Shortly after Queen Anne’s County was organized in 1706, Queenstown became the County Seat in 1707. The Court House was built in 1708. In 1782 the County seat was moved to Centreville. The frame structure dates to 1708. The brick Read More …
A few weeks ago I posted a piece on the Sudlersville Train Station. A block from the station is a memorial to the hometown hero, baseball’s Hall of Fame, Jimmie Foxx. James E. (Jimmie) Foxx was born in Sudlersville on Read More …
’tis the season. Now that we are pass Thanksgiving, the holiday season is upon us. Although it won’t be quite like it has in the past. Many towns are cancelling their usual events, such as Santa’s arrival, parades and tree Read More …
One nice thing about living on the the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay you can see some wonderful sunsets. The Town of Rock Hall, in Kent County Maryland is one of those places where you can see them. Rock Read More …
Anyone who follows the history of the Delmarva Peninsula understand the importance of the railroad systems of the late 19 and early 20th centuries were to growth of the area. Last week’s “Point of Interest” post was on Harrington, Delaware. Read More …
In 2019 the City of Harrington celebrated the150th Anniversary of their Incorporation. Nearly 100 years earlier, 1780, Benjamin Clark built a home and tavern. The tavern became a stagecoach stop as well a place for the area’s farmers to hear Read More …
Almost from the time that explorers first surveyed the area a canal to cross the Delmarva Peninsula between the Delaware River and the Chesapeake Bay was a topic of consideration. Augustine Herman was the first to proposed to a canal Read More …
Today when one thinks of Eastern Neck Island in Kent County, MD it’s as a National Wildlife Refuge. In the 1650’s when Maryland Colony was only a couple of decades old, Major Joseph Wickes obtained land grants on Eastern Neck Read More …
The Chesapeake Bay town of Rock Hall, located in Kent County, MD is well known as a bay community with long ties to commercial fishing and more recently as a haven for boaters. But in a way it has also Read More …
The village of Still Pond in Kent County, MD today appears to be just an old crossroad village. In the early years of the 20th Century is was an incorporated town. In the municipal election of 1908 three women, Mary Read More …