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Tidewater TimesNovember 2012
Tom & Debra CrouchBenson & Mangold Real Estate
116 N. Talbot St., St. Michaels · 410-745-0720 Tom Crouch: 410-310-8916
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BALD EAGLE POINT FARMMagnificent 125 acre waterfront farm with 8,168’ of shoreline (over 1.5 miles) on Harris Creek and Dun Cove. Alan Meyers, AIA designed main house, guest house, deep water dock and a 1,920’ grass airstrip (rare for Talbot County). $7,750,000
SHERWOOD FOREST FARMPremier 196 acre waterfront farm on Broad Creek, just 2 miles outside St. Michaels. Driveway, electric and equestrian facilities in place. Features a magnificent SW-facing point, ready for your new home.
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Tidewater TimesSince 1952, Eastern Shore of Maryland
Features:About the Cover Photographer: Larry Hitchens . . . . . . . . . . . 7The New Guy: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Tao’s Tale: Martha Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23New Visions for St. Michaels: Dick Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Early Crisfield: Harold W. Hurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Tidewater Traveler: George W. Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Waterfowl Festival Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92At the Horseshoe Road Inn: Gary D. Crawford . . . . . . . . . . 141Tidewater Kitchen: Pamela Meredith-Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Tidewater Review: Anne Stinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
David C. Pulzone, Publisher · Anne B. Farwell, EditorP. O. Box 1141, Easton, Maryland 21601
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www.tidewatertimes.com [email protected] Times is published monthly by Tidewater Times Inc. Advertising rates upon request. Subscription price is $25.00 per year. Individual copies are $3. Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in part or whole without prior approval of the publisher. The publisher does not assume any liability for errors and/or omissions.
Vol. 61, No. 6 November 2012
Departments:November 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167November Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
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About the Cover PhotographerLarry Hitchens
After semi-retiring in 2007, Larry Hitchens purchased a selection of super-telephoto lenses and digital cameras and proceeded to learn the craft of wildlife photography.
A close friend provided the wild-life connection by introducing him to Blackwater National Wildlife Ref-uge during the winter months when bald eagles, ducks and geese are there in large numbers.
Several other fellow wildlife pho-tographers provided information and guidance on the finer points of wildlife photography including the nuances of light, camera settings and the finer points of equipment use.
Larry has placed 1st and 2nd twice in the annual Maryland DNR photo contest and 2nd in the Ducks
Unlimited national contest. A chil-dren’s book to be published this year will have four of Larry’s owl photos.
Larry has exhibited in galleries and shows at locations in Maryland and Delaware, including Easton’s Waterfowl Festival (4th year), The Ward Museum in Salisbury, The Oxford Fine Arts Fair and the 75th Anniversary Wildlife Festival at the Bombay Hook NWR in Smyrna, DE.
The cover photo is of a Red-tailed Hawk and was taken at Bombay Hook NWR.
His works are available for pur-chase through his website www.hitchensphotography.com and a selection is available for sale at the Blackwater NWR Gift Shop.
An American Black Duck with her ducklings.
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The New Guyby
Helen ChappellAs I sit here, staring at a blank
screen, my new roommate is staring at me. He’s sitting on the desk, tail twitching back and forth, regarding me with impe-rious green eyes. Obviously, he wants attention.
Earlier, he complained long and loud until I picked up all fifteen pounds of him and placed him beside the computer, where he promptly stretched out full length across the keyboard and proceed-ed to groom himself in a most un-gentlemanly way.
Yes, I have a new cat. Well, ac-tually, he’s a used cat. Pyewacket is ten years old and came from the Humane Society. He picked me out. I knew I wanted an older cat, because everyone rushes to adopt the kittens. Also, I am older, so I figured we’d be less demanding on each other.
When I went back in the cat condos at the Humane Society to look at all the cats, he all but threw himself at the Plexiglas trying to get to me. No one else has been that happy to see me in years, so I went in and was promptly smoth-ered in scrunches and hugs. No one’s been that affectionate to me in years either, so I was a goner.
The card said his name was Pye, and his owners had turned him in because someone had al-lergies. He is pure black, with a tiny splotch of white between his shoulder blades, and he’s one enormous ball of looooove!
He’d been in the Humane So-ciety since May, and I’d been cat-less since my beloved William died two years ago of old age. I was ready. I was also lonely for companionship, and a cat would explain some of the weird noises an old house makes at night.
So, here we are, two veterans of life, carving out a companion-ship together. It’s taken us both
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a little while to adjust. When he first came, he totally turned up his nose at the designer kitty lit-ter and made his unhappiness known on every cleanable surface (cats are smart like that). Finally, I remembered that long ago my vet told me when you bring a cat to a new house, get several litter boxes and scatter them around. I also figured out he was used to common clay litter, not the fancy schmancy stuff. Once we had all that down, we were good to rock and roll.
Pye got out the other night while I was bringing groceries in from the car, and I thought he
was either long gone or would be back when he was good and ready. There’s a sort of cave under my neighbor’s shed that makes a per-fect hideout for a cat.
At 10, you don’t go too far from your three hots, a cot and brush-ing sessions. Even so, I was upset (I always get upset) until I opened the door at about 11:30 last night and he was sitting on the back step staring at me as if wondering what took me so long to let him in.
Where he really was and what he really did while on walkabout, I don’t know, and he’s not about to tell me. He’s a cat. It’s his world and I just live in it. Cats have a whole secret life that we know ab-solutely nothing about!
The New Guy
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I’d like to rename him Mitchum because the actor Robert Mitchum and his family had a big farm out-side of Trappe many years ago. And, Mitchum still haunts the area in subtle ways. The trouble is, cats don’t recognize a name – any name. They come when they hear a can opening or a bag of treats being shaken. Other than
that, they pretty much do what they want, when they want.
Which makes them perfect companions for writers. Samuel Johnson had a cat; so did Anais Nin, Raymond Chandler, Col-lette, Hemingway, all three Bronte sisters, Stephen King, Charles Bukowski, T. S. Eliot and Mark Twain, just to name a few. They were all avid cat lovers.
Not that I don’t love dogs. I do. But a dog won’t lie on the desk and inspire you. He’ll want to go out-side and walk.
So here sit Pye and I, or I and Pye, getting used to each other, maybe even growing to love each other, and he is definitely my in-spiration to write. Like a pair of
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Tao’s Taleby
Martha Hudson
Martha Hudson with Tao in 1978.
It was one of those picture per-fect days in June of 1978 when Tao came into our lives. He was an or-phan. His mother was killed on the highway, and he was found on the side of the road.
Now, you can’t just take home a fawn that you find. The D.N.R. has strict rules against that. But, in Tao’s case, he was found by the Talbot Humane Society. They kept him alive for a couple of weeks but had no space or time to raise him.
I don’t know how my name got on their list of possible foster par-ents, but they brought him to me. You can just imagine how ador-able he was, about three weeks old, long-legged and spotted.
Our location was ideal to raise a fawn, with five acres of woods and field at a safe distance from the road.
We prepared for his arrival. My son Rob had created a nursery by wrapping wire fencing around trees in the woods, enclosing a space
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Tao’s Taleabout the size of our living room, replete with a gate and a little spot in one corner backed with a bit of plywood and straw for his bed.
We guided him gently to his new home, and after a brief inspection he found his little bed in the corner to his liking and he lay down. He was apparently quite content in his safe haven, protected from any pos-sible predator.
I named him Tao, which means The Way, the way of the universe, as described in the Tao Te Ching by the legendary Lao Tzu in Ancient China. While it is pronounced Dow in Chinese, I preferred the phonetic sound of Tayo.
June 23, 1978 - Our beloved fawn, Tao, has been with us one week and one day. What a joy he has been! It’s hard to believe he’s a wild creature, he’s so gentle and tender and responsive.
He comes running to the gate of the pen now when he sees me com-ing with the bottle and nurses so eagerly. He gets two bottles at the 7 a.m. feeding, one at 2 p.m. and one at 8 p.m., and yet he never cries for it, not since the first morning.
After lunch is his frisky time. He leaps and kicks and gambols like a little ballerina.
Sometimes he cries a little after I leave him. He loves company and has had plenty of it. Neighbors have flocked to visit.
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He’s nibbling greens now – favor-ites are poison ivy and he especially loves clover. A neighbor, Tommy Newnam, brought him some clover hay for nibbling between feedings.
July 18, 1978 - On Thursday it will be five weeks that Tao has been with us. Today I was thinking about how it has changed my life. No more painting trips, no more staying on my painting location for lunch. It is very confining to have to be here three times a day every day to bottle feed him, plus about forty minutes for a walk every afternoon. One day, when we had to attend a funeral, I had to ask my neighbor Alice to come and feed him. Déjà vu, just like when the kids were little and we relied on babysitters.
Am I complaining? Would I change it? I’d change it as much as I’d change having children. What a unique and rewarding experience this is!
What a lovely feeling to have a fawn suck on your ear with a warm tongue and utter a little squeak. To stroke his soft warm coat and flanks of his hind legs, which are soft as velvet with a silky fringe at the back.
July 31, 1978 - Today was D-Day for Tao! I was inspired to do what I’ve been feeling it was time to do, let Tao go free without the rope.
How beautiful it was to watch that lovely wild creature roam free-ly. It was just as freeing for me not to have to follow when he bounds
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Tao’s Tale
Tao with his collar and rope.
through the forest, ducks under branches or into the marsh.
He covered a lot of territory, but all familiar, the woods, and all around the house, but always with a backward look to check on my presence. Twice he bolted and flew through the woods, but I never had time to be concerned because he bounded back even faster.
When I left him to go in the house, he panicked, so I gently herded him back to his house, where he seemed quite content to lie quietly in his bed and rest after such excitement.
Words cannot express my thanks to God for the joy of such a privilege as this has been.
August 5, 1978 - The day that Tao came into my life, I began to prepare for the day that Tao would leave. Today, August 5, 1978, the gate of Tao’s pen is open, the bed of straw underneath the little shin-gle roof in the southwest corner is empty, the impression of his small body remains indented in the straw. I find myself totally unprepared for the separation.
It’s been about a week now that I’ve been letting him go free for sev-eral hours each day. No more col-lar, no more rope, no more walks in the woods with me at the other end of the rope; free!
Several times he disappeared into the west woods, out of sight. Every time he heard the latch on
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Only the most hardened hunter would shoot a deer wearing such an outfit. Feedback from the local hunters told us they got a big kick out of seeing him in his orange vest and they gave him treats.
Tao’s Talethe screen door, he’d head for the woods, saying, okay, you leave me and I’ll leave you.
Always docile, always gentle, always tender. In a lifetime of re-lationships with people and with creatures, there has been no other experience to equal it. Never, in the sum total of hours we have shared, was there a moment of rebellion or complaint. Every minute that we spent together was one of mutual joy and gratitude. At feeding time there was the eager sucking mouth, the deep dark eyes gazing tenderly
from beneath a double fringe of in-credible eyelashes, while one cloven hoof flailed wildly into the earth.
Does the empty pen stand to-night as a symbol of the end of that relationship, or will he tease us many more times with disappear-ances and reappearances until the call of the wild beckons for a final time?
August 6, 1978 - After a restless night during which I intermittently prayed for Tao’s return, prayed for his safety, attempted to rejoice for his liberation from the human bond and turned him over to God. When I awakened at 6 a.m. and ran im-
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Tao’s Talemediately to the porch to check the pen that stood, gate ajar – empty. No emptiness had ever seemed as empty as Tao’s pen without Tao.
In a mood of acceptance I fixed breakfast and started out on the deck with my tray, glancing one more time toward the pen.
Under the little shingle roof lay Tao, his innocent gaze meeting mine as if nothing had happened. I know that I am stronger for the experience. There will be oth-ers like it, and Tao and I will both know and be ready when it finally must happen.
November 24, 1978 - Tao fol-lowed my daughter Leigh home from her run through the woods at 8:30 but didn’t linger. He came back this afternoon, at which time he had to endure a fitting of a bright orange felt girdle with “Don’t Shoot” written boldly with black magic marker on both sides. It was so uncomfortable and kept riding back. Finally, I improved it by sew-ing it to a burlap strap that snaps under his belly. It had to be tied like a harness to his neck ribbon to hold it, more or less, in place.
He went off at sunset looking bewildered and annoyed with his new outfit. I hope it will stay on.
Martha Hudson’s watercolor of Tao was finished in 1978.
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You see, tomorrow, one and a half hours before sunrise, Deer Hunting Season opens and for six miserable days our family will fear for his life, and pray.
November 26, 1978 - Today is Sunday and it began as a dreary continuation of yesterday. I believe that he’s all right, that he’s just staying away as he did earlier in the week. It is cold, gray and blustery and we awakened to it with heavy hearts – feigning cheerfulness, but each of us inwardly despairing.
I retreated once again to my stu-dio to give vent to my grief on paper.
Tao’s Tale
Martha’s joy is evident when she is reunited with Tao.
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I cried a little as I went through his photographs, but mostly I prayed, and believed.
Suddenly, my son Wes’ face ap-peared in the window wreathed in a smile. “Somebody here to see you,” he said. On his walk up the woods road he had spotted Tao, ly-ing placidly in a bed of leaves, not too anxious to rouse himself so early on a Sunday.
After exuberant hugs, tearful kisses, a trip to the garden with a feast of grapes and nuts, I gave him his bottle. He’s forgotten how to suck! He just chewed on it as Rufus, our dog, does, and quickly lost interest.
Now, after some sharp observa-tion and sketching of his legs, I’m
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May 13, 1979, Mother’s Day - Happy endings are all too rare and Tao’s story has the best of all pos-sible happy endings, so it needs to be told.
After hunting season last Decem-ber, we all relaxed and Tao’s visits became less frequent until, shortly after Christmas, they ceased. His timing was perfect. Winter was set-ting in, his instincts could lead him to more adequate shelter than we could provide and he needed to be-come part of a herd. He needed to be educated in the ways of the wild and to the reciprocal protection against
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Tao’s Talecold and hunger that only his own kind could provide. We people had to seek our own shelter and warmth where he could not come.
We didn’t worry because we were confident that the best had hap-pened. He had discovered that he was a deer, and better still, that he had been accepted by his own, that he was untainted by man’s mark.
When cold winter rains cut through the forest, when cruel winds howled and when snow fell, killing and covering all source of food, I lay guiltily in my warm bed at night and cried and prayed for Tao. When the awesome Blizzard of 1979 clobbered us with an incred-ible four feet of snow and drifted into great walls through which I was unable to walk, I prayed harder for his survival.
And survive he did, although all of our evidence could be wishful thinking. As signs of spring began to appear, so did the deer, emerg-ing from the woods into the fields in search of food. After a number of appearances, to us and to neigh-bors, a pattern has become evident.
On every occasion we’ve ob-served that one buck, whose but-tons are about four inches high, stands slightly separated from the group, and will even advance to-ward a car while the others raise their flags and flee. To all of us he seems to have a wistful look which
says, “I’d like to come visit with you for a while, but friends here would not understand!” Then, after a backwards glance, he leaps into the woods after the others.
We can’t prove it but in our hearts we know it’s Tao. And on Mother’s Day, what cherished dream for her child could be more joyfully ful-filled than this, that the helpless baby she nourished through child-hood has grown up successfully and has made it in his own world.
Editor’s Note: This story is ex-cerpted from a much longer di-ary of the everyday experiences of Martha Hudson and her fawn Tao. Many years later, in 1989, Martha was destined to raise fawn orphan number two, named Pip.
Later, in July, Tao did come back for a visit and was much bigger. He greeted Martha with hugs and kisses.
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St. Michaels Community Organizers Discuss New Visions
byDick Cooper
Connor Street houses. The town-owned house on the left could become Community Center offices and the other two houses would be joined to form the new Community Center.
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many have said they would like to be involved in various aspects of the revitalization process.
Businessman and town com-missioner Tad duPont laid out the proposals during a late-summer gathering of about 80 in the Christ Church Annex. “Like other small towns, we have been going through a slow economic decline,” he said. “We all feel that to do something is good, and to do nothing is wrong.”
DuPont said the discussion start-ed with the town commissioners but quickly spread to include other community leaders and business owners. Under the current concept, two vacant, two-story houses on
New Visions Connor Street adjacent to the Talbot County Library branch would be rehabilitated and joined to form one building to house the Community Center. A third Connor Street house next door is owned by the town and could be leased to the Community Center for offices.
The Connor Street houses all have large backyards that could be joined and used as an outdoor rec-reation space for the town children who use the center, duPont said. Currently, the existing Community Center uses space in the old lumber yard building on Railroad Avenue and South Fremont Street, where no outdoor space is available.
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where students can get additional tutoring and help with homework. The new space that would be con-structed to join them could become a multi-purpose meeting room or a place to set up tables to feed the 45 seniors who receive a meal from the center every week. The houses would be purchased using a com-bination of government grants and community support.
Spencer Stovall, a member of t he C ommunit y Center board, said the center has been growing rapidly over the last five years and is at capacity in the space it rents. “This vision is for us to have our own home for a long time to come. With that, we need the forethought to not only take care of our needs now, but to anticipate what we will need down the road.”
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Drawing of proposed St. Michaels Community Center.
into a privately held transportation or antique automobile museum. DuPont said about 30 cars could be on display and ten cars would be swapped out every six months, refreshing the exhibit completely every 18 months. The annual St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance, a weekend fund-raising event that draws classic-car enthusiasts to the village every September, does not have a permanent home.
“It is our plan to solicit 10 in-vestors. They would buy the land – they would own the land. They would become the board of the St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance,” duPont said. “People ask, ‘How are
you going to pay for it, how do you think this going to exist?’” he said. “The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum expects to have 60,000 visitors this year. There are about 60,000 visitors to St. Michaels who are not coupled to the museum. That’s 120,000 people, half of them are guys.” He said if a third of them visited the new auto museum at $10 a ticket, it would raise $200,000 a year for operating expenses.
David North, chairman of the St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance, the annual car show that attracts car enthusiasts from across the country, said, “I love the concept of trying to bring more life and excitement and encouragement into downtown St. Michaels. The
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Concours would dearly love to have a place to call home. Because it is a car show, there is a synergistic ef fect by putt ing the Concours in a building that would house a museum.”
North said the museum could also be an active part of the com-munity where at-risk youths could be taught basic automobile mainte-nance and seniors could volunteer to pass on their skil ls with old autos. He said one idea would be to have an antique car available for hire to drive visitors around town in style and draw more attention to the museum.
“There have to be programs in-volved to keep it alive. If you just stuck some dusty cars in a corner,
soon it would become stagnant. It could be a way for you ladies to regain your garages,” he said during the meeting late-summer meeting. “The museum would be a good place for your husband to leave his antique car for a few months.”
DuPont said, “We already have
The North Street building would be-come an artisans' center and gallery.
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Classic cars parked outside Christ Church annex before community meeting.
New Visionsfour persons, possibly five, inter-ested in investing.”
The final piece of the vision is an artisans’ center in a vacant building on North Street at South Fremont Street that once housed the archives for the Maritime Museum. DuPont said that building would also be privately owned and operated by a group of interested investors.
Beth Jones, director of devel-opment and membership at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, said the concept of broadening the number and types of destina-tions in St. Michaels is a very good idea. “This is partly for tourists, but it is also partly for residents.” She cautioned that there is a lot of art gallery competition in the region, with 10 galleries in Easton
alone. But she said there is room for a crafts center that would hold classes. “I think there is a niche for teaching people how to weave, or make jewelry or pottery, and if that is the way the community wants to go, the Academy Art Museum will be happy to help.”
Since the initial public meeting, the organizers have been sending out e-mail updates on how the plans are coming together. There is a January 20 deadline on the sale of the Railroad Avenue and North Street properties. The Commu-nity Center property sale is more opened-ended, but volunteers have begun looking for grants that could help pay for the purchase.
“I have 10 volunteers already who would be happy to go to work on those (Community Center) build-ings,” duPont said. “I think there
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Early CrisfieldThe Seafood Capital of the World
byHarold W. Hurst
John Woodland Crisfield.
Located on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland on a peninsula between Tangier Sound and the Pocomoke River, Crisfield was long known as the Seafood Capital of the World. While the town lacked the prestige and historical renown of the old Colonial places like Chestertown and Easton, it gained fame after the Civil War as a harvesting, process-ing, and export center for oysters, crabs, diamondback terrapin, and all sorts of fish.
Originally designated as Somers Cove, in the 1870s the town was renamed Crisfield in honor of John Woodland Crisfield, a judge and con-gressman. His outstanding achieve-ment was the construction of the Eastern Shore Railroad that linked the town with depots in other parts of Maryland and Delaware. (See ar-ticles on Delmarva Railroads in the December 2011 and April 2012 is-sues of Tidewater Times.) Railroad and steamboat connections opened up Crisfield to Wilmington, Phila-delphia and other market centers.
The discovery of oyster beds in the Tangier Sound led to a flourish-ing business that put Crisfield on the commercial map. By the early
1880s, the waters surrounding the town were crammed with bugeyes, pungys, skipjacks and other types of craft equipped with oyster dredg-ing capabilities.
These dredging boats often re-mained on the oyster sites for several weeks, during which they sold their cargoes to “buy boats” that, in turn, delivered the goods to shucking houses and pack-ing firms in Crisfield and nearby towns. Photographs of Crisfield taken in the 1890s and early 1900s reveal the presence of numerous
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Early Crisfield
Boats in the harbor were piled high with oysters.oyster boats in the harbor and the prevalence of many packing houses on the shoreline.
One of the first local men to pros-per in the oyster trade was Ananias Crockett. Another was Captain Leon-ard S. Tawes (1853-1932), who owned several large schooners equipped for dredging oysters, in addition to a large packing firm. A descendant of Captain Tawes was J. Millard Tawes, a noted Governor of Maryland.
Lemuel Travis Ward (1863-1936) was a famous boat builder who pro-duced numerous craft for use in the oystering trade. His sons, Lem and Steve Ward, became known for their beautifully carved decoys.
The list of prosperous merchants and maritime entrepreneurs would also include J.H. Goodsell, who came from the North and built a large packing plant on the Crisfield waterfront. Goodsell Alley, in the
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A major source of wealth for one of Crisfield’s early merchants was the diamondback terrapin, found in the marshy wetlands near the town and in the surrounding area. Local whites had originally desig-nated turtle meat as “slave food.” But Albert T. LaVallete, Jr. made a fortune selling terrapin to fashion-able restaurants in Philadelphia and New York, where it was used to make a gourmet soup.
In 1893, terrapin from local wa-termen brought $180 for a dozen
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In 1891, 89,000 pounds of terra-pin were harvested. But the terrapin market, like that of the oysters, be-came exhausted as the supply dwin-dled. By 1904, only 1,583 pounds were sold to northern markets.
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The canning directories in the ear-ly 20th century report that the John T. Handy Company canned and pro-cessed oysters, fish, meat, tomatoes, peaches and pears. Wealth from the flourishing enterprise provided funds for the erection of a fine man-sion on Somerset Avenue.
Other canneries operating in early 20th century Crisfield were the Crockett Packing Company; Jarvin and Gibson; Charles A. Lockerman; Ralph Riggin and Bro.; J.H. Ster-ling; Sterling and Somers; Tangier Packing Company; and Tawes and Gibson Packing Company. Most of these firms packed and canned fruit and tomatoes, as well as oysters, crabs, and various types of fish.
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The Lyric Theater was located on the corner of 5th and Main streets in Crisfield.
Early Crisfield
ernment and built Victorian-style residences facing the better streets. The majority of local residents were watermen, sailors and oyster boat crewmen. This class created a row-dy atmosphere featuring saloons, gambling dens and bawdy houses patronized by roughneck types who spent nights drinking and brawl-ing. Many of the men who worked the oyster boats were “shanghaied” from the saloons and flophouses of Baltimore, further adding to the boisterous environment of the docks and waterfront streets.
One notable place of entertain-ment was a theater operated by John Blizzard. Here local dock workers and watermen enjoyed burlesque shows as well as boxing and wres-tling matches.
By 1900, Crisfield’s population reached 3,000, making it as large as Chestertown and Easton. The town began to lose some of its earlier rus-
tic atmosphere as public improve-ments and civic institutions were introduced. City streets, originally composed of oyster shells, were paved in 1912. The Crisfield General and Marine Hospital was opened in 1910. A large three-story brick building was erected for a public high school, and the local fire de-partment was modernized in 1916.
The Crisfield Times, started in 1892, was an enthusiastic supporter of public improvements under the editorship of Lorie C. Quinn, whose wife, Katie, wielded an enormous in-fluence on local affairs. The Quinn home in Crisfield was the first resi-dence in the town to include a tele-phone connection and a bathroom with running water.
As elsewhere on the Eastern Shore, Methodism predominated in early Crisfield. A unique feature of the local religious milieu was the ap-pearance of the Baptists, who built a church in 1890. This congrega-tion later constructed a building known as the Baptist Temple, put up in 1922 at the then large cost of
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The flourishing oyster trade grad-ually declined in the years before World War I, largely due to the ex-haustion of the harbor’s beds. Oys-ters, crabs, and fish were still major export items in the 1920s. Record shipments of shad, croakers and trout were sent to various markets in April 1922. Fish packing firms and local canneries worked day and night to keep up with market de-mands. By the 1930s, crabs became an important year-round industry, dwarfing the size of the older oyster business.
Economic development came to an abrupt halt in 1928 when a di-sastrous fire destroyed much of the business district. The blaze started in the Arcade Theater where 700 pa-trons were viewing a movie featur-ing Greta Garbo. The audience man-aged to escape the flames, but the fire spread to neighboring buildings before the local fire department and companies from Salisbury, Princess Anne, Pocomoke, and Seaford fi-nally put out the conflagration. The damages amounted to over a million dollars, a very large sum of money for this period.
A major business enterprise in Crisfield during the early and mid-dle decades of the 20th century was Carvel Hall, founded by Charles A.
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In 1914, he moved his shop from nearby Marion to Crisfield, then the oyster capital of the world. By the 1920s, the firm was producing oys-ter and clam knives, oyster tongs, crab knives, crab nets and other equipment for the seafood industry. Ice tools were also added to the fac-tory inventory. After 1936, the busi-ness was operated by his children.
During World War II, the Carvel Hall plant produced goods for the Army and Navy. The factory was destroyed by fire in 1951 but was replaced by a grander complex in 1953. Here they produced steak knives and kitchen cutlery for a worldwide market.
The Towle Manufacturing Com-pany took over Carvel Hall in 1961 and continued to produce top quali-ty goods for the marketplace. In this period, it was a major industry in
Crisfield, employing approximately 175 workers.
As in other towns on the Chesa-peake Bay, like St. Michaels and Cambridge, the seafood industry is no longer the primary source of local wealth. Private yachts that crowd the harbor and marinas have largely replaced oyster boats and fishing craft. The old packing hous-es and oyster marts, if still standing, are now occupied by boutiques, gift shops and seafood restaurants.
The old Tawes mansion is now a library, while the visitors center is named in honor of J. Millard Tawes, former governor of Maryland. The Crisfield Heritage Foundation now maintains the buildings where Lem and Steve Ward once carved so many beautiful decoys.
Crisfield, once a flourishing and boisterous oyster producing and seafood processing center, is now primarily a thriving yachting and tourist stronghold.
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The Grey Dog
Tidewater Travelerby
George W. Sellers, CTC
Wouldn’t you expect a well-educated person who has dwelled on this planet for nearly sixty-five years to know how to spell a simple word like gray? Or is it grey?
In preparation for this article, I was sure I knew how to spell this word, but to my surprise, when I looked it up in a good old-fash-ioned dictionary, I learned that both spellings – grAy and grEy – are correct and acceptable. GrEy is typically considered to be the Brit-ish form of the word, while grAy is the Americanized version.
For purposes of this writing I have elected to use grEy. Let it be noted. Let it be noted that the breed name of the popular slender racing dog is greyhound – with an
E, and the public conveyance mode is also known as Greyhound with an E. So much for the comparison of gray and grey, but would you be-lieve there is a website devoted to the spelling of this word? Take a look at www.greyorgray.com.
It took a moment to realize what Paval meant when in his e-mail he wrote that he and Artem would arrive in Ocean City on Saturday morning by the grey dog. After considering the possible language barrier posed by communicating with a Russian college student seeking summer accommodations, it occurred to us that Paval and Artem might be arriving in Ocean City on a bus operated by Grey-hound.
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the first of nearly a dozen inter-national students to arrive at our Ocean City home where they would spend the summer working for local merchants and soaking up Western culture. Seasonal businesses in Ocean City extend summer work contracts to about 2,000 interna-tional college students who have qualified for work visas, commonly referred to as the J-1 visa program.
According to the J-1 visa web-site, “a J-1 visa is a non-immigrant visa issued by the United States De-partment of State to exchange visi-tors participating in programs that promote cultural exchange, espe-
cially to obtain medical or business training within the United States. All applicants must meet eligibil-ity criteria and be sponsored either by a private sector or government program.” These are not illegal immigrants who just “found their way” across the border looking for work and/or social handouts.
The summer was to be a travel experience of a different sort for us. Instead of visiting foreign coun-tries, this time we were the hosts, and much was to be learned – by us and by them.
Our first concern, before anyone arrived, was the compatibility of in-ternational cultures under one roof – Russia and Turkey – China and Taiwan – Western, Middle-Eastern
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One June evening when only two young men from Turkey were at the house, Tracey arrived with four new students from China – four students and their luggage in the Prius – having been picked up from the grey dog station.
It was late in the day; the four had been traveling all day and were exhausted. It was agreed they would go to the house, drop off luggage, and then go to Mc-Donald’s for an all-American meal. The Turkish boys who were already at the house did not speak Chinese – none of the Chinese spoke Turk – all spoke a little English – a little.
Immediately the ice was broken when Berk and Emre announced that they had prepared dinner for
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their new Chinese housemates, and “you too, Tracey.” It was not a meal of McDonald’s quality – a gummy pizza “baked” in the micro-wave for 20 minutes and chicken patties that could have doubled as shoe soles – but the gesture spanned potential international barriers and things were off to a good start.
A few days later, five young women arrived from Taiwan, bringing the house population to eleven. All eleven were college students in varying degrees of completion. There were students of electrical engineering, English literature, tourism, psychology,
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Keira and Nancy say goodbye at the “Grey Dog” station.
The Grey Dogbusiness and education.
To many folk, the political ten-sion between China and Taiwan is not well known. The nation that is commonly referred to as “Main-land China” carries the proper name Peoples Republic of China, established in 1949 when the com-munist party came to power in China. Tens of thousands of Chi-nese fled their mainland home to the island of Formosa, later to be-come Taiwan, and set up a govern-ment which they declared to be the “real” China. To this day, Taiwan declares itself to be the official government of all of China; and mainland China declares Taiwan
to be just another province of the Peoples Republic of China. The diplomatic battle of the two Chinas is one of the modern world’s hot points of contention.
It is a beautiful warm September morning on DelMarVa. The grey dog is parked, engine growling at an idle, at the West Ocean City bus terminal while the driver checks tickets and loads luggage under-neath. A long line of J-1 students is leaving Ocean City today to head home. Not everyone is leaving to-day, and some have already left.
Today’s departure is especial-ly emotional. Working her way through the line toward the bus door is Keira, who will return to college in her homeland of Tai-
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Throughout the summer, these two young women have overcome the cultural and political differ-ences of their divided people and have become close friends. They hug. They stand. They hold hands. They cry. They hug again. They do not want to openly discuss the reality that the rift between their home countries means they will probably never see each other again. More hugs. More tears. The bus is loaded. The grey dog rolls away. Keira’s tear-streaked face is pressed to the window to see the last wave of her friend.
What if Keira and Nancy were to become the Foreign Ministers of their respective countries? Might the world be a different place?
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TIDEWATERGARDENINGby K. Marc Teffeau, Ph.D.
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Autumn LeavesA major gardening effort in No-
vember is gathering up all of the fallen autumn leaves. Baby boom-ers like me remember the child-hood ritual of raking up the leaves in a pile a jumping into them.
Another common practice was to rake up the leaves into a pile and burn them. Like the smell in the winter air when a woodstove
It is time to clean up your autumn leaves.
is burning, the same sensation oc-curred with the burning leaves. The smell of burning leaves, drinking apple cider and eating homemade donuts are good fall memories. Most municipalities now prohibit burning of leaves because of air pollution concerns, so we have to seek a more environmentally sensi-tive use of the leaves. The preferred
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practice is composting them either on a home or commercial scale.
It is important that the leaves be removed from lawn areas. Leaving them will smother the grass and create an environment where cer-tain leaf diseases may grow. Using a mulching lawn mower is a good choice because it will chop up the leaves and leave them in place re-turning nutrients to the soil.
Use a leaf vacuum or blower to remove leaves along your house foundation. Removing leaves helps eliminate hiding places for pests and rodents that can gain entry to your home. Leave a small amount of leaves beneath shrubs to provide
vital winter cover for beneficial in-sects.
If you have a water feature in your yard, keep it covered with a net until gusty fall winds have set-tled down and leaves aren’t blowing around. Then it will be easier to clean out.
Leaves should also be raked out of the flower bed and removed. Be-fore raking through the herbaceous perennials, such as lilies and iris, cut the plant stems and leaves off and remove them. Make sure to leave 2-3 inches of the plant’s stem to help protect fresh shoots from animal damage as they first emerge in the spring. It’s also a helpful re-minder of where plants are in the yard before they start to sprout. Avoid pulling the stems or leaves up because that produces holes in the crown of the plant that can lead to rot problems.
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san and tall sedums standing. They add interest to the winter garden, both by their structure and by at-tracting birds to their seed heads. Ornamental grasses should be left standing to protect their crown from a harsh winter. Pull up stakes and plant supports. Store them where they’ll freeze to help destroy overwintering pests and diseases.
Besides raking leaves, a general clean-up is in order. Clean up de-
bris left over from the summer and start composting grass clippings, leaves and other organic matter now. Any plastic or trash from this year’s garden should be removed now before it freezes to the ground or is covered by an early snowfall.
The severity of many disease and insect problems next year can be reduced by good sanitation now. Leftover weeds and plant debris can harbor disease spores and insect
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When chrysanthemums are through flowering, remove the stalks to within a few inches of the ground. This will help root devel-opment and make them send out vigorous sprouts in the spring. Some may be lifted and heeled into the coldframe. Additional Plants for potting can be propagated from the side sprouts which will develop next spring.
November is the time to put your vegetable garden “to bed” for the winter. Cut the tops off your as-paragus plants and add a winter dressing of aged manure to the bed.
To help your strawberry plantings, cover them two inches deep with hay or straw after the first or sec-ond hard frost.
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Tidewater Gardeningfruit from fruit trees and rake up and destroy those on the ground. Also, rake and dispose of apple and cherry leaves. Good sanita-tion practices reduce re-infestation of insects and diseases during next year’s growing season.
It’s not too late to plant spring bulbs in the landscape. It is im-portant that the bulbs be planted while the soil is still warm, in or-der to promote good root growth. A large root system is essential for the absorption of water and nutri-ents necessary for the production of flowers and leaves.
If you still intend to plant bulbs, it will be necessary for you to mulch
the soil heavily in order to conserve as much soil heat as possible. The application of three to four inches of leaves, pine needles, straw, or compost over the planting of bulbs will insulate the soil from the cold.
When planting bulbs, make cer-tain that they are planted deep enough in the soil. Large bulbs should be planted five to six inches or deeper while small bulbs should be planted three to four inches deep.
Many gardeners complain about the decline in flowering of tulip and daffodil beds over time. This is the result of the bulbs being planted too close to the soil surface. As a result, energy is devoted to bulb production rather than flower pro-
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After finishing your last lawn mowing of the year, make sure that the mower is properly stored. Run it until it is out of fuel. Old gas can turn to varnish, and severely dam-age the engine.
Clean power tools of all plant material and dirt. Replace worn spark plugs, oil all necessary parts, and sharpen blades. Store all tools in their proper place in-
doors, never outdoors where they will rust over the winter.
Clean and fix all hand tools. Repaint handles or identification marks that have faded over the summer and sharpen all blades and remove any rust. For rakes, shovels and the like also clean and oil them for winter storage. Place some sand and some oil in a large bucket, and then slide your garden tools in and out of the sand. This will do an ex-cellent job of cleaning them, as well as applying a light coat of oil to pre-vent rusting.
This is also a good month to re-stock any tools that have seen bet-ter days. Check your local hard-ware store for any gardening tool sales while the prices are lower.
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It is important to care for your gar-den tools now so they will be ready for use in the spring.
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If the liquid should freeze, there is the danger of the glass container breaking and spilling the chemi-cal in the storage area. The best answer to the question of how to store pesticides for the winter is to not have any left over to store. Buy and use only what you need for the growing season. Pesticides may cost more in smaller quantities but this helps you to avoid having to store left over quantities for the winter.
By November you should have moved any houseplants that you
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Winter heating dries the air out in your home considerably. Help your houseplants survive by mist-ing them or placing the pots on a pebble filled tray of water to ensure adequate humidity and moisture.
Pot up some spring flower-ing bulbs for indoor color dur-ing the winter. Store the pots in a cool, dark place, until new growth emerges from the soil, and then move them to a bright window.
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FREDERICK C. MALKUS MEMORIAL BRIDGE is the gateway to Dorchester County over the Choptank River. It is the second longest span
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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.
LAGRANGE PLANTATION - home of the Dorchester County Historical Society, LaGrange Plantation offers a range of local history and heritage on its grounds. The Meredith House, a 1760’s Georgian home, features artifacts and exhibits on the seven Maryland governors associated with the county; a child’s room containing antique dolls and toys; and other period displays. The Neild Museum houses a broad collection of agricultural, maritime, industrial, and Native American artifacts, including a McCormick reaper (invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1831). The Ron Rue exhibit pays tribute to a talented local decoy carver with a re-creation of his workshop. The Goldsborough Stable, circa 1790, includes a sulky, pony cart, horse-driven sleighs, and tools of the woodworker, wheelwright, and blacksmith. For more info. tel: 410-228-7953 or visit dorchesterhistory.org.
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DORCHESTER COUNTY VISITOR CENTER - The Visitors Center in Cambridge is a major entry point to the lower Eastern Shore, positioned just off U.S. Route 50 along the shore of the Choptank River. With its 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 gracious homes on High Street date from the 1700s and 1800s. Today you can join a historic walking tour of High Street each Saturday at 11 a.m., April through October (weather permitting). For more info. tel: 410-901-1000.
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 Planta-tion 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 Dorchester/Delaware Railroad station built in 1867. The Old Train Station has been restored and is host to occasional train excursions. For more info. tel: 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 — the county seat of Talbot County. Es-tablished around early religious settlements and a court of law, Historic Downtown Easton is today a centerpiece of fine specialty shops, business and cultural activities, unique restaurants and architectural fascination. Tree-lined streets are graced with various period structures and remarkable homes, carefully preserved or restored. Because of its historical significance, Easton has earned distinction as the “Colonial Capital of the Eastern Shore” and was honored as #8 in the book, “The 100 Best Small Towns in America.”
Walking Tour of Downtown EastonStart near the corner of Harrison Street and Mill Place.
1. HISTORIC TIDEWATER INN - 101 E. Dover St. A completely mod-ern 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 Talbot County Office of Tourism provides visitors with county informa-tion 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 Vic-torian bay windows on the right side in the 1890s.
6. WATERFOWL BUILDING - 40 S. Harrison St. The old armory is now the headquarters of the Waterfowl Festival, Easton’s annual celebration
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Easton Points of Interestof migratory birds and the hunting season, the second weekend in Novem-ber. For more info. tel: 410-822-4567 or visit www.waterfowlfestival.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 exhibitions, performances, educational programs, and visual and performing arts classes to 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.
8. CHRIST CHURCH - St. Peter’s Parish, 111 South Harrison St. The Parish was founded in 1692 with the present church built ca. 1840, of Port Deposit granite.
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Easton Points of Interestton 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 Dover streets stands a building with secrets. It was constructed in 1879 as the meeting hall for the Odd Fellows. Carved into the stone and placed into the stained glass are images and symbols that have meaning only for members. See if you can find the dove, linked rings and other symbols.
11. THE 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.
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12. SHANNAHAN & WRIGHTSON HARDWARE BLDG. - 12 N. Washington St. Now Lanham-Hall Design & Antiques, it is the oldest store in Easton. In 1791, Owen Kennard began work on a new brick building that changed hands several times throughout the years. Dates on the building show when additions were made in 1877, 1881 and 1889. The present front was completed in time for a grand opening on Dec. 7, 1941 - Pearl Harbor Day.
13. THE BRICK HOTEL - northwest corner of Washington and Fed-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 1912, the building was acquired by the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club, which occupies it today.
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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 they first met in is gone, a plaque marks the spot today.
This completes your walking tour.
Other Sites in Easton17. FOXLEY HALL - Built about 1795 at 24 N. Aurora St., 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 found-ers 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 attrac-tively 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 Saturday. For more info.
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Easton Points of Interesttel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
21. 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.
22. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - Established in the early 1900s, now one of the finest hospitals on the Eastern Shore.
23. EASTON POINT MARINA & BOAT RAMP - At the end of Port Street on the Tred Avon River
24. TALBOTTOWN, EASTON PLAZA, EASTON MARKETPLACE, TRED AVON SQUARE and WATERSIDE VILLAGE- Shopping cen-ters, all in close proximity to downtown Easton.
24A. TALBOT COUNTY VISUAL ARTS CENTER, INC. - The Talbot County Visual Arts Center provides Talbot County artists with a venue to exhibit artwork to the public. Thurs.-Sat., 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-0966 or visit www.talbot-art-center.org.
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Near Easton25. HOG NECK GOLF COURSE - 18 hole Championship course,
9 hole Executive course. Full service pro shop. For more info. tel: 410-822-6079.
26. 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.
27. EASTON AIRPORT - 29137 Newnam Rd., just off Rt. 50.28. 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.
29. TALBOT COUNTRY CLUB - Established in 1910, the Talbot Country Club is located at 6142 Country Club Drive, Easton.
30. WHITE MARSH CHURCH - Only the ruins remain, but the churchyard contains the grave of the elder Robert Morris, who died July 22, 1750. The parish had a rector of the Church of England in 1690.
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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 Hazzard 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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on the Museum’s website at www.cbmm.org or by calling 410-745-2916.8. THE CRAB CLAW - Restaurant adjoining the Maritime Museum and
overlooking St. Michaels harbor. Open March-November. 410-745-2900 or www.thecrabclaw.com.
9. PATRIOT - During the season (April-November) the 65’ cruise boat can carry 150 persons, runs daily historic narrated cruises along the Miles River. For daily cruise times, visit www.patriotcruises.com or call 410-745-3100.
10. THE FOOTBRIDGE - Built on the site of many earlier bridges, today’s bridge joins Navy Point to Cherry Street. It has been variously known as “Honeymoon Bridge” and “Sweetheart Bridge.” It is the only remaining bridge of three that at one time connected the town with 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 prop-erty, then known as “Willow Cottage,” underwent alterations when acquired by the Shannahan family who continued it as a private residence for over 75
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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 promi-nent historic site for our black com-munity. 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 com-munity 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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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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22. AMELIA WELBY HOUSE - Amelia Coppuck, who became Ame-lia Welby, was born in this house and wrote poems that won her fame and the praise of Edgar Allan Poe.
23. TOWN DOCK RESTAU-RANT - During 1813, at the time of the Battle of St. Michaels, it was known as “Dawson’s Wharf” and had 2 cannons 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 - Locat-ed 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 com-munity 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. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for children with children under 6 free. 410-745-9561 or www.stmichaels-museum.com.
25. KEMP HOUSE - Now a country inn. A Georgian style house, constructed in 1805 by Colonel Jo-seph 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, confer-ence facilities, marina, spa and Pascal’s Restaurant & Tavern.
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 8-foot-wide path is a former railroad bed and is popular with walkers and cyclists who want to stay away from traffic. The path cuts through the woods, San Domingo Park, over a covered bridge and past a horse farm and historic cemetery before ending in Bradley Park. The trail is open all year from dawn to dusk.
29. ST. MICHAELS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT - The St. Michaels Fire Department 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. 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.
4. THE COOPERATIVE OXFORD LABORATORY - U.S. Depart-ment of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Maryland Department of Natural Resources located here. 410-226-5193 or www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/oxford.
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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 memo-ries and tangible mementos of Oxford, MD. The Museum will close for the season on November 12 and will re-open on the 4th Saturday of April 2013. Admission is free; donations gratefully accepted. For more info. tel: 410-226-0191.
7. OXFORD LIBRARY - 101 Market St. Founded in 1939 and on its present site since 1950. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 10-4.
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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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 Interest14. OXFORD-BELLEVUE FERRY - N. Morris St. & The Strand.
Started in 1683, this is believed to be the oldest privately operated ferry in the United States. Its first keeper was Richard Royston, whom the 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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At the Horseshoe Road Innby
Gary D. CrawfordDown at the Horseshoe Road
Inn the other day, I was nursing a second cup of coffee and listen-ing to the chit-chat. The general topic that morning was the strange weather we’d been having this year. Someone said they heard it was the hottest summer in Maryland since they started keeping good records in 1895. And without rain for such long stretches, it looked like we were going to lose all the corn. But the rain finally did come – in buck-ets. Some places reported nearly four inches of rain in an hour.
wise, but those old storm drains alone just aren’t up to the task when it really pours.
It seemed like everybody had a weather story to tell, but the topic was getting played out when this guy Nance spoke up. He said he had a weather story to top them all. Now most of the time Nance doesn’t talk all that much, so when he made this announcement it sort of got our attention. A couple of the dozers sat up and went over to the coun-ter to get refills. Nance waited until they got settled down again and we were all listening up.
“It was one day toward the end of the last dry spell,” Nance said, “may-be ten days or so ago. It was gray and overcast all day long, but still no rain. I was sure hoping something eventually would fall out of all those dark clouds. Well,” he said, pausing for a sip of coffee, “it did.”
“I was minding my own business when all of a sudden I heard a real big thump. Felt the house shake,” said Nance. He called out to his wife, Allene, upstairs to see if she had fallen, but she said no and asked if he was all right. “She thought I’d pushed over the filing cabinet or something, it was that loud.”
“Maybe something fell over in
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Horseshoe Road Innthe attic,” said Arly. “It can get real hot up there.”
“Yep, could have been that,” agreed Uncle Hurlock.
Nance just smiled, saying they looked everywhere in the house – yes, including the attic – but noth-ing looked wrong.
“Might have been a tree limb come down,” suggested Jimmy Sook.
“Most likely that was what it was,” nodded Uncle Hurlock.
Nance said they finally figured it was outside, so they looked all around their yard, even in their neighbors’ yards. Even checked in the garage. “We couldn’t find a thing that could have made that big
thump. Then – we spotted it.”Nance chose this moment to get
up for a refill, leaving us all hanging.“Now, you’re not going to expect
us to believe that your house got hit by one of them meteors, or some-thing, are you?”
But Nance just grinned and said, “Boys, you can guess all you want, because you’d never come up with it in a zillion years.” Then he told us that after looking everywhere else, they checked up on the roof. And, sure enough, something was lying up there that didn’t belong. “More than a foot long,” said Nance, “and round, sort of like a little log.”
We waited while Nance stirred his coffee, then he explained how he climbed out a window and got out to the thing.
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Horseshoe Road Inn“I’ll bet some kid threw a rock up
there or something,” exclaimed Arly.“Yep, probably a kid,” observed
Uncle Hurlock.“Nope, it wasn’t mineral. Nor
vegetable neither.”“So it was an animal?” said Jim-
my. “A raccoon?”But Nance just shook his head.“Well, come on, Nance! So what
was it?” we all chorused, which was what he’d been wanting to hear all along.
“Chunk of rockfish,” said Nance. “Rotten and stinking to high heav-en. The back end of what must have been near a four-footer.”
“Maybe an osprey dropped it,”
said Arly, “They can haul some pretty big fish.”
“Yep, that could have been it,” agreed Uncle Hurlock.
“I don’t think so,” said Nance. “Osprey only go for fresh fish. This one had been baking in the sun somewhere for a right good while. I thought maybe an eagle had dropped it.”
“Maybe,” said Jimmy Sook, “but they prefer fresh meat, too, if they can get it. I bet it was one of them
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Everybody nodded. “I think you’ve got it there, Jim” exclaimed Uncle Hurlock. “Some of them herring gulls are big enough – and greedy enough – to try hauling off something like that.”
Nance nodded. “Well, it sure was a mess to clean up. Allene wouldn’t come near it. I had to get the gar-den hose to wash down the roof.” There was a silence, then one of the dozers grumbled, “Don’t see how that’s a weather story.”
“Well, it come out of the sky, didn’t it?” retorted Nance.
“Say, speaking of greedy,” said Uncle Hurlock. “Did you hear
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about the guy who showed up at the Hynson marina yesterday?”
Lomax Hynson had retired offi-cially some years back and turned the Hynson Boatyard and Marina over to his son Edsel. The kid was all right, but everybody knew that Lomax was still the brains of the outfit. An ace mechanic, there just wasn’t much about marine engines he didn’t know.
None of us had heard anything about an incident at the marina, so Uncle Hurlock steamed on ahead.
“Around noon,” he began, “this big yacht came in under tow. Her stern said she was the ‘Biggeran Bejeezus’, out of Philadelphia. The owner told Lomax that the engine had just quit on him and
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that he needed it fixed right away. Seems he and some friends were headed for a big party over in Ox-ford somewhere. So Mr. Lomax dropped what he doing and went aboard to take a look.”
“Was he able to find the trouble?” asked Arly.
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“Well, of course he did, and pret-ty quick, too,” said Uncle Hurlock with a frown, like Arly should have known better than to ask a dumb question like that. “It was the dis-tributor shaft was messed up, so he took it out and showed to the owner. He asked if Lomax could fix it. Lomax said sure, but getting a replacement shaft shipped in would take about a week, maybe ten days.”
Uncle Hurlock paused. We could all imagine the owner’s re-action when he heard that piece of news. “Well, boys, that owner almost turned purple. ‘Ten days?’ he shouted. ‘I can’t wait that long!’ So then he asks Lomax if he could make a replacement shaft. Now you all know that Lomax is pretty good
at that sort of thing and has that nice little machine shop out back. So he agreed to give it a try.”
“Make one?” exclaimed Cousin Arly, “could he do that?”
“Course he could, Arly. He worked on it all afternoon, but ac-tually, I think he didn’t mind doing it. It was sort of tricky and Lomax enjoys little challenges like that. He had to machine a piece of steel to exactly the right size, grind a keyway, drill and tap several little holes, and so on. Anyway, when the owner came back around 5 o’clock, he showed him the new shaft.”
“The owner said it looked fine and told Lomax to go ahead and put it in so he could get going. So Lomax in-stalled the new shaft, put the cap back on, and cranked her up. She started on the first go, purring like a cat.”
“’How much?” asked the pleased owner, impatient to get underway. Well, Lomax had spent some time finding the problem, about four hours machining the part, and some more time swapping the new one in. So Lomax said, “‘I guess $150 ought to cover it.’”
“What!?” said the owner. “Now you listen here. You and I both know I can get that part for no more than $25.”
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Uncle Hurlock paused to let our interest build up. We all knew something good was coming, be-cause old Mr. Lomax wasn’t one to put up with much nonsense. (One time he refused to hire a boy until he bought a pair of suspenders, saying he wasn’t going to pay good money for somebody to stand around all day hitching up his britches.)
“Woo. I’ll bet that riled up old Lomax, didn’t it?” asked Jimmy.
“I thought it would, too, Jim. But nope, Lomax just looked at the owner, nodded, and said he was ab-solutely right, that paying him $150 for a $25 part would be a huge waste of money. He looked downright re-gretful, Lomax did. And to make up for it, he said he was going to help the owner save that big expense.”
“Lomax said that?” asked Jimmy, in surprise.
“Yep, his very words,” said Uncle Hurlock. “He went back to that en-gine again, removed the new shaft, and brought it over to the owner. All he said was, ‘There, now.’ And he tossed it out into the creek.”
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Anyway, he drops in now and again to enjoy a bottle of his favor-ite drink, YooHoo. It’s a chocolate-ly concoction you don’t see much anymore, but Carl, who runs the Horseshoe Road Inn, always keeps some in stock for Mr. Kerr. He twisted off the cap and took a swig, then looked around to see who was there. We nodded hello and waited. Kerr is well known for his rants.
“Somewhere out there in TV Land,” Kerr began, “there is some little weasel who is determined to make me stop watching football games on the TeeVee.”
He let that pronouncement per-colate down into the soil a-ways, then he continued. “Yep, and when I locate him, he and I are going to tangle.” He took another swig.
“Who is this guy, Mr. Kerr?” asked Arly, his curiosity finally win-ning out over his good judgment.
“Don’t know his name, son. I just call him the Football TV De-mon,” growled Kerr, “but I can spot this guy’s grimy nasty work when I see it. For example, take those shots of the crowd just be-fore a commercial.”
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“What about them?” asked Jim-my, feeling himself getting pulled in, too.
Kerr glared at him. “What about them? They’re always shots of peo-ple who are crazy or drunk or both, screaming into the camera. Usu-ally he picks out the ones with their faces painted.”
“They’re just fans having fun, I guess,” said Arly.
“I know what they are. But if you were at the game, would you want to get up close and look at their tonsils while they scream in your face? ‘Course you wouldn’t. Only a fool like the Football TV Demon would think TV viewers at home
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Arly nodded, “I guess there is a lot of that, now that you mention it.”
Kerr took another swig. “And who decided that we need to watch
players’ faces while they’re listening to the National Anthem, pretending to be moved by it? Do you have any idea how many times those guys have heard that song, how many hours of their lives they’ve spent standing there? And why do I need an extreme close-up, right up their nostrils? Are we hoping to see a tear, or what? This ain’t the Olym-
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Jimmy nodded, “We do get a lot of close shots, now that I think of it.”
“See, that’s just the problem!” fumed Kerr. “The Football TV De-mon has got us trained to accept that crap. By always showing us close-ups, we miss everything else that’s going on. There’s a scuffle on the field and 74,832 people are watching it. The Football TV De-mon decides we ought to see the coach pacing up and down the sidelines! Not one person in the stadium is watching that coach,
but we are. He gets more airtime than the quarterback and he almost never does anything except talk into a mike with a card in front of his face.”
Several of us nodded, thinking that over.
“What really burns me is how much of the game we miss. We can’t see what formation they’re in or how the defense is lined up be-cause we don’t get the Twenty-Two shot until a split second before the ball is hiked.”
It was Cousin Arly who asked the question. “What’s a twenty-two shot?”
Kerr glared at him. “That’s what they call that camera shot, from up in the stands, the one that shows all twenty-two players. We get it for
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just a split second, but as soon as the ball is snapped, we zoom in on the ball carrier, getting a tighter and tighter shot until the play is over.”
Jimmy Sook spoke up. “Why does that bother you, Mr. Kerr?”
“Look, Jim, there’s a whole lot go-ing on, all over the field. The quar-terback drops back, makes a deci-sion, and fires to a receiver on the right side. We don’t see why he went there unless they do a replay, one that shows the whole secondary.”
Arly mulled that over, then said, “But doesn’t everyone want to fol-low the ball?”
“Sure they do!” exploded Kerr, his voice rising. “If the only choice is a close-up of something, well sure, I’ll take the one with the ball in it. But Jim, don’t you get it? Ev-erybody in that stadium is seeing the Twenty-Two shot all the time. Unless they have such cheap seats they have to watch the Jumbotron instead of the game, they can watch what they want.”
“So, you mean that, even though we get all those swell close-ups that nobody in the stands can see, we’re actually missing a lot of
what going on?” asked Jimmy.“Durn right. It’s like we’re watch-
ing the game through a key-hole. You’ve got this big wonderful ex-travaganza going on—the backfield, the secondary, two sets of linemen, two sidelines—and what do we get? The Football TV Demon hands us a soda-straw and says, ‘Here, Bunky, watch it through this!’ And worse, he gets to hold the straw!”
Jimmy looked thoughtful. “I never thought of it much, but you’re right. It is sort of frustrating. Most of what’s going on we don’t see, ex-cept in replay.”
Kerr smacked his hand down on his knee, splashing the YooHoo in his other hand. “That’s exactly right, Jim!” he exploded. “And here’s the worst part of all. You know those gals who hang around the sidelines? What the heck are they for?”
“The sideline reporters. Well, for one thing, they tell us how bad somebody is injured.”
“No, they don’t! They say, ‘He’s being examined for a possible neck injury.’ We knew that when we saw him go down on the field.”
“Well, they tell us other things about the players, too,” said Arly.
Kerr grimaced. “Yes, Arly, they surely do. Most times it’s about how Darryl is playing this one for Grandma who is passing a kidney-stone tonight during the game. Couldn’t we all do without that smarmy stuff?”
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Uncle Hurlock looked up. “They interview the coaches after each half, too, don’t they?”
Kerr’s knuckles went white as he clenched the edge of the bench. “Yep,” he growled. “They do. And those interviews are what made me decide to find out who the Football TV Demon is and put an end to him. Think about it. A few dumb ques-tions, a few predictable answers, and then the coach runs off to the locker room having fulfilled his contractual obligation to the TV network. It al-ways goes something like this:
“‘Coach, you were outscored 41-3 in the first half. What are you go-ing to say to your players at half-time?’ And he says ‘Well, we’ve got to tighten up on defense, that’s for sure. It’s the big plays that are hurting us.’ ‘What about the of-fense?’ ‘We need to do a better job protecting Kermit; he isn’t getting time to set up.’ ‘He was sacked 11 times, Coach.’ ‘Oh, was it that
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many? Well, we need to cut down on the penalties; they’re killing us.’ ‘OK, Coach, good luck in the second half.’ ‘Thanks, Maureen.’ And the gal says, ‘Back to you, Al,’ like she’s accomplished something of jour-nalistic value.”
Mr. Kerr, looking haggard, paused for breath. “And since when did the Football TV Demon decide we needed someone to tell us who the ‘impact players’ are? Or Phil’s ‘keys’ to the game? Oh, the Demon was really down at the bottom of the barrel when he came up with that stuff.”
We sat there for a while, think-ing it over. Mr. Kerr was absolutely
right. We’ve all been brainwashed by the TV Football Demon to think that any of this makes sense, that it’s good sports, or good broadcast-ing, or even good entertainment.
“Well,” I ventured, “I still like watching football.”
“Me, too,” admitted Kerr with a sigh. “But some day I’ll find that Demon and tear his face off. Mean-while I’m getting real good with the mute and fast-forward buttons.”
“You got that right,” agreed Un-cle Hurlock.
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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 influx of people, expansion and development. Ridgely has found a niche as the “Strawberry Capital of the World.” The present streetscape, lined with stately Victorian homes, reflects the transient prosperity during the countywide canning boom (1895-1919). Hanover Foods, formerly an enterprise of Saulsbury Bros. Inc., for more than 100 years, is the last of more than 250 food processors that once operated in the Caroline County region.
Points of interest in Caroline County include the Museum of Rural Life in Denton, Adkins Arboretum near Ridgely, and the Mason-Dixon Crown Stone in Marydel. To contact the Caroline County Office of Tourism, call 410-479-0655 or visit their website at www.tourcaroline.com.
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Apple and goat cheese pizza.
Autumn is a great time to get back into the kitchen. There are so many colorful vegetables that offer a wide range of intense fla-vors and substantial texture. The farmer’s markets are overflowing with squash, dark greens that are so rich in vitamins, and amazing root vegetables.
It is our family tradition to make a trip to the apple orchard to pick apples. There are so many yummy things you can make with them, or you can just eat them fresh off the tree!
As you are preparing these reci-pes, remember to keep it simple. Use only the freshest ingredients. You don’t have to spend a lot of time in the kitchen to enjoy the beautiful autumn fruits and vegetables.
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Combine the juice, cumin, kale and beans in a medium bowl and stir until well combined. Spread mixture evenly into an 11x7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Spread salsa evenly over the bean mixture. Combine the corn, onions and olives; spoon corn mix-ture evenly over salsa. Sprinkle the cheese over the corn mixture.
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Vegetarian Harvestpan and cook for 5 minutes, stir-ring frequently. Continue cooking for 50 minutes or until deep golden brown, stirring occasionally. Add pepper, apple, thyme sprigs and bay leaves. Cook for 3 minutes or until apples soften. Add the wine and cook for 2 more minutes, scrap-ing the pan to loosen browned bits. Add the broth and cider and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes. Discard bay leaves and add vinegar.
Preheat broiler. Arrange the bread cubes in a single layer on a jelly-roll pan and broil for 2 minutes, or until toasted, turning after 1 minute.
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Ladle 1 cup of soup into each of 10 ovenproof soup bowls. Divide the croutons evenly among the bowls and top each serving with about 3 tablespoons of cheese. Place bowls on a jelly-roll pan. Bake for 8 min-utes or until cheese melts. Garnish with thyme leaves, if desired.
EASY APPLESAUCE3 Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored and quartered3 Fuji apples, peeled, cored and quartered1 cup unfiltered apple juice2 T. butter3 T. local honey1/2 t. ground cinnamon.
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1 (15-oz.) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained2 T. chopped fresh parsley1/2 cup plain 2% reduced-fat Greek yogurt
Heat the olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add sweet potato and sauté for 3 minutes. Decrease heat to me-dium. Add cauliflower, onion and curry powder. Cook for 1 minute, stirring mixture constantly. Add broth, sea salt, chickpeas and toma-toes. Bring this mixture to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until the vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle with parsley and serve with yogurt.
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Combine the first 5 ingredients in a small bowl. Combine the chick-
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2 T. butter2 T. pine nuts, toasted1 T. chopped fresh sage1 t. olive oil1 garlic clove, minced2-1/2 cups water, divided1 lb. butternut squash, peeled, seed-ed and shredded1 t. brown sugar1/2 t. sea salt1/2 t. black pepper12 oz. uncooked penne pasta1 cup (4 oz.) finely shredded Parme-san cheese, divided
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Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large non-stick skillet over medi-um-high heat until lightly browned. Add the pine nuts and sage; remove from heat. Toss the nuts to coat with the butter. Remove from pan and set aside.
In that same pan-heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and sauté for 30 seconds. Reduce heat to medium. Add 1 cup of water and the squash to the pan. Cook for 12 minutes or until the water is absorbed, stirring occa-sionally. Add the remaining water, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring occasion-ally until each portion of water is absorbed before adding the next (about 15 minutes). Stir in sugar, salt and pepper.
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cheese; toss well. Sprinkle the re-maining 1/4 cup of cheese on top and serve immediately.
PUMPKIN PIE PUDDING with WHIPPED CREAM
1/2 cup sugar, divided2 T. cornstarch 1-3/4 cups 1% low-fat milk1 large egg1/2 cup canned unsweetened pumpkin1 t. vanilla extract1/2 t. ground cinnamon1/8 t. sea salt1/8 t. ground nutmegCooking spray1/4 cup chopped walnutsDash of salt1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
Combine 6 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons cornstarch in a me-dium saucepan over medium heat.
Combine milk and egg, stirring well with a whisk. Gradually add milk mixture to sugar mixture, stir-ring constantly, and bring to a boil. Cook for 1 minute, stirring con-stantly. Remove from heat.
Combine pumpkin and the next 4 ingredients (through ground nut-meg) in a bowl, stirring well. Slowly add pumpkin mixture to milk mix-ture, whisking constantly. Place pan over low heat and cook for 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring constantly. Do not boil!
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Line a baking sheet with foil and coat the foil with cooking spray. Place the 2 remaining tablespoons of sugar, walnuts, and a dash of salt in a small non-stick skillet; cook over low heat until sugar dis-solves and is golden (about 3 min-utes), stirring frequently to coat nuts. Transfer mixture to prepared baking sheet and cool completely. Coarsely chop nuts.
Place cream in a bowl and beat with mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form. Top each serving with 2 tablespoons whipped cream and about 1 tablespoon nuts.
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Tidewater Reviewby
Anne Stinson
The Inquisitor by Mark Al-len Smith. Henry Holt & Co., New York. 322 pages. $27.
“The Inquisitor” is not only a ref-erence to the cruelty of the Spanish Inquisition, those diabolical meth-ods of torture to force confessions of heresy during the Middle Ages, but it’s also the title of the main char-acter in this disturbing novel. In as brief a category as this critic can place it, “it’s the kind of book that grabs the reader by the throat and won’t let go.” It is no exaggeration to warn the easily spooked reader that reading this before going to bed is to invite terrifying dreams.
Okay. Don’t say you weren’t warned. It’s only a novel, for good-ness sake (although goodness has nothing to do with it).
The Inquisition of history began in the 13th century with harsh trials devised to guard religion. It’s not a practice that modern civilized man would use. Or is it? If not for reli-gion, could terror/pain be a useful tool to protect national security?
Or maybe cripple criminal groups?Smith’s Inquisitor goes by the
name “Geiger.” That’s it. No first name and no last name. Just Gei-ger. His line of business is IR. That stands for information retrieval, he explains. It boils down to mak-ing someone talk, someone who
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Geiger has a great talent working for him; he can tell instantly if a person is lying. If a client needs to get the lowdown on secret informa-tion, Geiger’s the man to contact. His category of expertise is not listed in the Yellow Pages.
His career demands a low pro-file. Nobody knows where he lives, what his background holds, his age or his real name. Only one person knows his cel l phone number. Harry is Geiger’s go-to, the only person who ever calls Geiger. He’s a former newspaper writer whose alcoholism caused him to be de-moted so often his final firing came when even the obituary columns couldn’t rely on him.
Geiger rescued Harry when the drunk was being clobbered by a gang of toughs in Central Park at midnight. Since then, Harry has been sober for years and has a valuable skill for Geiger’s business. Composing obits for the newspaper
taught Harry to accumulate lots of information about the deceased in a brief amount of time. Geiger uses Harry’s reports on wannabe cus-tomers and their targets to decide if he will accept their cases.
Geiger is selective. He will not consider grilling a child. When pressure is required to get a victim to talk, Geiger would rather resort to persuasion of a gentler type rather than outright torture. Fear, he knows, is as persuasive as pain.
In the New York area, Geiger has only one competitor for the “make ’em squeal” trade. The other IR is Dalton. He is cruel to the core and has neither conscience nor compas-sion. Most of his challenges don’t survive the interrogations.
There are very few people who have actually spoken to Geiger. There’s Harry, who shields him from almost everyone, and Carmine Dela-notte, a crime boss who has pointed a few jobs Geiger’s way. Carmine likes Geiger’s techniques – unlike Dal-ton’s. Geiger never creates a corpse that might stir up an investigation.
There’s one more personal ac-
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The whole plot revolves around Geiger’s new assignment – a hurry-up job to nail the thief who just stole a painting from a private collection. Harry makes a quick run-down on the scant information available and contacts Geiger with a “thumbs up.”
Why didn’t the art collector call the police about the theft? Geiger
thinks, most likely, the painting is illegally owned, the prize of an earlier heist. At any rate, Geiger takes the job, fairly sure this will be a simple quicky job.
Biiiiig mistake! The whole ex-ercise is conducted to extract the truth. And truth erupts like thun-der, even when it’s not the truth for the current quest.
Among the jolts of terror – the thieves attempt to snatch the art collector, but bumble and pick up his 12-year-old son, whom they transport to Geiger’s pick-up car. On delivery, Geiger realizes that the object of his art is only an in-nocent kid. He’s dealing with some very rough customers who insist that the kid tell where his father is
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hiding the missing painting. Im-mediately, things get very messy.
Along with the ensuing chaos, the kid is saved, but Geiger’s old nemesis, the migraine headache, returns filling his head with the horrors of his childhood drama.
Harry fares no better, with a bugaboo unsolved from his pre-alcoholic days. Worst of all, the bad guys trap Geiger and turn him over to Dalton for brain-picking.
Smith’s conclusion to this fetid tale is done with exactly the right mixture of nightmare and subtlety in a climax, a tour de force marked like a Fourth of July fireworks finale, which is where it is staged.
Tidewater Review Now the reader may breathe.This powerful novel is Smith’s
first. Mind you, he had a raft of earlier experiences that were close to his labors on the book. For many years he worked as a screen-writer for television and movies, as well as being an investigative news producer and a documentary filmmaker.
***Attention, amateur novelists, for
a word or two of advice! No novice he, Smith was wise to have put the book under the expertise of profes-sional critics. His editor and agents made sure the final draft was pol-ished to its present sheen. Smith’s overseers urged him to rewrite five separate drafts before it was ready to be published. The result is that something that was probably very good after the first draft became something wonderful.
Anne Stinson began her career in the 1950s as a free lance for the now defunct Baltimore News-American, 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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Thru Nov. 30 Exhibit: Dance of the Seasons, a show of Easton artist Katherine Allen’s unique botanical images at Adkins Arbo-retum, Ridgely. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.
Thru Nov. 30 St. Michaels Art League Holiday Art Show and Sale at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. The show is titled “One Size Fits All” and the
focus will be on smaller works of art. Proceeds from the sale will support the Art League’s Schol-arship Fund. For more info. tel: 410-745-9433.
1 Stitch and Chat at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Mi-chaels. Bring your own projects and stitch with a group. 10 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
1 Class: The World of Downton Abbey with Judith Pittenger at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. In this in-depth program on the World of Downton Abbey, Judith
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1 Speaker: Warriors in Uniform, the Legacy of American Indian Heroism with Dr. Herman J. Viola at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 5:30 p.m. For all ages. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
1 Lecture: Working Waterfront: Delaware at the Chesapeake Bay
Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 6 to 8 p.m. This lecture will give participants an in-depth look at the museum’s 1912 river tug, Delaware. $8 for CBMM mem-bers, and $10 for non-members. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941 or visit www.cbmm.org.
1 S t r o k e S u r v i v o r s S u p p o r t G r o u p at the Talbot Senior Center, Easton. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1000.
1,6,8,13,15,20,22,27,29 Dancing on the Shore every Tuesday and Thursday at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 7 to 9 p.m. Learn to waltz, swing, salsa, Argentine tango and more. For
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1,8,15 Academy for Lifelong Learn-ing: Practicing the Presence - The Spiritual Art of Living in the Here and Now at Trinity Cathedral, Easton. 10:30 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
1,8,15,22 Thursday Writers - A memoir writing class at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Learn how to preserve your family’s stories. Patrons are invited to bring their lunch. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
1,8,15,29, Dec. 1 Class: Building Blocks of Oil Painting with Diane DuBois Mullaly at the Academy Art Musum, Easton. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
1,22 Cancer Survivors Support Group at Shore Regional Cancer Center, Easton. 5 to 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-820-6800, ext. 2257.
2 Holiday Illumination Workshop at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join artist Lee D’Zmura to create an illuminated letter with the choice of either a winter botanical or a tradi-
tional illumination with seasonal references. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847 or visit www.ad-kinsarboretum.org.
2 First Friday Gallery Walk in downtown Easton. 5 to 9 p.m. Easton’s art galleries, antiques shops and restaurants combine for a unique cultural experience. Raffles, gift certificates and street vendors! For more info. tel: 410-770-8350.
2 Chestertown’s First Friday. Extended shop hours with arts and entertainment throughout historic downtown. For a list of activities visit: www.kentcounty.com/artsentertainment.
2 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.
2 Concert: Nanci Griffith at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. $55. This Grammy-winning singer-songwriter from the Lone Star state has 20 albums to her credit and a well-deserved Ameri-cana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
2-4 The Tred Avon Players presents
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2,9,16,23,30 Bingo! every Friday night at the Easton Volunteer Fire Department on Creamery Lane, Easton. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and games start at 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-4848.
3 5K, 10K and Rally Tennis event at Cross Court Athletic Club, Easton to benefit breast cancer research. Rally Tennis begins at 8:30 a.m., the 5K Walk begins at 9 a.m. and the 10K Run begins at 9:30 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1515.
3 OysterFest at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. OysterFest draws more than 2,500 visitors to St. Michaels and features live music, oysters and other food, children’s activities, boat rides, oyster demonstra-tions, harvesting displays, re-triever demonstrations, cooking demonstrations, an oyster stew competition among regional chefs, and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more info. tel: 410-745-2916 or visit www.cbmm.org.
3 First Saturday Guided Walk at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Explore the Arboretum’s diverse plant communities on a guided walk led by an Arboretum docent naturalist. 10 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0.
3 Chestertown Book Festival at Emmanuel Church Hall, Ches-tertown. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be 30+ authors with readings throughout the day.
3 Concert: Chris Trapper at the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. Chris Trapper’s music can best be described as lyrically driven roots–pop with a knack for tell-ing everyday stories filled with extraordinary characters. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
3-4 Workshop: Color! How Did You Mix That? with instructor Diane DuBois Mullaly. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academy-artmuseum.org.
3,4 Concert: Easton Choral Arts So-ciety presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem, Coronation Mass and Exsultate, Jubilate at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. Sat.
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3-4 Artworks Studio Tour: Take this free self-guided tour of some 50 art studios, featuring artists of note working in many differ-ent media from fiber to paint to jewelry. The tour will include stu-dios in Chestertown, Rock Hall, Galena, Betterton, Church Hill and Arts at Still Pond Station in Worton. Tour begins at Artworks in Chestertown. For more info. tel: 410-778-6300 or visit www.artworkschestertown.org.
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Apprentice for a Day Public Boat Building at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Learn traditional Chesapeake boat building techniques under the direction of a CBMM ship-wright. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
3,10,17,24 The Farmers’ Market in Easton is held every Saturday un-til December. Over 20+ vendors 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.
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St. Michaels at Willow and Green streets from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Farmers offer fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, cut flowers, potted plants, breads and pas-tries, cow’s milk cheeses, orchids, eggs and honey. We also host events and activities throughout the season, including our Chef at Market events and a community cook-off. For more info. e-mail: [email protected].
4 Class: Art in Wine and a Pre-Thanksgiving Wine Tasting at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 3 to 4:30 p.m. This unique illus-trated lecture will be presented by Ron Sasiela, an international consultant and wine aficionado. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academy-artmuseum.org.
4 The Talbot Cinema Society will present Kiss of Death (1947) at
the Avalon Theatre, Easton. To join for the 2012-2013 season, simply send your check for $45 ($90/couple) to: Talbot Cinema Society, P.O. Box 222, Easton, MD 21601. For more info. e-mail [email protected].
5 Brown Bag Lunch at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels presents Dick Cooper on Changes in the News Media in the Digital Age. Cooper is President of Coo-per Media Associates, Inc., a me-dia consulting, public relations, editing and writing firm. His clients include businesses, law firms, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the William Penn Foundation, The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Tidewater Times and many others. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit www.tcfl.org.
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5 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Heros and Murders - Stories of Interesting People Buried in Olivet Cemetery at the Chesa-peake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 1 to 2:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
5 Civil War Book Discussion: Cross-roads of Freedom at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 6:30 p.m. As part of the library’s commemoration of the sesqui-centennial of the Civil War, “the library guy” Bill Peak hosts a discussion of James McPherson’s book. For all ages. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
5 Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group at Talbot Hos-pice House, Easton. 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-46309964.
5,12 Academy for Lifelong Learn-ing: Public Perceptions of Science at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 5:30 to 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
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6 Academy for Lifelong Learn-ing: Great Decisions Discussion Program at William Hill Manor, Easton. 10 to 11:30 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
6,13,20 First Step Storytime at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10 to 10:30 a.m. For children 3 and under accompa-nied by an adult. For more info.
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6,13,20 Preschool Storytime at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 2 to 2:45 p.m. For 3- to 5-year-olds. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
7 Nature as Muse at Adkins Arbo-retum, Ridgely. Each month this writing group will follow a differ-ent winding path through the Ar-boretum to quietly observe nature in detail. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.
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7,14 Academy for Lifelong Learn-ing: The Legal Process at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Mu-seum, St. Michaels. 1 to 2:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
7,21 Plant Clinic offered by the University of Maryland Co-operative 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.
7,14,21,28 Social Time for Seniors at the St. Michaels Community Center, every Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The first Wednesday of the month is always BINGO, the second and fourth are varying activities, and the third is art class. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073.
7,14,21,28 St. Michaels Art League’s weekly “Paint Togeth-er” at the home of Alice-Marie Gravely. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-8117.
7,14,21,28 Senior Games at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 1 to 3 p.m. Enjoy Mahjong, Parcheesi, Mexican dominoes and other board games.
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7,14,21,28 Meeting: Wednes-day Morning Artists meet each Wednesday at 8 a.m. at Creek Deli in Cambridge. No cost. wednesdaymorningartists.com or contact Nancy at [email protected] or 410-463-0148.
7,14,21,28 The Farmers’ Market in Easton is held every Wednesday, 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. For more info. tel: 410-822-0065.
8 Book Club at the Talbot Coun-ty Free Library, St. Michaels. Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks. 5:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
8,15,29 Thursday Memoir Writ-ers - A memoir writing class at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Learn how to preserve your fam-ily’s stories. Patrons are invited to bring their lunch. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
9-10 44th Annual Holiday Bazaar at St. Benedict/St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, Ridgely. On Friday the doors open at 5 p.m. for a crab cake dinner and over 30 vendors to start your holiday shopping. Saturday the doors will open at 8 a.m. for the annual White Elephant sale. For more info. tel: 410-634-2253 or visit www.beparish.com.
9-11 42nd Annual Waterfowl Fes-tival in Easton. The ultimate weekend for the sophisticated sportsman or art lover. See a complete schedule of events in this issue. For more info. visit www.waterfowlfestival.org.
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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 Community Outreach Store, which is always open during the breakfast and also every Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
10 4th Annual Walk for the “Well” of It is a fundraiser to benefit Life-time Wells for Ghana at St. Bene-dict’s Catholic Church, Ridgely. 5K Run/Fun Walk. 8 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2253 or visit www.beparish.com.
10 7th Annual Goose Bump Jump at Betterton Beach. Take a walk on the wild side and jump into the Chesapeake Bay to support our community’s adults with de-
velopmental disabilities. $25 per jumper. Proceeds will be donated to the Kent Center. Melt Down party will follow at the Betterton Fire Company. 11 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-778-7303, ext. 20. or visit www.kentcenter.org.
10 Workshop: Talking Bones at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 1 to 2:30 p.m. Join educator and naturalist Jenny Houghton to unravel the life stories of local wildlife through their bones. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.
10 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.
10 2nd Saturday at the Foundry at 401 Market St., Denton. Watch local artists demonstrate their
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10 Festival of Trees: Santa’s Got a Different Bag at the Talbot Country Club, Easton. 6 p.m. Bags for auction, including ce-lebrity and autographed sports bags, Las Vegas-style gambling, models, live music and danc-ing, cocktail party and cash bar. $90 pp. All proceeds to benefit Talbot Hospice. For more info. tel: 410-819-FEST or visit www.festival-of-trees.org.
10-11 45th Annual Oxford Antiques Show & Sale at the Oxford Volun-
teer Fire Department. This exhi-bition by thirty plus professional dealers from across the country is part of the Waterfowl Festival weekend tradition. Sat. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sun. from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info. e-mail: [email protected].
11 Arts Express Bus Trip to see War Horse at The Kennedy Center. War Horse is a remarkable tale of courage, loyalty and friendship. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academy-artmuseum.org.
11 Concert: Internationally re-nowned pianist Dr. Thomas Mastroianni to perform at The
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11 Concert: Hot Society Orchestra will perform at Christ Episcopal Church, Cambridge at 4 p.m. Re-ception will follow performance. For more info. tel: 410-228-3161 or visit www.christchurchcam-bridge.org.
12 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Memoir Writing Club at the Ches-apeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
12 The Tidewater Camera Club will host a seminar entitled “Think-ing About Why - What Is Your Vision” presented by Fine Arts Appraiser Marie Martin from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Wye Oak Room at the Talbot County Community Center in Easton. Marie is a fine arts appraiser specializing in 19th and 20th century and contem-porary photography for market value, insurance, estate and tax purposes. The seminar is open to the public. Visit www.tidewater-cameraclub.com for more info. or tel: 410-822-5441.
13 Tuesday Movie at Noon at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. Extremely Loud and
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Incredibly Close. Bring your lunch or a snack and enjoy the film. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
13 Origami! at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 4 to 4:45 p.m. For ages 8 and up. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
13 Festival of Trees: Dinner at the Crab Claw Restaurant from 5 p.m. to close. All proceeds from the dinner at the world-famous Crab Claw Restaurant in St. Michaels will benefit the Festival of Trees. You don’t want to miss this night!
For more info. tel: 410-819-FEST or visit www.festival-of-trees.org.
13 Prostate Cancer Support Group at Shore Regional Cancer Center, Easton. 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-820-6800, ext. 108.
13,20,27, Dec. 4 Class: Ballroom Dancing at the Academy Art Mu-seum, Easton. Basic beginner American Tango at 7 p.m. and beginner level 1 West Coast Swing at 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
13,27 Meeting: Tidewater Stamp Club at the Mayor and Council Bldg., Easton. 7:30 p.m. For
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14 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Book Club - The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obrecht at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Mi-chaels. 2:30 to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
14 Meeting: Talbot Optimist Club at the Washington Street Pub, Easton. 6:30 p.m. For more info. e-mail [email protected].
14,28, Dec. 5,12,19 Class: The Face and Figure in Pastel with Katie Cassidy at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 9:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
15 Academy For Lifelong Learning: A Real Field Trip to Easton/New-nam Field at the Easton Airport. 10 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
15 Meet the Creatures of Pickering Creek at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 4 to 5 p.m. For all ages. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
15 Lecture: Catesby, Audubon and the American Wilderness by Esther Sparks at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 6 p.m.
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Esther Sparks will speak on the two artists, Mark Catesby and John James Audubon, both of whom shaped the popular sense of wildlife in the New World. $15 for Museum members and $24 for non-Museum members. For more info. tel: 410-822-2787 or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
15,29, Dec. 6,13 Class: Ballroom Dancing at the Academy Art Muse-um, Easton. Basic beginner country 2-step at 7 p.m. and basic beginner Argentine Tango at 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
15-Dec. 6 Pleasant Day’s 13th Annual Festival of Wreaths at Pleasant Day Adult Day Care, Cambridge. Featuring over 100 hand crafted wreaths on display for silent auction. Bid on your fa-vorite wreath and guess the dollar amount of the “Money Wreath.” For more info. tel: 410-228-0190.
16 Soup Day at the St. Michaels Community Center. Choose from three delicious soups for lunch. $6 meal deal. Choose from Chicken & Dumplings, Cheese & Broccoli or Vegetable Beef. 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.
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17 Holiday Bazaar at Immanuel United Church of Christ in Cam-bridge. 8 a.m. until... Serving chicken salad (cup and sand-wiches), soups, hot dogs, bake
sale, and featuring a country store silent auction. For more info. tel: 410-228-5167 or 410-228-4640.
17 Thanksgiving/Christmas Bazaar at Emmanuel Church, Chester-town. 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be handmade gifts, decora-tions, bake table, jewelry, col-lectibles, silent auction and more. For more info. tel: 410-778-3477.
17 Childbirth Education - Successful Breastfeeding at the Nick Ra-jacich Health Education Center, Memorial Hospital, Easton. 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1000.
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17 Free Craft Saturday for Kids at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 1 to 3 p.m. Come join the Museum for an afternoon of fun and holiday crafts. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
17 Concert: Howard Levy and Chris Siebold at the Avalon Theatre, Easton 8 p.m. In this special performance, Levy and Siebold perform just about everything from early jazz and swing tunes to Delta blues classics, from Beatles and Dylan tunes to Yiddish songs, and from American bluegrass to Eastern European and Middle Eastern music. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
19 Meeting: St. Michaels Art League at the Parish Hall of Christ Epis-copal Church, St. Michaels. 9:30 a.m. Presentation by Nancy Tankersley on “Figures in a Land-scape - Oils.” For more info. visit
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19 Class: Look Good...Feel Better at the Shore Regional Cancer Cen-ter, Easton. 10 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-820-6800.
19 Stitching Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 3 p.m. Join a group and work on your needlecraft projects. Lim-ited instruction for beginners. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
19,26 Academy for Lifelong Learn-ing: The Delightsome Land at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Muse-
um, St. Michaels. 3 to 4:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.
23 Festival of Trees: Run/Walk for Hospice at the Talbot County YMCA, Easton. 10K or a 5K run/walk. All proceeds to benefit Talbot Hospice. For more info. tel: 410-819-FEST or visit www.festival-of-trees.org.
23 Professional Magician: Mike Rose at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in St. Michaels. Incredible tricks, mind reading, off-the-wall comedy and lots of audience participation. Free tickets re-quired. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
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23 Concert: Upright Citizens Bri-gade at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. The UCB Tour Company showcases the fresh-est long-form improv the nation has to offer. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
23 Festival of Trees: Preview Gala from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Tidewa-ter Inn, Easton. The Gala will feature light fare and beverages and will be the first opportunity to purchase gifts and decor for the holiday season. The Westphal Jewelry and Masters Raffle will be drawn. $75 pp. All proceeds to benefit Talbot Hospice. For
more info. tel: 410-819-FEST or visit www.festival-of-trees.org.
23-25 49th Annual Chestertown Antiques Show and Sale at the Washington College Lifetime Fit-ness Center, Chestertown. Fri., 4 to 7 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sun., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-810-4898.
23-25 Kent County Festival of Trees at the Weinberg Building at The Kent Center, Chestertown. Fri., 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sun., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-708-0850.
24-27 Festival of Trees: View the holiday trees in the Gold Room of
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24 Festival of Trees: Candy Cane Lane at Easton Elementary School. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Santa, kids, crafts, fun and games. All proceeds to benefit Talbot Hospice. For more info. tel: 410-819-FEST or visit www.festival-of-trees.org.
24 Festival of Trees: Mother/Son Dance from 5 to 7 p.m. at the River House Pavilion, Easton
Club. All proceeds to benefit Talbot Hospice. For more info. tel: 410-819-FEST or visit www.festival-of-trees.org.
24 Festival of Trees: Daddy/Daugh-ter Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, Easton. All proceeds to benefit Talbot Hospice. For more info. tel: 410-819-FEST or visit www.festival-of-trees.org.
24-25 Festival of Trees: Homes Tour 2012 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Six unique and beauti-fully decorated homes in Tal-bot County are available for a self-guided tour. All proceeds to benefit Talbot Hospice. For more info. tel: 410-819-FEST or
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24-Feb. 10 Exhibit: The Art of Seating - Two Hundred Years of American Design at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. The exhibi-tion, organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville and the Jacobsen Collection of American Art, presents a survey of exceptional American chair de-sign from the early 19th century to the present day. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
25 Festival of Trees: Community Holiday Bingo from 2 to 4 p.m.
in the auditorium at William Hill Manor. Light refreshments and Bingo cards. All proceeds to benefit Talbot Hospice. For more info. tel: 410-819-FEST or visit www.festival-of-trees.org.
29 Lecture: Working Waterfront: Women of the Maritime World at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 6 to 8 p.m. This lecture presents an evening of discussion with some of the women who make the maritime world tick. Headed by Nancy Taylor Robson, author of Women in the Wheelhouse. $8 for CBMM members, $10 for non-members. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941 or visit www.cbmm.org.
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29 Concert: The Mid-Atlantic Sym-phony Orchestra presents Holi-day Joy! at the Easton Church of God with a pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. and concert at 7:30 p.m. For more info tel: 888-846-8600 or visit www.midatlantic-symphony.org.
29 Concert: Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. As a member of the incredibly talented Marsalis family, it’s no surprise that Delf-eayo Marsalis is considered one of the top trombonists, compos-ers and producers in jazz today. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
29-30 Everything is $6 Sale at the Dorchester General Hospital lobby, Cambridge, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tote bags, scarves, belts, umbrellas and watches, all $6. Sponsored by the Memorial Hos-pital Auxiliary to benefit programs and services of the hospital.
30 Concert Martin Sexton at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. Rolling Stone says Martin Sex-ton has an “outstanding taste in song writing as well as a soul marinated voice that can easily be compared to the likes of a young Steve Winwood.” For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
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