.

“THE NANTUCKET HOUSE” Fascinating 5 BR home only a few blocks from the heart of Easton. Recently renovated. Central A/C. Gorgeous floors. High ceilings. A sacrifice sale at $399,000.

SHORELINE REALTY 114 Goldsborough St., Easton, MD 21601 410-822-7556 · 410-310-5745 www.shorelinerealty.biz · bob@shorelinerealty.biz

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