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Tidewater TimesJune 2013

Tom & Debra CrouchBenson & Mangold Real Estate

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HISTORIC EASTON“They don’t build them like they used to” applies to this ca. 1890s home on N. Aurora Street. The house has been lovingly updated, with care to preserve the 19th century charm. The fenced grounds and gardens are magnificent! Just listed. $379,000

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Features:About the Cover Photographer: Donna Tolbert-Anderson . . . . . . . 7Masterplots: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Hunting Rare Birds: Dick Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Tidewater Traveler: George W. Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival: Amy Steward . . . . . . . 55Tidewater Kitchen: Pamela Meredith-Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Hints from the Past: Gary D. Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Cecil County: Harold W. Hurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Tidewater Review: Anne Stinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

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Departments:June Tide Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Dorchester Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Easton Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105St. Michaels Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Oxford Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Tilghman - Bay Hundred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Caroline County - A Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Queens Anne’s County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189June Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

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Donna Tolbert-Anderson has al-ways had a love of the natural world and a strong desire to be outdoors. As a result, wildlife photography appealed to this self-taught pho-tographer as a way to share nature while raising awareness of the beauty and fragility of this incred-ible gift. Nature photography is an ongoing learning process, and the many diverse and rich habitats that exist in the Chesapeake Bay region have offered her almost endless opportunities to capture nature.

Tolbert-Anderson photographs all forms of nature, but birds are her most sought-after subjects,

About the Cover PhotographerDonna Tolbert-Anderson

especially hummingbirds. Her trips to Arizona, the Rio Grande River Valley, and other birding areas have offered opportunities to photograph other species of birds not found locally on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Pictured on the cover is a female ruby-throated hummingbird on a hyacinth bean vine that was pho-tographed in Tolbert-Anderson’s backyard last summer.

Her work has been published in various magazines, and can be seen on her website at www.capturing-naturesimages.com.

Hummingbirds are frequent visitors to Tolbert-Anderson’s backyard.

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Masterplotsby

Helen ChappellSo you want to write, but you

don’t know what to write about.It’s a myth, universally dreamed

among young writers, that some-where there is a book called Mas-terplots that details the archetypes of every story in the human expe-rience. Need a plot for your book, screenplay, alibi or speech at the Rotary? Check out a masterplot and pick a pergola upon which you can hang the vine and f lowers of your story.

As a matter of fact, there are several books about this very subject, but they’re complex and academic and, frankly, full of dull deconstruction guaranteed to put even the most rabid English major to sleep.

I’ve spared no time or expense in distilling the world’s most basic stories into tiny, useful capsules of literature, suitable for framing. Yes, I have a still out in the marsh where I produce a finely crafted white lightning of fiction and non-fiction for the thirsty reader.

The fact is, there really are only so many basic stories. It’s all in the telling. So, before you nod off, let’s dig right into the themes that have structured everything from Eurip-ides to The Young and The Restless.

First, there’s the Universal Love story. Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl. Or vise-versa or boy-boy, girl-girl. Gender isn’t the point. The chase is the point.

You’ve seen this in Romeo and Juliet, every rom-com ever made and even hard-boiled thrillers. Casablanca, Scandal, Cold Moun-tain ~ they all fall into this cat-egory. It’s a sure-fire winner, as long as you throw lots of obstacles in the way. And it doesn’t have to

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Romeo and Juliet ~ Shakespeare really knew how to write ’em.

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Love makes the world go round, and while romance novels sup-port the publishing industry, you can’t go wrong giving the soldier of fortune a honey. These days she’s as tough as he is. Maybe tougher. Times change, but love is a univer-sal theme.

Another plot you’ll run into early and often is The Return of the Na-tive. Such a catchy meme, Thomas Hardy used it as a book title.

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sues. Of course, if someone went away and just came back and mar-ried the person next door and went into the real estate business and lived happily ever after, not much story there. No, the native should create conflict, and lots of it.

Stories thrive on drama and conflict. The status quo should be kicked over. Buried secrets should be exhumed. People should either be punished or get their long-de-layed justice. There should be at least one huge, explosive, melo-dramatic showdown. I personally could write at least four roman a clefs about people who peeled out of this area and came back and all

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the subsequent drama. You can hang a lot of story on someone coming home.

On the opposite side, there’s The Coming of the Stranger. Why is this person here? What does he or she want? How is he or she going to shake things up?

You see this theme in a lot of films. The Wild One, where Bran-do, at his peak of hunkiness, is part of a motorcycle gang terrorizing a small town, or Jack Palance in al-most any movie where he plays a gunslinger. The very apotheosis of the advent of the stranger is aliens from another planet invading.

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Masterplots

Whatever you choose for this plot, you know the central charac-ter is Up to No Good, or is going to shake up the bad guys. No one just blows into town, grabs a burger and blows out again. Something always happens.

Another favorite is Sin and Re-demption. Someone does Very Bad things, sees The Light, reforms, cleans up their act, and does good to make amends. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in A Christ-mas Carol. Charles Dickens was a master of masterplots.

MGM, in its golden years, made a whole industry of the theme of re-pentance, mostly starring Edward G. Robinson. Look no further for inspiration than Brother Orchid.

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Revenge is a dish that tastes best when it is served cold.

TV right now with that very name. Every week, the young heroine, who was done very, very wrong, finds an-other way to mess up the lives of the people who ruined her good time.

The Count of Monte Cristo is a masterpiece of revenge classic. While we all know you’re supposed to forgive, some of us don’t believe in getting mad. We get even. And if you can retrieve your lost prop-erty, spouse or credit cards, so much the better.

Next on our list is Victory of the Underdog. Do I really have to spell this one out for you? It’s an Ameri-can instinct to root for the underdog, and we all love a story where the

nerdy kid gets the girl or wins the game, or the girl who gets bullied by mean girls triumphs in ways that may involve ruining the senior prom with spontaneous combustion.

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Masterplotsies lately about the loser schlub who trains and trains and wins the wrassling match or the UFC fight, gets the money to save the orphanage and gets the incredibly hot woman (some of us call this last one “male pattern optimism”) and you know what’s coming, but you just can’t resist rooting for the good people anyway. Argo, star-ring Ben Aff leck, is a good example of this, taken to a very high level of production value.

Which brings us to the next mas-terplot ~ Adventure. This could be a subset of The Underdog, but of-ten it’s more Man Against Nature than Man Against Bully. Moby

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Dick springs to mind. OCD Cap-tain against Great White Whale is a whole world of nature adventure.

The Man Who Would Be King, starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine as fortune hunters against nature and native comes to mind. Anything with people struggling against the elements works here ~ snow, desert, jungle, earthquake, f lood ~ it doesn’t matter. You get to battle your way out of it from the comfort of your armchair.

And last on my list is Whodunit? Think of every mystery you’ve ever read, and aside from all the bells and whistles that make each one different, the whodunit is basically a puzzle. There are clues, there are red herrings, there are suspects and someone did it somehow. It’s up to you to figure out either how to write this, or how to solve the author’s puzzle.

Masterplots No wonder this is such an endur-ing and popular genre. Cozy, hard-boiled, set in space or in a locked room, all that matters is solving the puzzle.

And there in a nutshell are some very basic universal plots. You’ll recognize them when you read, watch TV, see a movie or listen to someone tell a story. Now it’s your turn. Choose a masterplot and get writing!

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Developing a Keen Eye forHunting Rare Birds

byDick Cooper

Over the last several years, I have developed a passion for shoot-ing birds. I track their habits and habitats; observe their feeding and mating cycles; and note the seasons of their arrivals and departures, all to get a better shot at them. My “weapon” of choice is a powerful Nikon D7000 SLR camera equipped with a 70- to 300-millimeter zoom lens that allows me to see into their eyes before I shoot. Then I spend hours in front of the computer monitor tweaking and massaging their digital images in search of the perfect bird photo.

It all started in 2007 when a large package appeared on our doorstep. Our Denver son, Jeffrey, had pur-chased an expensive Nikon digital camera and never used it. He knew my wife Pat and I always traveled with our cameras, so he sent it to us as a present.

The camera was more compli-cated than any that I had used before, so I began to experiment. I discovered it was able to shoot three frames a second and freeze action at 1/8000 of a second. I took the new camera to one of my favor-ite photo spots, the Claiborne Ferry

Claiborne gulls.

Landing, and began clicking off pictures of the seagulls that hang out on the docks. They obliged by performing their typical gull antics of preening and stretching and chasing each other off the tops of pilings, f lying low over the water and then landing back on the dock. As I walked toward them clicking away, they lifted up in unison and headed across the harbor.

Back home, I popped the digital disc into my computer to check out what I shot and had a life-changing experience. This new camera cap-tured details unseen by the naked eye. I was surprised and fascinated

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Hunting Rare Birdsby the intricate and delicate display of feathers, the graceful glide of the birds and the complicated maneu-vers they went through to remain airborne. Common gulls became things of beauty.

I was hooked. That winter, Pat and I began making frequent trips to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge southwest of Cambridge to photograph the thousands of swans, geese and ducks that winter there. It seemed as if there was a bald eagle perched on the limb of every snag in the swamp. Great blue herons pulled in their long necks and jumped into the air as we approached. The new camera captured it all in vivid color.

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late lunch at Old Salty’s on Hoopers Is-land, we saw a crowd of photographers gathered along the edge of Blackwater. They all had big cameras with bigger lenses mounted on tripods aimed at a flock of snow geese swirling in the air as the setting winter sun lit up the horizon. It reminded me of the pho-tographic press corps on the sidelines of an NFL game.

I worked with our new camera for another year, adding a zoom lens that cost more than the original camera body. Then Nikon an-nounced that they had a brand new model that had twice as many megapixels and shot 1080p High Definition video to boot. Sold.

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The photos kept getting better, deeper and richer and it only made me want more. One thing I have found about photography is that the more you learn, the more you realize how much you don’t know. After two more years, I upgraded the camera again, shooting a model that several of my photojournalism

An anhinga “on the rocks.”

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Birds of a different feather.

friends use on a daily basis. This is the camera that has more capability than I will ever be able to master, so I have settled into a routine that challenges me to improve my eye for a good shot.

I travel around Talbot County, looking for an unusual angle, a special shadow and a soaring bird. I return to the same locations and every day there is a different photo to take: a heron perched on an aban-doned boat in Tilghman Creek, mallards waddling along the dock in St. Michaels Harbor, coots and buffleheads diving in Spencer Creek or ospreys f lying close formation over the Miles River.

In the spring, I stalk ospreys, marking their return from their tropical winter vacations, watch-ing them rebuild their nests and start another generation of grace-ful seahawks. That is how I came to discover a strange sight at Oak Creek Landing, one of my favorite osprey-watching locations, where a park bench is only 25 feet from a nest on a pole in the creek.

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motion. The bird remains still as I bring the viewfinder to my right eye, my finger on the shutter button. I focus and am shocked by what I see. A Canada goose is sitting in the nest. My first thought is that the osprey has killed a goose and somehow got its body into the nest for dinner. But no, the goose calmly turns its head and stares at me with black beady eyes. I shoot away.

I know geese can be formidable, having once been chased by some angry birds, but I would never have guessed they would be a match for osprey talons. I posted a photo of the goose on Facebook, asking friends if they had ever seen this

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Canada goose in an osprey nest.

before. While most of the repliers expressed disbelief, one of them wrote she had seen it twice: once on the Choptank and another on the western shore.

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Hunting Rare Birdseral goose-in-osprey-nest photos from across the country. One, that included a YouTube v ideo, was from the baseball park where the Missoula, Montana, Ospreys, an Arizona Diamondback farm team,

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it is not common, he has heard of similar instances. “It is unusual and it is not common practice, but they do it. You know the urge to procreate and keep the species going is strong. When it is time and the nest is available, it’s like, ‘I’m bigger than you are. I’m taking over.’”

Naturalists say more Canada geese have become life-long resi-dents rather than long-range com-muters. The osprey nests are vacant when the geese feel the need to start their families, and once they have laid their eggs, they are in for the long haul. But the experts say not to worry about the osprey. They will either build new homes or be ready to jump back into their old ones as soon as the family of geese, including mother, father and five or six new goslings, leave in 28 days.

Meanwhile, the Oak Creek nest is giving me new birds to shoot and a new life cycle to document.

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Aussies and Kiwis - Part Two

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George W. Sellers, CTC

Here in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, as I record to-day’s activities, it is 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8, while back in Mary-land it is 3 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 7. We are still not acclimated to the time difference and especially the half-hour time zone change here in the Australian Outback.

About ten minutes into our bus ride this morning, Leigh, our Aus-sie guide, directed our attention across a dry river bed to a rather seedy-looking motel situated at the foot of a large outcrop of red rock. We have learned that Leigh’s sense of humor is quite dry, so when he told us we were stopping to pick up food and water for today’s adven-ture, we were just not quite sure what to expect.

Our coach wound through the maze of buildings and came to rest at the base of the steep rocky hill-side. Puzzled at being asked to dis-embark, we walked toward a shady area at the bottom of the reddish-brown hill. From just a few yards to our left came the sound of water trickling over rocks.

Feeding Time!Around a small pool, hard to see

at first because their color matched the rocks, were about a dozen wal-labies. Not fenced, not tethered, the only thing keeping the small marsupials at this location seemed to be the water. Leigh provided several bags of dry food pellets,

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Aussies & Kiwisand one by one the wallabies left their watering hole and found nourishment in the open palms of tourists.

What an amazing experience! Shaped like kangaroos, the larg-est was no taller than eighteen inches, including extra-long ears. Our amazement only grew when we realized that some of the wal-labies were carrying young joeys in their pouches.

The munch-fest continued for about twenty minutes, and as the pellet supply diminished, the small critters hopped back to the water hole and our group hopped back on the bus.

Hair spinning to make belts, nets and rope is an Aboriginal art form.

From the Wallaby Motel we headed again to a remote loca-tion in the Outback brush country,

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where we were greeted by Don. Don grew up in Melbourne, but 36 years ago he came to Alice Springs for a two-week holiday. He was so drawn to the place and the people, he is still here. In particular, he be-came fascinated with the culture, heritage and plight of the Aborigi-nal people of the Outback. He has dedicated his life to (and makes a living by) educating tourists and the general population in the ways and customs of the Aborigines.

We spent the morning in the Bush learning about family and tribal customs. We met several Aborigines and observed some of their native skills, crafts and arts. One of the old men was demon-strating the spinning of human hair to make belts, nets and ropes. A lock of Tracey’s hair is now part of someone’s work of art.

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Sails of the Desert Hotel

Aussies & KiwisEarlier in the morning, Kitty, one of the female elders of the tribe, had buried a kangaroo tail wrapped in leaves under a bed of hot coals. She dug it up and gave it to Don. With his pocket knife, Don slit the roasted tail lengthwise, peeled away the hide and scraped the cooked meat onto a tree bark plate. I’ve gotta say, it had a wonderful flavor and texture ~ and it did not taste like chicken!

I know this will sound heart-less, but just this morning we had been feeding wallabies, and this afternoon we were eating kanga-roo tail. So that we would not feel badly about eating kangaroo, we were told that it was road kill and

should not be wasted. Oh, yes, that made us feel so much better... The only Bush food we passed on were grubs; Tracey’s excuse was that she wanted cocktail sauce.

The afternoon included two short hikes along dry river beds and into very remote steep-walled canyons. Another great day!

It is 9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, here at the Sails of the Desert Hotel near Ayer’s Rock in the Red Center of Australia. At home it is 6:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 8 ~ is that right?

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7 tablet, Droid-Two Global smart phone with World Clock App, AND Tracey, but I am still con-fused about the time and date. In fact, this morning we got packed up and dashed down to the 6 a.m. breakfast, wondered why the hotel breakfast room was not yet opened, and then learned that it was only 5 a.m. That is when we found out that the time on the alarm clock in the room was wrong. We even fussed about the wake-up call not coming on time, but it actually did.

This morning we boarded our coach for a 260-mile drive from Al-ice Springs to Ayer’s Rock, known to the Aborigines as Uluru. It was a long, straight road with hardly a curve anywhere. The only sign of

The camel ride was a special experience.

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This shot shows the barren Outback that surrounds Ayer’s Rock (Uluru).

Aussies & Kiwiscivilization along the entire jour-ney was a camel ranch ~ and yes, we rode a camel. There was also a petrol station with a snack bar, and that was it. There were no towns, villages, stores, farms, lakes ~ it was desert all the way. The farther we traveled, the less vegetation we saw until we reached a point of red sand dunes with very few scrubby plants.

Sails of the Desert is one of the nicest hotels we have seen any-where. Too bad we are here for only one night. We walked to a nearby small supermarket. It was fascinating to see the unusual

brand names and packaging, and it was all so expensive!

Later in the afternoon we board-ed the coach to see Uluru up close. We have seen pictures of it and have heard about it, but to see it in per-son is amazing. I know I am over-using the word amazing, but such linguistic behavior is to be expected during our tour of Australia.

Ayer’s Rock is a huge single chunk of red rock that has been thrust up from the earth to a height of about 1,200 feet. It is a ten-mile drive around the base, and the sur-rounding land is perfectly f lat for miles and miles.

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Chesapeake Chamber Music FestivalExpands Venues & Welcomes Back Favorites

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The members of the chamber music ensemble “La Fenice” are (pictured left to right) Catherine Cho, Marcy Rosen, Diane Walsh, Peggy Pearson and Maria Lambros.

Chesapeake Chamber Music’s 28th Annual Festival will run from June 2 through June 16, in Easton, Centreville and St. Michaels. The two-week Festival will feature 13 events, including six concerts, five artist’s recitals and two rehearsals open to the public at no charge. Twenty concert artists will perform this year, including many familiar faces, along with some newcomers. J. Lawrie Bloom, Bass Clarinet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,

a nd Ma rc y Rosen, a fou nd ing member of the world-renowned Mendel s s oh n S t r i ng Q u a r te t , continue as Artistic Directors and are inviting players from around the world, including many favorites who are returning to the Festival, along with several new faces.

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Lambros has been performing at the Chesapeake Chamber Music (CCM) Festival for 18 years after having played a number of years with cellist Marcy Rosen in the Mendelssohn String Quartet. In 2001, Lambros and Rosen formed t he Ne w York-ba se d ch a mb er music ensemble “La Fenice,” a

Chesapeake Chamber Music celebrated piano quar tet w it h oboe, which includes additional members Catherine Cho (violin), Peggy Pearson (oboe) and Diane Walsh (piano). The group has played frequently at the CCM Festival over the years, but this year the group will have its own signature concert at the Avalon Theatre on June 14, performing selections from Haydn, Bach, Cor ig l iano, Brahms and Stravinsky.

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festivals we all attend around the world. Marcy and Lawrie really are the heart and soul of the Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival.”

Lambros and her family are no strangers to Easton, as her husband, Michael Kannen, Director of Chamber Music at Peabody Inst itute, helps coordinate the Academy Art Museum’s “Music at Noon” concert series in Easton, which often features rising chamber music talent from Peabody Institute.

Lambros adds, “Members of t he Easter n Shore communit y are passionate about chamber music, which is exemplified by their attendance at the Festival. I think the love and support of the community for the Festival are what makes it so special. Local families host the musicians in their homes, honor us

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This year ’s Fest iva l , held in Easton and at other Mid-Shore locations, will include two new venues dur ing t he f i rs t week . Trinity Cathedral on Goldsborough Street in Easton will feature two recitals. The first recital on June 2 will feature the award-winning Trio Cavatina, including piano, violin and cello, playing selections from Fauré, Schumann and Beethoven. The second recital on June 4 will showcase J. Lawrie Bloom on clarinet and Ieva Jokubaviciute on piano, performing selections from Gade, Finzi, Busoni, and Debussy. The next new venue, River House at Easton Club, will feature an afternoon of music on June 8, including works by Richard Strauss and Antonín Dvořák, and will feature a Provençal picnic afterward.

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Chesapeake Chamber Music Hristova (violin), Dimitri Murrath (v iol a), Ma iy a Papac h (v iol a) and Rober t McDona ld (piano) performing selections from Mozart, Brahms and Knox. The concert at the Avalon Theatre on June 7 includes Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-Flat, Opus 20, composed when he was just 16, along with selections from Bernstein and Suk. On June 9, the Festival will return to the historically significant St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Centreville and will highlight two popular Mozart Quintets. The church, which was a successful new Festival venue last year, boasts an extraordinary oak-vaulted ceiling, shaped like the inverted hull of an early ship ~ a perfect location for enjoying chamber music works.

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Chesapeake Chamber Music This year, there will be two open rehearsals on June 5 and June 12, both at 10 a.m. at the Academy Art Museum. Generous financial support from the business community and the public enables Chesapeake Chamber Music to offer affordable tickets for Festival concerts and recitals; open rehearsals are free to the general public. This year’s Festival is supported by the Talbot County Arts Council, the Maryland St ate A r t s C ou nci l , t he Star-Democrat, Benson & Mangold, and Wells Fargo Financial Advisors.

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The most American way to cel-ebrate the summer is by the grill with a burger, family and friends. Grilling and hamburgers seem to go hand-in-hand. Burgers can be plain or fancy, stuffed, fried or grilled, but however you make them, they are perfect for a week-end gathering.

Burgers can be made with hamburger, ground turkey, lamb, chicken, shrimp or vegetables. Try to avoid using the leanest ground beef, though, as the incredible f la-vor is found in the fat. If you need to limit the fat, limit the number of burgers you eat.

A fun way to entertain is to have a burger bar. Kids especially like to top their own burgers. Make sure you put out lots of topping choices, such as a variety of chees-es, mayos, mustards, raw and fried onions, pickles, roasted peppers, sliced tomatoes, relishes, peppers, avocados, etc. The add-ons are whatever you want, but especially things that are in season.

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Cook the bacon in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until crisp. Wipe the excess grease from the pan and return skillet to heat.

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Place the patties in the skillet over medium-high heat for 5 to 6 minutes on each side. Place sliced cheese on the patties in the last 2 minutes of cooking. Use 1 to 2 slic-es per patty, as you like.

Place the cooked cheeseburgers on the buns. Spread sweet relish on bun tops and set the red leaf lettuce into place. Top cheeseburgers with 1 or 2 slices of bacon and bun’s top.

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Burgers on the Grill1/2 yellow onion, finely chopped2 cloves garlic, smashed3 T. tomato paste1 T. Worcestershire sauce1 t. crushed red pepper f lakes.1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheeseExtra virgin olive oil for drizzlingHandful f lat-leaf parsley, chopped4 large Portobello mushroom caps, stems removedCoarse salt and black pepper2 cups arugula leaves, coarsely chopped1/2 lb. fresh mozzarella, thinly slicedSliced red onionSliced plum tomatoes

Preheat oven to 450°. Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.

Combine meat with salt and pep-per, chopped crimini mushrooms, chopped bell pepper, chopped on-ion, garlic, tomato paste, Worces-tershire sauce, crushed red pepper f lakes, Parmesan cheese and pars-ley. Score and form meat into 4 large patties, 1 inch thick. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil on patties to coat and fry for 5 to 6 minutes on each side in the hot skillet.

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Remove caps from the oven and season them with salt and pepper.

Portobello mushrooms make the perfect “bun” bottoms.

Turn the oven off. Top each cap with about 1/2 cup arugula leaves and a burger. Top the burger with mozzarella cheese and place back in the still-warm oven for about 1 minute, or until the cheese melts. Transfer the burgers to plates and top with onions and tomatoes.

CHICKEN BURGER with a TWIST

Makes 4 burgersMayonnaise:1/2 cup mayonnaise2 T. chopped fresh rosemary leaves1 clove garlic, mincedBurgers:1 lb. ground chicken1/2 t. kosher salt1/4 t. freshly ground black pepper4 sandwich rolls or burger buns1/4 cup olive oilLettuce, onion & tomato for top-ping

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For the burgers: Preheat a gas or charcoal grill, or place a grill pan over medium-high heat. In a large bowl mix the ground chicken, salt and pepper, and half of the mayon-naise mixture. Gently combine the ingredients and form the chicken mixture into 4 patties. Place the burgers on the grill and cook for about 7 minutes per side. Transfer to paper towels and let rest for a few minutes.

Brush the cut side of each roll with olive oil and 1 teaspoon of the mayonnaise mixture. Grill for 1 to 2 minutes until slightly golden.

To assemble the burgers: Spread a dollop of the remaining mayon-naise mixture on the tops and bot-toms of the toasted buns. Place the chicken burgers on the bottom halves and top each with lettuce, tomato and onion.

BITE-SIZE BURGERSMakes 8

1/2 cup chopped onions2 T. garlic, minced1/2 t. freshly ground black pepper1/2 t. kosher salt1 T. olive oil1 lb. ground chuck8 3-inch rolls, split in halfMayonnaiseCheese of your choice.


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Preheat oven to 250°. Preheat griddle to 350°.

Combine the onion, garlic, pep-per and salt in a skillet and cook with a tablespoon of olive oil. Cook until golden brown on medium for about 5 minutes. Set aside.

Line a jellyroll or sheet pan with parchment paper, and place the ground chuck in the middle of the pan. Cover the meat with a large sheet of plastic wrap. Roll meat with a rolling pin until it covers the surface of the pan; it should be very thin. Remove the plastic wrap and sprinkle the meat with the on-ion mixture. Fold the meat in half, from side to side, using the parch-ment paper. Use a pizza cutter to cut the meat into 8 even squares.

Wrap the buns in foil and place in the oven for 5 to 10 minutes. Mean-while, place the burgers on the grid-dle and cook for 2 to 3 minutes per side. Top with cheese and melt.

Remove the buns from the oven. Spread a small amount of mayon-naise on each bun and top with burger and any other condiments, as desired. Serve immediately.

SALMON BURGERSMakes 4 Burgers

2 t. freshly chopped parsley leaves1/2 Vidalia onion, diced2 eggs1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs1/2 t. cracked black pepper1 t. kosher salt1 lemon, zested4 T. dill mayonnaise (recipe fol-lows)7 oz. baked salmon, crumbled2 T. olive oil

Preheat oven to 400°.In a medium bowl, combine

parsley, onions, eggs, panko, black pepper, salt, lemon zest and dill mayonnaise. Add salmon and mix together well. Make 4 patties and set aside.

In a large skillet on medium, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Cook the patties until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Serve on buns with dill mayonnaise.Dill Mayonnaise:1/2 cup mayonnaise1/2 lemon, juiced2 T. freshly chopped dill leaves1/2 t. salt1/2 t. cracked black pepper

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BBQ CHICKEN BURGERS with a SOUTHERN SLAW

Makes 4 Burgers1 T. olive oil1 small red onion: 1/2 finely chopped and 1/2 thinly sliced2 cloves garlic, finely chopped2 T. tomato paste1 T. Worcestershire sauce1-1/4 lbs. ground chicken1 T. grill seasoning (Montreal Steak Seasoning)3 T. extra virgin olive oil, divided2 T. honey1 lemon, juiced

3 round T. sweet pickle relish2 cups shredded cabbage mixSalt and pepper to taste4 Kaiser rolls, split

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onions, garlic and tomato paste and sweat them for 5 minutes to soften and sweeten. Cool in a bowl for 5 minutes. Add Worcesterhire sauce to tomato paste mixture and stir. Add chicken and grill season-ing to the bowl and combine well to evenly distribute the f lavors. Form into 4 patties.

Heat 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook patties for 6 minutes per side.

Combine the honey, lemon juice, and remaining olive oil in a bowl. Add relish, cabbage mix and sliced onions. Season with salt and pepper. Toss the slaw to coat and reserve.

Serve burgers on bun bottoms and top with slaw and bun tops.

BEEF with HAM & SWISS CHEESE

Makes 4 Burgers1-1/4 lbs. ground chuckSalt and freshly ground black pepper1/2 cup mayonnaise3 cloves roasted garlic, pureed1/4 cup Dijon mustard4 soft, classic hamburger buns8 slices thinly sliced Swiss cheese4 slices thinly sliced smoked ham

Preheat grill to high. Form the meat into 4 thick burgers. Season the meat with salt and pepper on both sides. Grill for 2 to 3 minutes on both sides for medium done-ness. When the burgers are done, remove from heat and reduce heat to medium-low.

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Meanwhile, combine the may-onnaise and roasted garlic in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Spread both sides of each bun with mayon-naise and mustard. Place a slice of cheese on the bottom portion of each bun, place the burger on top of the cheese, then top the burger with a slice of ham and another slice of cheese. Place the tops on the burgers, then wrap them in foil and place them on the grill. Using a heavy pan or a brick wrapped in foil, press down on the burgers for about 30 seconds to 1 minutes. Lower the lid on the grill and continue grilling for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and the bun has become pressed and firm.

CORDON BLEU BURGERMakes 4 Burgers

2 t. olive oil, plus more for drizzling.4 slices Canadian bacon2 lbs. ground chicken2 t. poultry seasoning2 t. salt and pepper1 shallot, finely chopped4 slices Swiss cheese2/3 cup mayonnaise3 round T. Dijon mustard4 Kaiser rolls, split and toasted1 T. fresh tarragon8 leaves leaf lettuce1 vine-ripe tomato, thinly sliced

Burgers on the Grill Preheat grill pan or grill to me-dium-high heat.

Add Canadian bacon to the skil-let and put on the lid. Warm bacon and caramelize it at the edges, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Remove to a piece of foil. Fold foil over loosely to keep warm.

Combine chicken, poultry sea-soning and shallot. Score meat with the side of your hand to sepa-rate into 4 equal amounts. Make 4 large patties, 3/4 to 1 inch thick. Place on hot grill pan or in skil-let. Cook 5 minutes per side, until chicken is cooked through.

Top patties with reserved Cana-dian bacon and Swiss cheese. Fold each slice of cheese in half to fit the burger. Cover loosely with tin foil. Turn off pan and let cheese met, about 2 minutes.

Combine mayonnaise, mustard, and tarragon. Slather bun tops with sauce. Place Cordon Bleu burgers on bun bottoms and top with lettuce and tomato.

LAMB BURGERSMakes 6 Burgers

1/2 cup plain dried breadcrumbs1/4 cup chopped fresh f lat-leaf Ital-ian parsley1 large egg, lightly beaten2 T. whole milk1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese3/4 t. salt3/4 t. freshly ground black pepper6 large slices prosciutto, sliced me-dium thin

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1 lb. ground lamb4 T. olive oil

In a large bowl combine the bread crumbs, parsley, egg, milk, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Stir to combine. Add the lamb and stir until well mixed. Divide the mixture into 6 1-inch-thick burgers.

Place the slices of prosciutto on a cutting board or piece of parch-ment paper. Place 1 lamb burger in the center of each slice of prosciut-to and wrap it around the burger.

Preheat a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and heat for 2 minutes. Place the lamb burgers, prosciutto-covered side down, in the pan and cook over medium heat until the prosciutto is golden, about 6 to 8 minutes. Turn the burgers and finish cooking, about 6 to 8 minutes more.

Remove the burgers from the pan and place on a serving plat-ter or individual plates. Top with your favorite lettuce, tomato, basil


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MINI ITALIAN PUB BURGERMakes 9 Burgers

2 cloves garlic, smashed1 T. Italian seasonings2-1/4 lbs. ground chuck3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese3 T. tomato paste1 t. kosher salt1/4 t. freshly ground black pepper9 small ciabatta rolls, sliced in half1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil9 slices mozzarella cheese9 large basil leaves

Place a grill pan over medium-high heat or preheat a gas or char-coal grill.

Mix together the garlic and Ital-ian seasonings, and add the ground chuck, Parmesan cheese, tomato paste, salt and pepper. Mix togeth-er well with your hands and form the mixture into 9 patties. Place the burgers on the grill and cook for 4 to 5 minutes per side.

Brush the cut side of each roll with

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the olive oil and toast on the grill for 1 to 2 minutes until slightly golden.

To serve, place 1 mini burger on


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VEGGIE BURGERMakes 6 Burgers

3 T. olive oil3/4 cup fresh or thawed corn kernels6 mushrooms, finely chopped2 scallions, finely chopped1/2 red bell pepper, finely chopped1 clove garlic, finely chopped1 t. cuminDash cayenne pepper1/2 cup chopped fresh spinach1 carrot, peeled and grated1 small potato, peeled and grated1 egg white

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Salt and pepper1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs.Toppings: Lettuce, tomato, onion, avocado and cheese

In a large skillet, heat 1 table-spoon of olive oil over medium-high heat. Stir in corn, mushrooms, scallions and red bell pepper. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic, cum-in and cayenne and cook for 30 sec-onds. Remove from heat and stir in spinach. Add carrot and potato and stir to combine. Add egg white and season with salt and pepper. Stir in enough bread crumbs so that the mixture holds together. Shape mixture into 6 disks and place on a plate. Chill for 1 hour.

Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in

a non-stick skillet and cook veggie burgers until golden on each side. Slather on some of your favorite sauce and top with onion, tomato, lettuce, your favorite cheese and avocado.

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TIDEWATERGARDENINGby K. Marc Teffeau, Ph.D.

Jumping Into SummerAfter going through a somewhat

soggy and cool spring we have now arrived in June! One nice result from temperatures being about 10 degrees colder than normal for the end of April and early May was that the f lowering shrub display lasted a lot longer than normal. Some azaleas and dogwoods held their f lowers for almost two weeks.

What to do in June? There are plenty of gardening activities to keep you occupied. The early peas you planted should be ready for harvest, along with greens like let-tuce and spinach. Now is the time to transition to warm-season crops like peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, sweet corn and squash.

When you finish cutting the broccoli, and the plants start to bolt (f lower), pull them out and replant with zucchini or yellow-necked squash, or do a seeding of green beans.

I always have a problem with squash vine borer in the zucchini,

even though I spray with an or-ganic repellent. To compensate for some damage, I make additional plantings about three weeks apart.

Stop cutting asparagus in mid to late June when the spears become thin. After the last cutting is made, fertilize by broadcasting a 10-10-10 formula at the rate of 2 pounds per 100 square feet. Allow the tops to grow during the summer to store food in the crowns (roots) for the crop next spring.

A last vegetable gardening tip: for very efficient, steady feeding of vegetables, sink a large can or bucket with many holes in its sides, into the soil and fill it about 2/3

Now is the time to concentrate on warm-weather crops.

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To disbud, remove the small side buds along the stems that form in the angles of the leaves. This will allow all of the food reserves to be used for one large f lower, rather than many smaller ones.

You can still plant annual f low-ers in tubs or large containers for the porch or patio. Make sure there are holes in the container’s bottom to provide good drainage.

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In your iris bed, you should leave the foliage alone, but cut the f lower stalks down to the crown when they have finished blooming. If your iris are over-crowded, now is the time to lift and divide them. If your iris have iris borer larvae in the stems or rhizomes, the leaves and f lowers stalks may wilt.

To prevent a borer attack, do not mulch your irises. Plant rhizomes high in the planting bed and se-lect full-sun sites. If you suspect borers, dig up the rhizomes after bloom, cut off rotted and infested portions and replant.

Attract beneficial insects to

Lilacs bloom throughout the spring, but now is the time to prune them.

your landscape by planting a wide variety of f lowering annuals and perennials that will bloom over the entire growing season. Good choices are plants in the following families: daisy (marigolds, daisies, asters, mums); carrot (dill, fennel, anise, yarrow, parsley); and mint (all mints and thymes).

Pinch out the f lower buds of fall

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bloomers like asters and goldenrod to keep the plants bushy and pre-vent early f lowering.

Spring f lowering shrubs such as spirea, viburnum, lilac and for-sythia should be pruned as soon as they are done blooming. In fact, mid to late June is an excellent time to take softwood cuttings of shrubs to start new plants. June is still a good time to plant shrubs in the landscape if you give them some extra attention.

If you do not have much room to landscape, consider using some of the many dwarf varieties available. These are plants that have slow growth and stay small, so there is

little pruning maintenance. There are numerous dwarf evergreens, f lowering trees and shrubs from which to choose.

When you buy nursery stock that is container grown, check the root ball and make sure it is not bound too tightly. A mass of circling roots will stay that way even after it is planted in the ground.

While we are focusing on out-door activities, do not forget about your houseplants. Begin fertilizing your indoor plants now that they are actively growing again. If you usually take your houseplants out-doors for the summer, be sure to keep them out of full-sun locations until they are fully acclimated to outdoor conditions.

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Aphids are a menace!A nice use of your houseplants

outdoors is to combine them with f lowering annuals in container plantings. The various green foli-age hues of houseplants and differ-ent leaf forms provide a nice con-trast to annual f lowers.

You should check for insect

problems in houseplants that are outside on a regular basis. Hose them down regularly if you notice spider mites.

Insects can also be a problem if the plants are left indoors. Check them for mealy bugs, spider mites, aphids, whitef ly and scale. If spi-der mites are a problem, consider spraying them with a labeled horti-cultural oil or soap and pyrethrum mix. If the plants are large, do your spraying outdoors.

Last month we discussed cre-ating an edible landscape. An alternative landscaping approach is to use wildf lowers in various fashions. The National Garden Bureau has declared 2013 as the “Year of the Wildf lower.”

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ers can be used anywhere. In the home landscape they are ideal for creating colorful beds and borders, as well as offering a lower-mainte-nance alternative for large areas or replacing turf grass.

Wildflowers can be planted to cover large, open areas or assist in the recovery of a landscape that has been damaged or destroyed by the actions of people, a natural disaster, or the spread of invasive plants.

Of course, one of the debates is “what is a wildflower?” Various definitions apply depending upon your horticultural perspective. I

used to say that a perennial is a wildflower with a pedigree.

One definition is a plant that was not intentionally seeded or planted and grows without cultivation. An-other definition is that a wildflow-er is any plant growing without the help of man, regardless of the plant’s country of origin. Still oth-ers define a wildflower as a plant found in a specific geographic area that was grown from seed or plants also from that area. No matter how you define them, wildflowers can beautify any landscape.

Some of the wildflowers are na-tive species found here before the Europeans came over. Others were brought here by the various im-migrant groups. In fact, many of

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Tidewater Gardeningour favorite wildflowers have been growing in European gardens for centuries. Even some of our native wildflowers enjoyed more popu-larity in Europe than in the U.S. where they have gone unnoticed by many gardeners.

In England, informal and wild-f lower gardens became fashion-able in the 1870s. Wild gardens featured hardy, herbaceous plants, including both native and exotic species. They were designed and placed where they would thrive with little additional care.

There are a number of wild-f lower species that can be planted in the landscape, either in beds,

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borders or larger plantings. The NGB notes that Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), columbine (Aquilegia canaden-sis), butterf ly weed (Asclepias tu-berosa), and black-eyed or brown-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia triloba and R. hirta) are among the popu-lar wildflowers planted by Ameri-can gardeners, all of which happen to be native to the U.S.

Purple coneflower is native to the Midwestern prairies and the dry, open woods of the Southeast, but can be found in gardens from Maine to California because it is fairly adaptable to most types of soil and does well, even in dry conditions. Plants f lower from late spring to early fall attracting butterf lies and bees to the large,

purple, daisy-like f lowers. After the long-lasting blooms drop their petals, the distinctive seed heads develop and provide food for gold-finches and other birds.

When Echinacea is mentioned, most gardeners automatically think purple, or shades of purple. First-year f lowering of a new Echi-nacea hybrid, Cheyenne Spirit, provides sought-after shades of red, orange, purple, scarlet, cream, yellow and white. For 2013 the All-American Selections folks have designated Echinacea ‘Cheyenne Spirit’ as one of their winners.

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during wind and rain like many Echinacea. As an added bonus, this maintenance-free Echinacea doesn’t even need deadheading to provide summer-long beauty.

All Echinacea should be planted in full sun with well-drained soil for best overwintering perfor-mance and it has a wide range of uses from the perennial border, to a mass landscape planting, to a butterf ly garden, or as a cut f lower.

Happy gardening!

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Dorchester Points of Interestbridge in Maryland after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. A life-long resident of Dorchester County, Senator Malkus served in the Maryland State Senate from 1951 through 1994. Next to the Malkus Bridge is the 1933 Emerson C. Harrington Bridge. This bridge was replaced by the Malkus Bridge in 1987. Remains of the 1933 bridge are used as fishing piers on both the north and south bank of the river.

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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 100-foot 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 800-522-8687 or visit www.tourdorchester.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, Crabtoberfest in October 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.

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Cambridge’s High Street one of the most beautiful streets in America. He modeled his fictional city Patamoke after Cambridge. Many of the gra-cious 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.

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.

DORCHESTER CENTER FOR THE ARTS - Located at 321 High 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

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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 appoint-ment 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.

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.

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HORN POINT LABORATORY - The Horn Point Laboratory offers public tours of this world-class scientific research laboratory, which is af-filiated 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 1867 and 1962, the youth in the African-American community of Christ Rock attended this school, which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tours available by appointment. The Stanley Institute is located at the intersection of Route 16 West & Bayly Rd., Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-228-6657.

BUCKTOWN VILLAGE STORE - Visit the site where Harriet Tubman received a blow to her head that fractured her skull. From this injury Harriet believed God gave her the vision and directions that inspired her to guide

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HARRIET TUBMAN BIRTHPLACE - “The Moses of her People,” Harriet Tubman was believed to have been born on the Brodess Plantation in Bucktown. There are no Tubman-era buildings remaining at the site, which today is a farm. Recent archeological work at this site has been inconclusive, and the investigation is continuing, although there is some evidence that points to Madison as a possible birthplace.

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 ser-vice 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.

HURLOCK TRAIN STATION Incorporated in 1892, Hurlock ranks as the second largest town in Dorchester County. It began from a Dorches-ter/Delaware Railroad station built in 1867. The Old Train Station has been restored and is host to occasional train excursions. For more info. tel: 410-943-4181.

VIENNA HERITAGE MUSEUM The Vienna Heritage Museum displays the Elliott Island Shell Button Factory operation. This was the last surviving mother-of-pearl button manufacturer in the United States. Numerous artifacts are also displayed which depict a view of the past life in this rural community. The Vienna Heritage Museum is located at 303 Race St., Vienna. For more info. tel: 410-943-1212 or visit www.viennamd.org.

LAYTON’S CHANCE VINEYARD & WINERY - This small farm winery, minutes from historic Vienna at 4225 New Bridge Rd., opened in 2010 as Dorchester County’s first winery. For more info. tel. 410-228-1205 or visit www.laytonschance.com.

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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.”

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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 www.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 www.tourtalbot.org.

5. BARTLETT PEAR INN - 28 S. Harrison St. Significant for its ar-chitecture, 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

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Easton Points of Interestis now the headquarters of the Waterfowl Festival, Easton’s annual cel-ebration of migratory birds and the hunting season, the second weekend in November. For more info. tel: 410-822-4567 or visit www.waterfowl-festival.org.

7. ACADEMY ART MUSEUM - 106 South St. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Academy Art Museum is a fine art museum founded in 1958. Providing national and regional exhibi-tions, performances, educational programs, and visual and performing arts classes for adults and children, the Museum also offers a vibrant concert and lecture series and an annual craft festival, CRAFT SHOW (the Eastern Shore’s largest juried fine craft show), featuring local and national artists and artisans demonstrating, exhibiting and selling their crafts. The Museum’s permanent collection consists of works on paper and contemporary works by American and European masters. Mon. through Fri. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; extended hours on Tues., Wed. and Thurs. until 7 p.m. For more info. tel: (410) 822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.art-academy.org.

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Easton Points of InterestParish was founded in 1692 with the present church built ca. 1840, of Port Deposit granite.

9. HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF TALBOT COUNTY - 25 S. Washing-ton St. Enjoy an evocative portrait of everyday life during earlier times when visiting the c. 18th and 19th century historic houses and a museum with changing exhibitions, all of which surround a Federal-style garden. Located in the heart of Easton’s historic district. Museum hours: Thurs., Fri. & Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (winter) and Mon. through Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (summer), with group tours offered by appointment. For more info. tel: 410-822-0773 or visit www.hstc.org. Tharpe Antiques and Decorative Arts located at 30 S. Washington Street. Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10-4 and Sun. 11-4. Consignments accepted on Tues. or by appointment 410-820-7525 Proceeds support HSTC.

10. ODD FELLOWS LODGE - At the corner of Washington and Do-ver streets stands a building with secrets. It was constructed in 1879 as the meeting hall for the Odd Fellows. Carved into the stone and placed into the stained glass are images and symbols that have meaning only for members. See if you can find the dove, linked rings and other symbols.

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11. TALBOT COUNTY COURTHOUSE - Long known as the “East Capital” of Maryland. The present building was completed in 1794 on the site of the earlier one built in 1711. It has been remodeled several times.

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

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eral streets. Built in 1812, it became the Eastern Shore’s leading hostelry. When court was in session, plaintiffs, defendants and lawyers all came to town and shared rooms in hotels such as this. Frederick Douglass stayed in the Brick Hotel when he came back after the Civil War and gave a speech in the courthouse. It is now an office 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 influences 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 GRAND 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.

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Easton Points of Interest17. FOXLEY HALL - 24 N. Aurora St., Built about 1795, Foxley Hall

is one of the best-known of Easton’s Federal dwellings. Former home of Oswald Tilghman, great-grandson of Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman. (Private)

18. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL - 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.

19. INN AT 202 DOVER - Built in 1874, this Victorian-era mansion reflects 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., except during the summer when it’s 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on

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Saturday. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 21. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT EASTON - Established in the early

1900s, now one of the finest hospitals on the Eastern Shore. Memorial Hospital is part of the Shore Health System. www.shorehealth.org.

22. THIRD HAVEN MEETING HOUSE - Built in 1682 and the oldest frame building dedicated to religious meetings in America. The Meeting House was built at the headwaters of the Tred Avon: people came by boat to attend. William Penn preached there with Lord Baltimore present. Extensive renovations were completed in 1990.

23. TALBOT COMMUNITY CENTER - The year-round activities offered at the community center range from ice hockey to figure skating, aerobics and curling. The Center is also host to many events throughout the year, such as antique, craft, boating and sportsman shows.

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24. PICKERING CREEK - 400-acre farm and science education center featuring 100 acres of forest, a mile of shoreline, nature trails, low-ropes challenge course and canoe launch. Trails are open seven days a week from dawn till dusk. Canoes are free for members. For more info. tel: 410-822-4903 or visit www.pickeringcreek.org.

25. WYE GRIST MILL - The oldest working mill in Maryland (ca. 1682), the f lour-producing “grist” mill has been lovingly preserved by The Friends of Wye Mill, and grinds f lour to this day using two massive grindstones powered by a 26 horsepower overshot waterwheel. For more info. visit www.oldwyemill.org.

26. WYE ISLAND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AREA - Located between the Wye River and the Wye East River, the area provides habitat for waterfowl and native wildlife. There are 6 miles of trails that provide opportunities for hiking, birding and wildlife viewing. For more info. visit www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/eastern/wyeisland.asp.

27. OLD WYE CHURCH - Old Wye Church is one of the oldest active Anglican Communion parishes in Talbot County. Wye Chapel was built between 1718 and 1721 and opened for worship on October 18, 1721. For more info. visit www.wyeparish.org.

28. WHITE MARSH CHURCH - The original structure was built before 1690. Early 18th century rector was the Reverend Daniel Mayna-dier. A later provincial rector (1764–1768), the Reverend Thomas Bacon, compiled “Bacon’s Laws,” authoritative compendium of Colonial Statutes. Robert Morris, Sr., father of Revolutionary financier is buried here.

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On the broad Miles River, with its picturesque tree-lined streets and beautiful harbor, St. Michaels has been a haven for boats plying the Chesa-peake 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. Mi-chael’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.

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2. HARBOURTOWNE GOLF RESORT - Bay View Restaurant and Duckblind Bar on the scenic Miles River with an 18 hole golf course.

3. MILES RIVER YACHT CLUB - Organized in 1920, the Miles River Yacht Club continues its dedication to boating on our waters and the protec-tion of the heritage of log canoes, the oldest class of boat still sailing U. S. waters. The MRYC has been instrumental in preserving the log canoe and its rich history on the Chesapeake Bay.

4. THE INN AT PERRY CABIN - The original building was constructed in the early 19th century by Samuel Hambleton, a purser in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. It was named for his friend, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. Perry Cabin has served as a riding academy and was restored in 1980 as an inn and restaurant. The Inn is now a member of the Orient Express Hotels.

5. THE PARSONAGE INN - A bed and breakfast inn at 210 N. Talbot St., was built by Henry Clay Dodson, a prominent St. Michaels businessman and state legislator around 1883 as his private residence. In 1874, Dodson, along with Joseph White, established the St. Michaels Brick Company, which later provided the brick for “the old Parsonae house.”

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6. FREDERICK DOUGLASS HISTORIC MARKER - Born at Tucka-hoe 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 abo-litionist, orator and editor. He returned in 1877 as a U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia and also served as the D.C. Recorder of Deeds and the U.S. Minister to Haiti.

7. CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM - Founded in 1965, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is dedicated to preserving the rich heritage of the hemisphere’s largest and most productive estuary - the Chesapeake Bay. Located on 18 waterfront acres, its nine exhibit buildings and floating fleet bring to life the story of the Bay and its inhabitants, from the fully restored 1879 Hooper Strait lighthouse and working boatyard to the impressive collection of working decoys and a recreated waterman’s shanty. Home to the world’s largest collection of Bay boats, the Museum regularly hosts temporary exhibitions, special events, festivals, and education pro-grams. Docking and pump-out facilities available. Exhibitions and Museum Store open year-round. Up-to-date information and hours can be found


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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 outly-ing areas around the harbor.

11. VICTORIANA INN - The Victoriana Inn is located in the Historic District of St. Michaels. The home was built in 1873 by Dr. Clay Dodson, a druggist, and occupied as his private residence and office. In 1910 the property, then known as “Willow Cottage,” underwent alterations when acquired by the Shannahan family who continued it as a private residence

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for over 75 years. As a bed and breakfast, circa 1988, major renovations took place, preserving the historic character of the gracious Victorian era.

12. HAMBLETON INN - On the harbor. Historic waterfront home built in 1860 and restored as a bed and breakfast in 1985 with a turn-of-the-century atmosphere. All the rooms have a view of the harbor.

13. MILL HOUSE - Originally built on the beach about 1660 and later moved to its present location on Harrison Square (Cherry St. near Locust St.).

14. 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.

15. TALBOT COUNTY FREE LIBRARY - St. Michaels Branch is located at 106 S. Fremont Street. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877.

16. CARPENTER STREET SALOON - Life in the Colonial community revolved around the tavern. The traveler could, of course, obtain food, drink, lodging or even a fresh horse to speed his journey. This tavern was built in 1874 and has served the community as a bank, a newspaper office, post office and telephone company.


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17. 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.

18. 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).

19. 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.

20. THE INN - Built in 1817 by Wrightson Jones, who opened and operated the shipyard at Beverly on Broad Creek. (Talbot St. at Mulberry).

21. THE CANNONBALL HOUSE - When St. Michaels was shelled by the British in a night attack in 1813, the town was “blacked out” and lanterns were hung in the trees to lead the attackers to believe the town was on a high bluff. The houses were overshot. The story is that a cannonball hit the chimney of “Cannonball House” and rolled down the stairway. This “black-out” was believed to be the first such “blackout” in the history of warfare.

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St. Michaels Points of Interest 22. AMELIA WELBY HOUSE - Amelia Coppuck, who became Amelia

Welby, was born in this house and wrote poems that won her fame and the praise of Edgar Allan Poe.

23. TOWN DOCK RESTAURANT - During 1813, at the time of the Battle of St. Michaels, it was known as “Dawson’s Wharf” and had 2 can-nons on carriages donated by Jacob Gibson, which fired 10 of the 15 rounds directed at the British. For a period up to the early 1950s it was called “The Longfellow Inn.” It was rebuilt in 1977 after burning to the ground.

24. ST. MICHAELS MUSEUM at ST. MARY’S SQUARE - Located in the heart of the historic district, offers a unique view of 19th century life in St. Michaels. The exhibits are housed in three period buildings and contain local furniture and artifacts donated by residents. The museum is supported entirely through community efforts. Open May-October, Mon., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fri., 1 to 4 p.m., Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sun., 1 to 4 p.m. Other days on request. 410-745-9561 or www.stmichaelsmuseum.com.

25. KEMP HOUSE - Now a country inn. A Georgian style house, constructed in 1805 by Colonel Joseph Kemp, a revolutionary soldier and hero of the War of 1812.

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26. THE OLD MILL COMPLEX - The Old Mill was a functioning flour mill from the late 1800s until the 1970s, producing flour used primarily for Maryland beaten biscuits. Today it is home to a brewery, winery, artists, furniture makers, a baker and other unique shops and businesses.

27. ST. MICHAELS HARBOUR INN, MARINA & SPA - Constructed in 1986 and recently renovated, it has overnight accommodations, conference facilities, marina, spa and Harbour Lights and Harbour Lights Club Room.

28. ST. MICHAELS NATURE TRAIL - The St. Michaels Nature Trail is a 1.3 mile paved walkway that winds around the western side of St. Michaels starting at a dedicated parking lot on South Talbot Street across from the Bay Hundred swimming pool. The path cuts through the woods, San Domingo Park, over a covered bridge and past a historic cemetery before ending in Bradley Park. The trail is open all year from dawn to dusk.

29. ST. MICHAELS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT - Est. in 1901, the SMVFD is located at 1001 S. Talbot Street with a range that includes all areas from Arcadia Shores to Wittman, covering 120 square miles of land area, and 130 miles of shoreline.


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OxfordPoints 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 yacht-ing. 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,

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Oxford Points of InterestVA, to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Across the cove from the cemetery may be seen Plimhimmon, home of Tench Tilghman’s widow, Anna Marie Tilghman.

2. THE OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER - 200 Oxford Road. The Oxford Community Center, a pillared brick schoolhouse saved from the wrecking ball by the town residents, is a gathering place for meetings, classes, lectures, dinner theater and performances by the Tred Avon Players and has been recently renovated. Rentals available to groups and individu-als. 410-226-5904 or www.oxfordcc.org.

3. BACHELOR POINT HARBOR - Located at the mouth of the Tred Avon River, 9’ water depth.

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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 preserva-tion of artifacts and memories of Oxford, MD. The Museum will open on Oxford Day, April 27, and remain open until mid-November. Admission is free; donations gratefully accepted. For more info. tel: 410-226-0191.

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8. THE BRATT MANSION (ACADEMY HOUSE) - 205 N. Morris St. Served as quarters for the officers of a 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)

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Oxford Points of Interestover the entrance arbor was brought from the Isle of Jersey in 1810 by Captain William Willis, who commanded the brig “Sarah and Louisa.” (Private residence)

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.

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.

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Oxford Points of InterestStarted in 1683, this is believed to be the oldest privately operated ferry in the United States. Its first keeper was Richard Royston, whom the Talbot County Court ‘pitcht upon’ to run a ferry at an unusual subsidy of 2,500 pounds of tobacco. Service has been continuous since 1836, with power supplied by sail, sculling, rowing, steam, and modern diesel engine. Many now take the ride between Oxford and Bellevue for the scenic beauty.

15. BYEBERRY - On the grounds of Cutts & Case Boatyard. It faces Town Creek and is one of the oldest houses in the area. The date of con-struction is unknown, but it was standing in 1695. Originally, it was in the main business section but was moved to the present location about 1930. (Private residence)

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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.

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Hints from the Pastby

Gary D. CrawfordIn the old days ~ and I mean

the really old days, a century and more ago ~ young women had a great deal to learn in order to “keep” a house.

Now, wait. Before we go any farther with this and I alienate my audience, let me state that I real-ize women still have a lot to learn. Wait, wait, let me rephrase that! What I’m trying to say is that I don’t mean to diminish the role of the modern American woman in the slightest or in any way under-value the scope and difficulty of their complex multiple roles. I just want to share some insights into the lives of our foremothers, both into the nature of what they had to learn, and how they learned it. OK? Now back to our story. (That was a close one!)

Today the work of a paid “housekeeper” is primarily that of house cleaning, which may or may not include laundry services. But as everyone knows, “keeping” a house involves much more than just cleaning it. A better term for this broad array of jobs might be “housewifery” (that is pronounced housewiffery), or the more mod-ern “homemaking.”

In this family scene from the

spring of 1901, just weeks after giving birth to her first child, a woman scrubs away on a wash-board in a tub.

These are my grandparents, by the way. My father came along ten years later, the seventh of nine chil-dren, all of whom lived to adult-hood. My grandmother, however, died at age 47 when her youngest child was just 25 months old.

Even a cursory catalog of the skills required of American women in the late 19th century is impres-sive. In addition to house clean-ing and laundry, she also looked after the family’s health, provided first aid, and even mixed ingredi-ents for relieving pain and disease symptoms. She handled the gro-cery shopping, such as there was,

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Hints from the Pastand the cooking, but also had a ma-jor role in food production. They maintained vegetable gardens and some even looked after household livestock, maintaining a f lock of chickens and perhaps a pig or two. She made and mended clothes for the family. In her “spare time,” a woman carried out her responsi-bilities as a wife and mother.

The housewife faced an annual cycle of chores that needed to be done, and done right, to sustain her family through the seasons. There was a great deal to learn, which raises the question of how that information was imparted to the young wife.

Some things were taught in school, but much of what she need-ed to know was learned from help-ing her mother. Later, older sisters, aunts, grandmothers and neighbor women were additional sources of how-to advice, ways and means, and various tricks of the trade.

You never knew when a valuable tip might turn up. “You see that sore on the back of your horse’s neck? That’s what my father called poll evil. Just wash it out with soap and water, rub in some ashes made from burned corncobs, and that should fix the old girl right up.” (“Poll” is a reference to the head, by the way; hence, a head count is known as a poll.)

Cooking was an ongoing learn-

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Hints from the Pasting process. Beaten biscuits and pies were familiar enough, but what about those special cakes ev-ery woman needed to have on hand throughout the Christmas visiting season? A young wife might run into a culinary emergency when a bit of creative improvisation was required to provide something spe-cial for unexpected guests.

“You need a fancy dessert, but there’s no time for baking and all you have on hand is part of an an-gel food cake that’s gone stale? OK, try this. Crumble the cake up fine and make a layer of it in a glass dish. Then ~ now here’s the trick ~ sprinkle a little red wine over it!

Then sprinkle on a handful of fine-ly chopped almonds and top it all off with a layer of whipped cream. Then do it all again, just the same, with the whipped cream on top. It makes an excellent dish for tea and looks beautiful on the table! Now, don’t use too much wine, honey. Remember the name of this dish. It’s called ‘Tipsy Parson!’”

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mushrooms, that one learned to identify, harvest and prepare for the family. Some years ago, when reading a local manuscript, I came across references to a plant called patience. Puzzled, I telephoned a local woman to ask about it. “What is patience?” she repeated in surprise. “Honey, where are you from? Stop over here tomorrow af-ternoon.” When I arrived the next day, some fresh patience leaves were lying on a paper towel for me to examine. “Ah,” I said, “so they go into salads?” She said yes, of course, but they’re better cooked. She sat me down for a mess of patience she had cooked up with

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While oyster shucking and fish cleaning tended to be men’s work, crab picking fell to the women. It became a fine art, of course. Bush-els of crabs needed to be picked for the family, for the church, for the fire hall, and for every picnic. Of-ten, women turned this chore into a social occasion. By working in groups, a pile of crabs went down more quickly while news of the vil-lage was exchanged.

In Fairbank Village one summer afternoon in the 1930s, the two Wheatley sisters sat quietly enjoy-ing one another’s company, picking crabs in the shade.

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Hints from the Pastthe winter was to “put them up.” The home canning process involved cooking the tomatoes (or whatever) in sealed glass jars.

As the summer turned into fall, the housewife began to keep care-ful count. She knew from her pan-try list that fourteen jars of apricot marmalade would be needed to avoid sad faces and hungry kids around the table by the following March. Putting up a batch of pre-serves was a whole-day affair, and most of the family pitched in to help wash jars, make up the recipe, keep the stove supplied with wood, cook and stir. The filling and seal-ing of the jars had to be done care-

fully to avoid spoilage. Wax was sometimes ladled into the neck of each jar to prevent air from reach-ing the food below.

Special jars were needed, of course, ones that were tough enough not to explode and that could be sealed tightly. The brand invented in Philadelphia by John Mason became a household word. These Mason jars (made by the Ball or Kerr companies) had threads molded into the jars themselves and were fitted with a f lat lid with a rubber seal that was secured by a screw top. The jars and screw tops could be re-used; only the inexpen-sive f lat lids needed to be bought new each time.

Family and friends may have been the primary sources for the many skills of housewifery, but by the 1890s, a new source of infor-mation had become available ~ the woman’s magazine.

Women’s magazines had been around for decades; The Ladies Magazine appeared in 1792, fol-lowed by Godey’s Lady’s Book, Peterson’s Ladies National Maga-

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Following the Civil War, many new publications intended for women readers began to appear, of three types: there were mail-order catalogs, fashion sheets published

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Then, suddenly, within the space of 12 years, five hugely popular women’s magazines burst on the scene: McCall’s and Delineator in 1873, Woman’s Home Companion the following year, Ladies’ Home Journal in 1883, and Good House-keeping in 1885. These five, plus Pictorial Review founded in 1899, became known as the Big Six. By 1890, there were 4,400 magazines (of all types) in publication, fifty of them national publications. Be-tween 1890 and 1905, circulation of monthly periodicals rose from 18 to 64 million per issue. In 1904, it was a women’s magazine, Ladies’ Home Journal, that first broke the 1 million-copy circulation mark.

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What explains this publishing boom? The new trick wasn’t mov-able type or cheaper paper and ink ~ it was paid advertising. With the cost of production and dis-tribution carried by the advertis-ers, subscription prices dropped to 5 cents a copy. Even that was not low enough for some, but with so many copies in circulation, nearly every woman was able to read “passed along” copies. Edi-tors were skilled in gauging their content to their readers, and their staff worked hard to establish a bond with their readers.

The women’s magazines dis-pensed advice on a huge range of subjects, submitted by experts in all walks of life, the magazine’s own staff, and readers themselves.

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Hints from the Pastlotte Emma Howeth. I was told that the Howeth family came ashore from Popular Island when it proved impossible to keep a school teacher posted out there. Throughout her adult life, Miss Charlotte clipped interesting articles from the maga-zines she was reading. She pasted them onto the pages of one of those fine, expensive magazines, like Peterson’s. Some of the examples mentioned above (the Tipsy Par-son cake recipe, for example) were drawn from this material.

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sides of each page, leaving space here and there to allow a favorite engraving to show through or to write out a recipe in her own hand. The collection was passed to her daughter Blanche, and then on to her granddaughter, the late Cor-nelia “Nini” Sadler. When Miss Nini moved to a retirement facil-ity in Easton some years ago, she entrusted these crumbling pages to me, saying I’d know what to do with them.

So now you know what got me started on all this. Unfortunately, however, I know nothing more about this material or from which magazines the clippings came. Some are barely legible, and the pa-per is now brittle and chipping away at the edges; portions have been lost. Still, they make fascinating reading ~ an insight into the lore of American women of another age.

Now I’ll shut up and let some of these old clippings speak for themselves.

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Egg Gruel: An appropriate dish for most invalids. Beat well one egg, white and yolk separately, pour one cup of boiling water or milk to the yolk, add one teaspoonful of sugar, mix well and stir in the white.

Leather chair seats: These may be cleaned by rubbing with the whites of egg, well beaten.

New brooms: If a new broom is dipped in boiling water until it is

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For freckles: Use the juice of scraped horse-radish root in a cup of sour milk. Apply two to three times a day.

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The Northern Tip of MarylandA Glance at Cecil County

byHarold W. Hurst

Cecil County, Maryland

Located at the northern tip of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Cecil County is bordered on the north by Pennsylvania, on the east by New Castle County, Delaware, on the west by the Susquehanna Riv-er, and on the south by both the Chesapeake Bay and the Sassafras River, which separates it from Kent County, Maryland. Several rivers span the county including the Elk, Bohemia and Northeast. A man-made waterway, the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, connects the southern part of the county with the Delaware River.

For nearly two centuries, the chief towns have been Elkton, the county seat; Port Deposit, long the primary business center; Chesa-peake City and Perryville.

Established in 1674 (it once in-cluded Kent County), Cecil County has always been conspicuously different from the rest of the East-ern Shore region in its topography, racial composition and religious makeup. It is more like Penn-sylvania and northern Delaware, while the rest of the peninsula is more similar to the South.

In topography, the county’s sur-

face is varied; most of the northern section has rolling hills, contrast-ing it sharply with the f lat charac-ter of the rest of Delmarva. Cecil County, with its many rivers and Bay exposure, is even more aquat-ic than the other counties on the Chesapeake Bay. Waterfowl have long f lourished in the area.

John James Audubon, the fa-mous naturalist and ornitholo-gist, visited the county in 1838. He wrote that the Bay and the Susquehanna, Northeast and Elk

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rivers were the feeding ground for a wide variety of birds, including the Buff lehead Duck, the Ruddy Duck, the Blackhead Duck and the Canvasback Duck, in addition to swans and geese. All of the birds fed on vegetation in the shallows

of the Bay and the adjacent rivers, generally known as “duck grass.” As the years passed, sportsmen killed a large number of the water-fowl, thus gradually depleting their numbers. To this day, however, ducks and geese can be seen every-where in the region.

The racial composition of Cecil County is, and has been, markedly dissimilar from that of the other Eastern Shore counties and south-ern Delaware. Although slavery ex-isted, it played a less prominent role here than in other Delmarva areas.

In 1860, for instance, only 4% of the population were slaves, while free blacks were 12.2% ~ hence whites comprised 83.8%, in contrast to Talbot County, where

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whites comprised only 55%. In Cambridge, whites comprised only 45% of all inhabitants.

The different racial makeup of Cecil County accounted for its strong Union support in the Civil War, the strength of the Repub-lican Party in later years, and the more moderate attitude on segre-gation in the Civil Rights era.

From its early years, Cecil Coun-ty has been relatively diversified in its religious composition. While the Anglican Church (now Episco-pal) was favored and received spe-cial support during the Colonial era, Roman Catholics, Quakers and Presbyterians were more prevalent than in some other Eastern Shore counties. Catholic churches were founded in Elkton in 1849 and at Port Deposit in 1857.

St. Francis Xavier Church in Bohemia Manor (now Chesapeake City) was established as early as 1704. An academy attached to the

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manor and church was the fore-runner of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Charles Car-roll of Carrollton, a signator of the Declaration of Independence, was a student at the Bohemia Academy.

Quakers made their first appear-ance in Cecil as early as 1694, and a meeting house was established at East Nottingham in 1704 and at West Nottingham in 1728. Or-thodox Quakers (Hicksites) formed a congregation near Colora in the 19th century. The Society of Friends continued to have a strong following into the early 1900s.

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County in the 18th century. Sev-eral churches were established in this era, and West Nottingham Academy was founded in 1794 by the Rev. Samuel Finley, a Presby-terian minister who later became president of Princeton College in New Jersey.

Methodist revivalism swept across the county in the 1790s and early 1800s, as it did elsewhere on the Delmarva Peninsula. The famous Methodist bishop and preacher, Francis Asbury, conduct-ed services at Bohemia Manor and other places in the county. Bethel Church, located three miles east of Chesapeake City, was erected in 1790 and rebuilt in 1849. Leeds Methodist Church, founded by

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John Wilson, an English-born miller, was built out of stone in 1812. Other churches were also formed in this period for Method-ist congregations.

The Episcopal Church gradually recovered after the Revolution. St. Augustine on Bohemia Manor, St. Stephen’s Church near Earleville, St. Mary Ann’s in Northeast and Trinity Church in Elkton all served Episcopalians.

Cecil County was like the rest of the Eastern Shore in that it re-mained primarily rural and agricul-tural throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Elkton had only about 125 people at the time of the Revo-

Cecil County lution. Tobacco was a major crop in the early years. The courthouse at Elkton was built in 1719 at the cost of 35,000 pounds of tobacco.

By the early 1800s, income from wheat, hay and corn crops sup-plied the funds to build and sup-port such manor houses and town residences as Old Bohemia, Ran-dala, Partridge Hill, Rose Hill, Cherry Grove, Mount Welcome, the Mitchell property in Elkton, Gilpin Manor, and Old Point Farm on the Elk River.

One of the most prominent fami-lies to figure in the history of the county were the Hollingsworths. Zebulon Hollingsworth, Sr. bought property at Elks Landing in 1735; it remained in family hands well into

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the 20th century. Vessels from Elkton Landing plied the waters between the estate and Baltimore, carrying f lour, nails, bars of iron, lumber, fruit and pork.

Colonel Henry Hollingsworth, son of Zebulon, played a prominent role in the Revolutionary War and served with General Washington at the Battle of the Brandywine. Wil-liam, youngest son of Zebulon, was born at Elks Landing in 1780 and died in 1844. His children figured prominently in the professions, es-pecially medicine.

The early 1800s were the great era of canal building. The Erie Ca-nal and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal transformed trading pat-terns, linking river ports with newly developed inland depots. Delmarva politicians and merchants soon caught the canal-building fever.

A waterway connecting Chesa-peake City, on the Bay, with Dela-ware City, on the Delaware River, was completed in 1829, facilitating commercial traffic across the pen-insula from Baltimore on the Ches-apeake to Wilmington and Phila-delphia. Built at a cost of $2.25 million (a large sum at the time), it was funded by the states of Penn-sylvania, Maryland and Delaware. The Federal government took over the canal in the 20th century and enlarged its facilities.

The town of Port Deposit grew

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One of the few Confederate soldiers from Cecil County was Lieutenant Colonel William Whann Mackall.

rapidly in this era. Lumber was the main article of commerce, but large quantities of wheat, f lour and iron were shipped through the town in addition to herring and other products of nearby wa-ters. The quarrying deposits near the town and several local mills produced employment for several hundred men.

During the Civil War, Cecil Coun-ty was largely pro-Union, in con-trast to the plantation-dominated counties like Talbot and Dorchester that were generally pro-Southern. The men of Port Deposit played an important part in the conflict as they formed Battery B, commanded by Captain Alonzo Snow, who ren-

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Jacob Tome

dered distinguished service at the Battle of Malvern.

At least one local man, how-ever, fought for the South. Wil-liam Whann Mackall, a West Point graduate, joined the Confederate Army in July 1861 as a Lieutenant Colonel, and later served as chief staff officer for General Braxton, and still later for General Joseph E. Johnston.

Probably the most important per-son in Cecil County during the post-Civil War decades was Jacob Tome, a native of Pennsylvania who came to the area in the 1830s and became involved in the lumber business. By the 1850s, he was a flourishing capi-

talist who owned lumber mills and 20,000 acres of timberland in Penn-sylvania, as well as an additional 10,000 acres in Michigan.

Tome was also active in the grain and fertilizer trade and was the

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owner of several large farms in Ce-cil County. His interests further in-cluded local and regional banking, steamship and railroad enterprises.

During the Civil War, Tome was elected by the Union Party to the Maryland legislature and, following the conflict, he supported the rising Republican Party. A devout Meth-odist, he supported the Port Deposit congregation and contributed heav-ily to the funds for a new church that cost $65,000 that was declared “the handsomest church in Maryland outside the cities.”

The Tome mansion was the showpiece of Port Deposit. Three and a half stories high, it was built of dressed granite. It was f lanked on the northwest corner by a tower

covered with a mansard roof. The Biographical Cyclopedia

of Representative Men of Mary-land and the District of Columbia (Baltimore, 1879) portrays Tome in the lavish and glowing terms that annals of this era often reserved for self-made men and Horatio Alger-type capitalists: “Fortune and favorable circumstances have attended him, but he is a million-aire today because he has been in-dustrious, persevering, far-seeing, systematic, economical, and cau-tious; quick to discern and prompt to improve business opportunities.”

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and Delaware by Henry Gannet (1904; reprint, 1967) declared that the county was “one of the most thriving and enterprising in the state.” At that time, it contained no town with over 3,000 inhabit-ants. Elkton, the largest town, had a population of 2,000, while Port Deposit had a mere 1,500.

Agriculture was still king, and two-thirds of the county’s 141,682 acres were under cultivation in 1900. A half century later, in 1950, the county had 1,244 farms, of which 800 were commercially op-erated. The chief crops were corn, wheat and hay. Dairy farming had become extensive in this period.

Industry and manufacturing were significant activities during both World Wars. In World War II, the Wiley Manufacturing Company in Port Deposit received large con-tracts from the Army Corps of En-gineers for the production of f loat-ing cranes, steel barges, tugboats and fabricated steel assemblies for the construction and marine industries. Special machines pro-duced for foreign and United States governments were f loating der-ricks capable of lifting 250 tons.

The Navy also put the county on the map in World War II when it es-tablished a training camp at Bain-bridge on the Susquehanna River. Over 250,000 men were trained there during the war. It was closed

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after the conflict was over but re-opened during the Korean War. The property is idle today and awaits development.

According to the Cecil County Department of Economic Devel-opment and sources at the local newspaper, the Cecil Whig, the largest industry and employer in the county now is the W.L. Gore Company that employs over 2,300 people and produces a wide variety of items.

Cecil County’s population is now over 100,000, making it the second most populous county on the Eastern Shore, the first be-ing Wicomico, where Salisbury is located. While industry has sur-passed agriculture in importance, the products of its farms and wa-terways still contribute to the local economy. The scenic landscape and historic buildings continue to enchant visitors from near and far.

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700 Port Street, EastonMany homes here in Talbot County were host to the same sorts of

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I Can’t Complain ~ All Too Personal Essays by Elinor Lipman. Houghton Miff lin Harcourt. 161 pp. $20. 2013.

Do not, repeat NOT, skim through the first pages of this apparently mild and banal perusal of an au-tobiographical grab-bag of the author’s life. It reveals nothing very grabbing or remarkable in her introduction to a happy family. In no particular time sequence, she invites the reader to Chapter One, Meet The Family. Elinor com-mences with Julia’s Child ~ Julia being her mother’s name.

Elinor concentrates on her moth-er in more detail than she does herself. What piques a hint of curi-osity, however, is its off-beat focus. Elinor’s mother, a very good cook, was contemptuous of all condiments added to recipes or to f inished dishes. She had a particular loath-ing of ketchup. It was at the top of a list of other banned additions that included pickles, salad dress-ings, relishes, mustards, barbecue

sauces of any kind and (horrors!) mayonnaise. All were considered unnecessary and ruinous to food’s natural f lavor.

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account of her mixed marriage and motherhood in the How to Get Religion entry.

Tucked in among Lipman’s brief essays (some as shor t as three pages) are wonderful coping strat-egies for readers in any role, as stay-at-home mothers, as well as the vagaries of demands on work-ing women, especially busy writers like Lipman.

Essentially she separates invi-tations and/or requests into two groups: family gather ings that spring no surprises on the guests, and those from groups of takers. The latter are hosts who use smarmy f lattery with such “little” requests as “would I have a minute to de-scribe how the entire publishing industry works and how one goes about getting an agent?” And that’s only the beginning.

By this time your critic is noting the humor, the droll compassion and the irritation for others’ gall. How could I ever have prejudged this author to be nice but dull?

By the time the reader turns the page to Lipman’s account of her nine-year-old son’s introduction to Sex-Ed in school, her candor and response to the boy’s questions for clarification are dealt with summarily.

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The real meat in the sandwich of this book of meanderings is most de-licious in the middle layers under the heading On Writing. Lipman’s com-ments are as pithy as they are wise.

Her no-nonsense rules include a way to decide “thanks” or “no thanks” to the opportunity to take time out of her busy schedule to read a book and write a blurb. She has almost never bought a book because it had a favorable blurb on its cover. Indeed, she’s more likely to bypass a book if its rave is signed by “a pretentious jackass with whom I’ve had the misfortune to serve on a panel.”

No, she avers, she doesn’t write an outline before she begins to write a novel. That admission seems

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peculiar to many of her listeners at bookstores and book groups.

She’s routinely quizzed about it in the question periods after her talks. She often explains her plunging ahead with a squelcher: “Flannery O’Connor, I tell them, also wrote by the seat of her pants, but she called herself an intuitive writer. Intui-tive. I like that.”

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In another progress-stopper, she tells what tools she uses to find the

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For a laugh-out-loud romp, Lip-man outlines the guilty fun during her assignment to write a piece for the Boston Globe on her guess how Sex in the City would end. To even tip off the machinations would be

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On the issue of patience, she relates how it took 20 years to see one of her novels made into a movie.

The final third of the book be-comes more opinionated in a gentle way ~ one doubts Lipman could be didactic or nasty ~ with a dig at a common assumption that men and women have to share their interests.

In Boy Meets Girl, she snorts at an episode on the Oprah Winfrey show that examined the attitudes of unhappy bachelors in Alaska with their complaints. Too few women fit their requirements. They wanted gals who loved hunting, f ishing, camping, and riding snowmobiles. Oprah did not question their prefer-ences, Lipman noted, nor their firm belief that “eligibles that dogsled together, bed together...”

Nonsense, writes the ultimate urban citizen. Men should by nature do what they do, and women follow their own choices, not expecting her partner to love knitting just because she finds it relaxing. Romance is one thing: romantic nonsense is quite another.

Lipman’s critique of weddings, br idez i l las , br idesmaids, con-spicuous consumption, etc. are the follies that may account for disap-pointment and the high divorce rate, she warns.

Her marriage was a happy one,

I Can’t Complain ending ultimately when her hus-band died of two dreadful diseases, a rare type of dementia, followed by ALS, Lou Gherig’s Disease. He died at age 58.

Now, at the age of 61, three years after her husband’s death, she has a gentleman friend. She calls the rela-tionship with “John Doe” a nomance ~ platonic pleasure made up of good conversation, an occasional movie, dinner out and companionship. She makes it clear that she does not appreciate prodding from women friends “who all want to be brides-maids” and want to know if the friendship has “advanced to a stage requiring new undergarments.” No, she says, and may never. Her response to them is mainly a request for them to butt out.

The whole book is a treat, a gener-ous gift from a wonderful woman. It’s a read-it-again-slowly kind of book. Funny, sweet and completely nice. Don’t pass it by.

Anne Stinson began her career in the 1950s as a free lance for the now defunct Baltimore News-Amer-ican, then later for Chesapeake Publishing, the Baltimore Sun and Maryland Public Television’s panel show, Maryland Newsrap. Now in her ninth decade, she still writes a monthly book review for Tidewater Times.

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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-of-call 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 inf lux 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, ref lects 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.

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Queen Anne’s County The history of Queen Anne’s County dates back to the earliest Colonial

settlements in Maryland. Small hamlets began appearing in the northern portion of the county in the 1600s. Early communities grew up around transportation routes, the rivers and streams, and then roads and eventually railroads. Small towns were centers of economic and social activity and evolved over the years from thriving centers of tobacco trade to communities boosted by the railroad boom.

Queenstown was the original county seat when Queen Anne’s County was created in 1706, but that designation was passed on to Centreville in 1782. It’s location was important during the 18th century, because it is near a creek that, during that time, could be navigated by tradesmen. A hub for shipping and receiving, Queenstown was attacked by English troops during the War of 1812.

Construction of the Federal-style courthouse in Centreville began in 1791 and is the oldest courthouse in continuous use in the state of Maryland. Today, Centreville is the largest town in Queen Anne’s County. With its relaxed lifestyle and tree-lined streets, it is a classic example of small town America.

The Stevensville Historic District, also known as Historic Stevensville, is a national historic district in downtown Stevensville, Queen Anne’s County. It contains roughly 100 historic structures, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located primarily along East Main Street, a portion of Love Point Road, and a former section of Cockey Lane.

The Chesapeake Heritage and Visitor Center in Chester at Kent Narrows provides and overview of the Chesapeake region’s heritage, resources and culture. The Chesapeake Heritage and Visitor Center serves as Queen Anne’s County’s official welcome center.

Queen Anne’s County is also home to the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center (formerly Horsehead Wetland Center), located in Grasonville. The CBEC is a 500-acre preserve just 15 minutes from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Over 200 species of birds have been recorded in the area.

Embraced by miles of scenic Chesapeake Bay waterways and graced with acres of pastoral rural landscape, Queen Anne’s County offers a relaxing environment for visitors and locals alike.

For more information about Queen Anne’s County, visit www.qac.org.

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“Calendar of Events” notices - Please contact us at 410-226-0422, fax the information to 410-226-0411, write to us at Tidewater Times, P. O. Box 1141, Easton, MD 21601, or e-mail to [email protected]. The deadline is the 1st of the preceding month of publication (i.e., June 1 for the July issue).

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Every Thurs.-Sat. Amish Coun-try Farmer’s Market in Easton. An indoor market offering fresh produce, meats, dairy products, furniture and more. 101 Marl-boro Ave. For more info. tel: 410-822-8989.

Thru July 7 Exhibit: Jan Kirsh ~ Forms From the Garden at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. K irsh, award-w inning land-scape designer and artist, will have a solo exhibition featuring

voluptuous and exuberant veg-etable and fruit forms, pieces that ref lect her desire to provide commentary on the human form mirrored in familiar vegetable shapes. For more info. tel: 410-745-5252 or visit www.jankirsh-studio.com.

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Thru August 1 Exhibit: Cedar Colonnade by Howard and Mary McCoy at the Academy Art Mu-seum, Easton. Making arches with bare cedar branches, envi-ronmental artists Howard and Mary McCoy will create Cedar Colonnade in the Museum’s courtyard. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

Thru Labor Day The Chesa-peake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels is offering free general admission to all active-duty militar y personnel and their families. For more info. tel: 410-745-4960 or visit www.cbmm.org.

Thru Oct. 31 The Choptank River Lighthouse of fers f ree, self-guided tours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Admission is free, but donations are encouraged. The lighthouse features a mini-museum about the history of the original lighthouse and the

area’s maritime heritage. It also serves as the dockmaster’s office for the Cambridge Marina. For more info. tel: 410-228-4031 or visit www.ChoptankRiverLight-house.org.

1 National Trails Day at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Noon to 4 p.m. Come for a walk and receive a special discount on membership! For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

1 Celebrate the Eastern Shore strawberry harvest with over 50 artisans displaying quality crafts of all kinds and strawberries to eat and take home. Join us at the 24th Annual Strawberry Festival and Craft Show at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. St. Michaels, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Enjoy crafts, lunch, bake sale, with food and fun for everyone. Free. For more info. tel: 410-745-2534.

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Adkins A rboretum, R idgely. Explore the Arboretum’s diverse plant communities on a guided walk led by a docent naturalist. 10 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0.

1 Secret Gardens of Oxford Tour in historic Oxford. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Eight beautiful gar-dens will be on display. For more info. tel: 410-226-0222.

1 Book Signing at Mystery Loves Company in Oxford featuring Susan MacNeal, author of His Majesty’s Hope. Noon to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-226-0010 or v isit w w w.myster ylove s-company.com.

1 Harriet Tubman Underground R ai lroad Conference: 100th C om memorat ion of Ha r r ie t Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Featuring Keynote Spea ker Tony Bur roug hs at C he s ap e a k e C ol le ge , C a m -bridge. For more info. v isit www.tubmanugrr.net or www.harrietTubmanByway.org.

1 First Saturday Gallery Walk in downtown Easton (replaces 1st Friday Gallery Walk). 5 to 9 p.m. Easton’s art galleries, antiques shops and restaurants combine for a unique cultural experience. For more info. tel: 410-770-8350.

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June CalendarUnderground Railroad audio tour launch event at Adkins Ar-boretum, Ridgely. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

1 Concert: Susan Werner at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. This performance is co-spon-sored by the Avalon Foundation and Chesapeake Bay Founda-tion as part of the Clean Water Concert Series. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

1-2 Secret Garden Tour: home-owners in historic Annapolis will open their gardens to the public to support the Hammond-Harwood House. Ticketholders can stroll through more than ten beautifully landscaped gardens between noon and 5 each day. For more info. tel: 410-263-4683 or v isit www.hammondhar-woodhouse.org.

1-2 Bayside Quilters Quilt Show “A Quilted Garden” at the Ox-ford Community Center and St. Paul’s Church, with featured guest speaker Gyleen Fitzger-ald. Fri. and Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sun., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Classes and lectures will be available. For more info. tel:

410-763-8651 or v isit www.baysidequilters.com.

1,8,15,22,29 The Farmers’ Market in Easton is held every Saturday until December. Over 20+ ven-dors offering a variety of fresh fruits, organic vegetables, bison meat & products, sauces, baked goods, flowers, plants and craft items. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Harrison Street Public Parking Lot, Easton. Live music most Saturdays. For more info. tel: 410-822-0065.

1,8,15,22,29 FarmFresh Market in St. Michaels in the munici-pal parking lot behind Sweeties Bakery from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Farmers offer fresh fruits and veg-etables, meats, cut flowers, potted plants, breads and pastries, cow’s milk cheeses, orchids, eggs and honey. We also host events and ac-tivities throughout the season, in-cluding our Chef at Market events and a community cook-off. For more info. e-mail: [email protected].

1,8,15,22,29 Historic High Street Walking Tour - Experience the beauty and hear the folklore of Cambridge’s High Street. Learn about the people who lived there, their homes, churches and com-mercial ventures. One-hour walking tours are sponsored by the non-profit West End Citizens Association and are accompa-

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nied by colonial-garbed docents. $8 (children under 12 free). 11 a.m. at Long Wharf, Cambridge, weather permitting. For more info. tel: 410-901-1000.

1,8,15,22,29 Skipjack Sail on the Nathan of Dorchester, 1 to 3 p.m., Long Wharf, Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-228-7141 or visit www.skipjack-nathan.org.

2 Workshop: Foraging at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 1 to 3 p.m. Bill Schindler leads this hands-on workshop where participants will be taken into the field to learn to identify, harvest and prepare wild edibles. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

2 St. Michaels Community Center’s 5th annual Tea, Fashion Show and Silent Auction at the Inn at Perry Cabin, St. Michaels. 2 p.m. Guests will enjoy a delightful afternoon Tea, a fashion show featuring attire from the Chesa-peake Bay Outfitters, Charisma and jewelry from DBS Jewelers, Guilford & Company and Silver Linings, and a silent auction with items donated by local stores. For more info. tel: 410-745-6037.

2 41st Annual W.T. Ruark Fish-ing Tournament at the Hoopers

June Calendar Island Fire House from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. There will be fun, food for purchase, fish, door prizes and trophy presentation at 5. For more info. tel: 410-397-3142.

2-16 Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival in Easton, St. Michaels and Centreville. See article in this issue. For more info. tel: 410-819-0380 or v isit www.ChesapeakeChamberMusic.org.

3,10,17,24 Monday Night Trivia at the Market Street Public House, Denton. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Join host Norm Amorose for a fun-filled evening. For more info. tel: 410-479-4720.

3,17,24 Tot Time at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Mi-chaels. 10:30 a.m. Story time and crafts for children 5 and younger accompanied by an adult. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626.

4 Women & Girls Fund 2nd Annual Golf Day at the Talbot Country Club, Easton. Women golfers, beginners and long-time golfers alike, are welcome to pick up tips, enjoy lunch, and play in a 9-hole tournament to benefit the Women & Girls Fund. For more info. tel: 410-770-8347 or visit www.womenandgirlsfund.org.

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Maritime Museum presents the USNA Band’s The Commandant’s Combo for a free waterfront con-cert at 6 p.m. Food, ice cream, beer, wine and other beverages will be available for sale. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916 or visit www.cbmm.org.

4 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Great Decisions and Discussion Program with Jim Adams at the Londonderry Retirement Com-munity, Easton. 5 to 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941.

4 Waterfowl Chesapeake presents Bayou Blues & Birds - Tab Benoit and the Voice of the Wetlands All Stars at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. This perfor-mance is co-sponsored by the Avalon Foundation and Chesa-peake Bay Foundation as part of the Clean Water Concert Series

4,5,11,12,18,19,25,26 Storytime at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10 a.m. For children 5 and under accompanied by an adult. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.

4,6,11,13,18,20,25,27 Dancing on the Shore at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 7 to 9 p.m. Learn to waltz, swing, salsa, Argentine tango and more. For more info. tel: 410-482-6169.

4,11 Academy for Lifelong Learn-ing: This I Believe with Don Rush at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 1 to 2:20 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941.

4,11,18,25 All Levels Yoga at Ad-kins Arboretum, Ridgely. 9:30 to 11 a.m. Begin your day with an outdoor yoga practice. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsar-boretum.org.

5 Grounds for Sculpture bus trip with Adkins Arboretum. Bus departs from Creamery Lane parking lot in Easton at 8 a.m. and from Adkins Arboretum in Ridgely at 8:30 a.m. Grounds for Sculpture is a 35-acre arbo-retum and public sculpture park in Hamilton, NJ. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

5 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Visit the U.S. Naval Academy with Grant Walker, Education Director, USNA. Bus transporta-tion to and from CBMM. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941.

5 Nature as Muse at Adkins Arbo-retum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This writing group will follow a winding path through the Arbo-retum to quietly observe nature

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5 Concert: John Wesley Wright, an award-winning tenor, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ox-ford. 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-226-5134.

5,12,19,26 Senior Games at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. Noon. Learn to play American mahjong. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626.

5,12,19,26 Meet ing: Wednes-day Morning Artists. 8 a.m. at Creek Deli in Cambridge. No cost. For more info. visit www.wednesdaymorningartists.com or contact Nancy at [email protected] or 410-463-0148.

5,12,19,26 Social Time for Seniors at the St. Michaels Community Center, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073.

5,12,19,26 St . Michaels A r t League’s weekly “Paint Togeth-er” at the home of Alice-Marie Gravely. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-8117.

5,12,19,26 Oxford Farmers Market at the Oxford Community Center.

4 to 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-226-5904.

5,12,19,26 Teen Night at the St. Michaels Community Center, 5 to 7 p.m. Teens ages 12 to 17 are welcome for dinner, activities and entertainment. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073.

5,19 Plant Clinic offered by the Uni-versity of Maryland Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners of Talbot County at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1244.

6 Stitch and Chat at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Mi-chaels. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring your own projects and stitch with a group. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626.

6 Academy for Lifelong Learning: A visit to Historic Druid Hill Conservatory with Alan Stein, Margaret Haviland Stansbury and Kate Bloom. 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Departure from ACME parking lot in Easton at 8:45 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941.

6 The Clean Water Concert Series presents the XPD’s on Harrison Street, Easton. 6 to 8:30 p.m. This performance is co-spon-sored by the Avalon Foundation and Chesapeake Bay Foundation

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as part of the Clean Water Con-cert Series. Also enjoy exhibits from: Adkins Arboretum, Agua-yuda, Aloft Aerial Photography, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Mu-seum, Dorchester Citizens for Planned Growth, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, Fishmobile (PW EC), Habitat Choptank, Midshore River Keeper, and the Sassafras River Association. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

6 Lecture: Colonial and Federal Period Furniture by W. Brien Pierce at the Historical Society Museum, Easton. 7 p.m. Free. For more info. tel: 410-822-0773 or visit www.hstc.org.

6,13,20,27 Cambridge Farmer’s Market f rom 3 to 6 p.m. on the waterfront at Long Wharf Park. Fresh produce, f low-ers, meats, eggs, baked goods, c r a f t i tem s a nd mor e . For more i n fo. v i s i t w w w.c am-bridgemainstreet.com.

7 Workshop: Season’s Bounty ~ Abundant Summer at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to noon. Elizabeth Beggins will guide you in prolonging your home harvests and savoring and storing those available from local farmers. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

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7 Chestertown’s First Friday. Ex-tended shop hours with arts and entertainment throughout the historic downtown. For a list of activities, visit: www.kent-county.com/artsentertainment.

7 Dorchester Swingers Square Dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Maple Elementary School, Egypt Rd., Cambridge. Refreshments provided. For more info. tel: 410-820-8620.

7 Academy for Lifelong Learn-ing: Stride and Boogie-Woogie Performed by an English Man? featuring pianist Neville Dickey from 8 p.m. until the music stops at The Mainstay, Rock Hall. Leaving Easton at 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941.

7,14,21,28 Lighthouse Overnight Adventures at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Mi-chaels. Fee includes a dedicated museum facilitator, the cost of program activ ities, two days admission, souvenir patch and a scenic river cruise aboard the Mister Jim. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941.

7,14,21,28 Bingo! every Friday night at the Easton Volunteer Fire Department on Creamery Lane, Easton. Doors open at

June Calendar 6:30 p.m. and games start at 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-4848.

8 Antiques & Collectibles Show and Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Federalsburg Area Heritage Museum, Federalsburg. Lunch items will be available. For more info. tel: 410-253-5375.

8 Friends of the Library Second Sat-urday Book Sale at the Dorchester County Public Library, Cam-bridge. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-228-7331 or visit www.dorchesterlibrary.org.

8 Second Saturday 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 will feature live music. For more info. visit www.cambridgemain-street.com.

8 Meeting: Oxford Ladies’ Break-fast at the Robert Morris Inn. 9:30 a.m. All ladies in the com-munity, including friends and visiting guests, are welcome. $15 per person includes tax and gratuity. For more info. tel: 410-226-0340.

8 Second Saturday Nursery Walk at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Join horticulturist Eric Wittman

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on a walk to explore the diversity of plant material at the Arbore-tum’s Native Plant Nursery. 1 to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

8 2nd Saturday at the Foundry at 401 Market St., Denton. Watch local artists demonstrate their talents. 2 to 4 p.m. Free. For more info. tel: 410-479-1009.

8 Artist Loft Studios Open Night - the artists, Lesley Giles and Sarah Stolte, are excited to invite visitors to their studio during Cambridge Main Street’s Second Saturday, from 5 to 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-228-7000 or visit www.joiedevivregallery.com.

8 Comedy at the Stoltz with Jimmy Merritt in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalon-theatre.com.

8-9 Adult Class: Marine Paint-ing with Matthew Hillier at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

8,22 Country Church Breakfast at Faith Chapel & Trappe United Methodist Churches in Wesley

Hall, Trappe. 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Menu: eggs, pancakes, French toast, sausage, scrapple, hash browns, grits, sausage gravy and biscuits, juice and coffee. TUMC is also the home of “Martha’s Closet” Yard Sale and Commu-nity Outreach Store, open during the breakfast and every Wednes-day from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

9 EnduraFit Ironman 70.3 Eagle-man Triathlon at Great Marsh Park, Cambridge. One of the most popular Ironman 70.3 tri-athlons in the country. For more info. tel: 443-786-0059 or visit www.tricolumbia.org.

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Volunteer Fire Dept. 8 to 11 a.m. Proceeds to benefit the Oxford Volunteer Fire Services. $8. For more info. tel: 410-226-5110.

9 Historic Walking Tour of Oxford begins at 10:30 a.m. and meets at the Ferry dock. For more info. visit www.portofoxford.com.

10 Stitching Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 3 to 5 p.m. Join a group and work on your needlecraft projects. Lim-ited instruction for beginners. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626.

10,17,24 Adult Class: Photoshop Elements - Intermediate Level with George Holzer at the Acad-emy Art Museum, Easton. 6 to 8:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

11 Pickering Creek presents Happy Hummingbirds at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 2 p.m. All ages. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.

11,25 Meeting: Tidewater Stamp Club at the Mayor and Council Bldg., Easton. 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1371.

12 Meeting: Talbot Optimist Club

June Calendar at the Washington Street Pub, Easton. 6:30 p.m. For more info. e-mail [email protected].

12-13 The Chesapeake Bay Mari-time Museum in St. Michaels is offering a two-evening boater safety course from 6 to 10 p.m. The cost is $25. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941.

12,26 Chess Club from 1 to 3 p.m. at the St. Michaels Community Center. Players gather for friend-ly competition and instruction. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073.

13 Concert: Summer Concert Series in Hollis Park, St. Michaels fea-turing the Eastport Oyster Boys. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Alcohol prohibited but light refresh-ments available. For more info. tel: 410-745-0669.

13 Concert: No BS! Brass Band in the Stoltz Listening Room, Ava-lon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

13,20,27 Workshop: Sweet Bay Magnolia Paint ing w ith Lee D’Zmura at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This three-day workshop will focus on capturing the beauty of the sweet bay in watercolor. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

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13,20,27 Adult Class: Color - How Do You Mix That? with Diane DuBois Mullaly at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

13,20,27 Thursday Writers at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Share and record your memories of life and family with a group of friendly, like-minded people. Participants are invited to bring their lunch. Patrons are asked to pre-register for this program. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.

14 Concert: Tall Heights in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

14-16 Antique and Classic Boat Show Festival at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Mi-chaels. Fri., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sun.,

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10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Festival features 130 boats, on land and in the water, on the 17 acres of the Museum. The Arts at Navy Point is a show within the boat show consisting of 70 vendors, all related in some way to boats, the water, or its surroundings. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916 or visit www.cbmm.org.

14-15 The Frederick Douglass Society and the Academy Art Museum’s Juneteenth Celebra-tion will begin on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Museum with a reception and lecture celebrating Easton’s “Hill Project,” the birth-place of African Methodism on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. On Sat. at 11 a.m. the Museum will host a demonstration by African-American ceramic artist Ernest Satchell. There will also be a per-formance of African dance and music, gospel music, art projects and a barbecue. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org or www.f reder ickdouglass-honorsociety.org.

15 Workshop: Hypertufa Garden Planter w it h R achel Melv in and Carol Jelich at Adkins Ar-boretum, Ridgely. 9 to 11 a.m. Hypertufa is an artificial stone mater ia l made f rom severa l

June Calendar different aggregates to imitate natural tufa rock. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

15 Kaleidoscope Day at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Music, food, Na-tive American artifacts, Make-a-Book, gardening activ ities, robotics demonstrations, and bread making are just a few of the fun things at this family event. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.

15 Walk: Summer Flowers with Mary Travaglini at Adkins Ar-boretum, Ridgely. 1 to 3 p.m. Join this wildf lower hunt with a leisurely stroll through woods and meadow. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

15 Tour & Tea sponsored by the Queen Anne’s Historical Society. Tour Wright’s Chance, Tucker House, special exhibits and two gardens from noon to 2 p.m. and have High Tea at St. Paul’s Parish from 2 to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-758-3010.

15 Concert: Chris Trapper and the Chris Trapper Late Show in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 9 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

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June Calendar16 One-hour Skipjack Sails on the

Nathan of Dorchester at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Long Wharf, Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410 -228-7141 or v isit www.skipjack-nathan.org.

17 An Evening for Book-Lovers at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 6:30 p.m. “The library guy” Bill Peak and lifelong reader Pat Bates really only have one thing in common: they both love a good book. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.

17-21 Create a Mosaic Mural in Downtown Easton for ages 8 to 11 at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, with Jennifer Wagner. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

17-21 Workshop: Extreme Art for ages 4 to 7 at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, with Heather Crow. 9:30 to 11 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmu-seum.org.

17-21 Workshop: Colorful Multiples for ages 7+ at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, with Heather Crow. 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS

(2782) or visit www.academy-artmuseum.org.

17-21 Workshop: Acrylic and Wa-tercolor Painting for ages 10+ at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, with Heather Crow. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

18 Academy for Lifelong Learning: A Tour of Elegance and Beauty. Tour of Hillwood Estate, Mu-seums and Garden with Tom Hollingshead. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Departure by bus from Easton Firehouse. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941.

18 Dig Into Origami at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10 a.m. For ages 8 and up. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.

19-23 Talbot County Designer’s Showhouse to benefit Habitat for Humanity. Preview party is Wednesday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The showhouse and estate tours will be Thursday through Sun-day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The estate this year consists of two buildings, a fully restored 1850s schoolhouse currently used as the guesthouse, and the beauti-ful Federal Style main house designed by the owners, Lauren Dianich and Jon Braithwaite of

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June CalendarAtelier 11 Architecture. For more info., please contact the show-case coordinator at [email protected].

20 Academy for Lifelong Learn-ing: A Real Field Trip - Easton/Newnam Field with Mike Henry. 10 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941.

20 Dig Into Legos at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 2 to 3 p.m. For ages 6 and up. Legos prov ided by the Mark Callahan family in memory of Rebecca Callahan. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.

20 Meeting: Alzheimer’s Support Group at Chesapeake Woods Center, Cambridge. 4 p.m. Care-givers of those with Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementia-re-lated disorders are invited to attend. Free. For more info. tel: 410-221-1400, ext. 1217.

20 Concert: Summer Concert Se-ries in Hollis Park, St. Michaels featuring Flatland Drive. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Alcohol prohibited but light refreshments available. For more info. tel: 410-745-0669.

20 Concert: David Wilcox in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon

Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

21 Soup Day at the St. Michaels Community Center. Choose from three delicious soups for lunch. $6 meal deal. Each meal comes with a bowl of soup, a roll and a drink. Take out or eat in! We deliver in St. Michaels. For more info. tel:410-745-6073.

21 Lecture: The Book of Happy Writings with Joelle Dautricourt at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 7 p.m. This lecture is done in partnership with Temple B’nai Israel Summer Institute. For more info. tel: 410-822-A RTS (2782) or v isit www.academyartmuseum.org.

21 Concert: Naked Blue in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

21,22,23 Pan & Wendy: An Aw-fully Big Adventure at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 7 p.m. Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

22 Cardboard Boat Races at the Strand in Oxford beginning at 10 a.m. Up to 50 cardboard boats are expected to participate in

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June Calendarthis year’s event. This event helps raise money for Special Olympics Maryland. For more info. visit www.portofoxford.com.

22 Tilghman Island Seafood Fes-tival, sponsored by the Tilghman Island VFD. The Festival opens at 11 a.m. Music in the Park be-gins around noon. There will be music, dancing and Hard Crab races in the Park, Queen contest around 3 p.m. For more info. visit www.tilghmanmd.com.

22 Annual Federalsburg Histori-cal Society Auction beginning at 10 a.m. at the Federalsburg Museum. Tom Trice will be the auctioneer. There will be food for sale and a bake sale. For more info. tel: 410-754-8625.

22 Sailing Saturday at the Chesa-peake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Participants can go out on Fogg’s Cove on one of the Museum’s Apprentice for a Day sailing or rowing skiffs. The boats are perfect for up to two people, with instructions provided for be-ginners. Cost is $10 per session, with reservations recommended. For more info. tel: 410-745-4960 or visit www.cbmm.org.

22 Two-Hour Music Sail aboard

the Sultana in Chestertown, featuring The Lions of Bluegrass. 2 to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-778-5954 or visit www.sul-tanaprojects.org.

24-26 Adult Class: Beautiful Blooms - Painting the Garden in Pastel with Katie Cassidy at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmu-seum.org.

24-28 Create a Mosaic Mural in Downtown Easton for ages 12 to 16 at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, with Jennifer Wagner. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

24-28 Workshop: Full Circle with Art for ages 6 to 9 at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, with Maria Sage. 9:30 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academy-artmuseum.org.

25 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Visit Poplar Island with Poplar Island staff from 9 a.m. to noon. Boat leaves from Tilghman Is-land. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941.

27 Underground Creatures of Tal-bot County, led by Dr. Theodore

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Suman, entomologist, at the Tal-bot County Free Library, Easton. 11:30 a.m. For ages 6 and up. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.

27 Lecture: Wonders of the Night - Astrophotography and the Story of the Schulman Telescope with Dr. Joseph Schulman at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

27 Concert: Summer Concert Se-ries in Hollis Park, St. Michaels featuring 3 Penny Opera. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Alcohol prohibited but light refreshments available. For more info. tel: 410-745-0669.

27 Concert: Meg Hutchinson in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon

June Calendar Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

28 iNaturalist for Teachers ~ Pro-fessional Development Day with Matt Muir and Margan Glover at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

28 Concert: Swamp Candy in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

28-30 Adult Class: Summer Wa-tercolor Workshop with Heather Crow at the Academy Art Muse-um, Easton. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academy-artmuseum.org.

29 Adult Workshop: Paint the Chesapeake with Matthew Hill-ier at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academy-artmuseum.org.

29 Two-Hour Ecology Sail aboard the Sultana in Chestertown. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-778-5954 or visit www.sultanaprojects.org.

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29 Lecture: Wild and Neat with Claudia West at Adkins Arbore-tum, Ridgely. 1 to 3 p.m. West debunks the myth that native plants are weedy and messy. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsar-boretum.org.

29 Concert: Eastport Oyster Boys on Harrison Street, Easton. 6 p.m. This performance is co-sponsored by the Avalon Foundation and Chesapeake Bay Foundation as part of the Clean Water Concert Series. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

29 Concert: Roadhouse Clams in

the Stoltz Listening Room, Ava-lon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

29-30 Log Canoe Races at the Miles River Yacht Club, St. Mi-chaels. This is the 4th of July Race Series. For more info. visit www.blogcanoe.com.

30 Music in Town Park, Oxford, featuring the bluegrass band Free Range. Bring a blanket or lawn chair. 3 p.m. The event is free to the public. For more info. visit www.portofoxford.org.

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