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Features: About the Cover Photographer: Jonathan Lloyd Smith . . . . . . . 7 Jersey Shore: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Keeping It Really Local: Dick Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Bison Stomping Grounds: Bonna Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 2013 Craft Show: Amy Blades Steward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Tidewater Kitchen: Pamela Meredith-Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 The Settlement of North Virginia: Gary D. Crawford . . . . . . 141 Tidewater Review: Anne Stinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Tidewater Traveler: George W. Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 A Face on the Shore: Kathi Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
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About the Cover Photographer Jonathan Lloyd Smith ter. Then, in 2010, for the benefit of their mutual sanity, the Smiths said, “Bye-bye, NYC.” They now live, work and play in Easton, Maryland. Jonathan is enamored of the Eastern Shore, its beauty as well as the word-defying sense of mystery. Amidst fields and along the Bay, he applies those hard earned years of image-making expertise to the fine art of photography. To view Jonathan’s work, please visit www. jlsFolio.com and www.jlsPics.com.
Before achieving success as a photographer, Jonathan Lloyd Smith was a born-and-bred, subway-riding, New York City-based advertising “creative.” He wrote and directed commercials, spent crazy-long hours in the studio, worked with celebs and misfits, and ate sushi and pasta till he couldn’t tell them apart. It took nearly a lifetime of such misery before Jonathan found the right path. He fell in love with Ann, they married, were blessed with Gabby, an astonishingly wonderful daugh-
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a young woman in a white dress. A button on her bodice said BRIDE. They were headed for a bachelorette weekend up in Atlantic City, young and pretty and giddy with the anticipation of some serious partying, maybe involving male dancers. At least I hoped so. Someone’s new life was about to begin. Others weren’t so lucky. I was on my way to Cape May with some friends for five days of what we hoped would be some sun and fun among the beautiful old
I found myself back at the Jersey shore this summer. It was the first time in a long time that I’d come on the Cape May-Lewes Ferry and crossed Delaware Bay. As the huge vessel pulled away from the Delaware shore, it roared and rumbled, and I had to remind myself that these boats are registered as ocean-going vessels. The seagulls followed the rooster tail, and a pride of young women in long sundresses walked past me. In the middle of the bevy was
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Jersey Shore Victorians and the snarling “bridge and tunnel” people tying up traffic with their giant SUVs and luxury rides. It was bittersweet. The husband of the couple, dear friends of mine, had just finished chemo and radiation. For whatever good I could do, I was along to try to help them navigate the shallows. When Delaware disappeared, and we were surrounded by water, I sat on the deck with my face to the sun, the hypnotic rumble of the massive engines a white noise lulling me into that hypnotic state that passes for mal-de-mer for me. I don’t get nauseated. I get dreamy. Call it rapture of the sleep.
Greetings from Avalon, NJ. Thoughts of the Jersey Shore, memories I hadn’t dredged up in years, slowly came flowing back to me. Other days, younger days, when my best friend’s family used to bring me along for a few days at Avalon, a beach town up the road. Every year, the Browns rented a house from some friends of theirs,
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was always someone to play with. Judy’s brother and sisters were like my siblings. Her parents were my surrogate parents. So it just seemed natural that I’d be piled into the wagon with the umbrellas and folding chairs and kids hanging out of every window. We’d bounce across the ferry, up through the tomato fields that fed the ketchup factories around Hopewell, still infamous for the Lindbergh kidnapping thirty years earlier, through the mysterious Pine Barrens and the towns and hamlets of South Jersey until we could smell the faint, unmistakable scent of the ocean. The tang of salt water, wind and sand that announced we were
piled all four of their kids into their ancient Plymouth station wagon together with enough beach towels, bathing suits, suntan lotions, floating toys, umbrellas, folding chairs, beach bags and God alone knows what else, and headed for the shores of New Jersey. When you have a big family, an extra kid sort of gets lost in the mix, and since Judy Brown and I had been BFFs since 9th grade, I was often the extra kid. As one of a pair of siblings, I loved big families. As far as I was concerned, being one of a chaotic, disorganized and very funny tribe was just fine. Better, in fact, than my house because there
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Jersey Shore nearing the Atlantic would set all us kids off, and Mr. Brown would threaten to stop the car and make us walk the rest of the way if we didn’t “calm the hell down.” Mrs. Brown, a world champion nagger, would start in on us about putting on our suntan lotion and unloading the car and making up our beds. In those days, beach houses weren’t the McMansions of the developments like Sea Snob and Ocean Keep Your Distance Acres. They were little more than shanties, usually uninsulated and unheated. Showers were outside, tucked into a little wooden box attached to the house for privacy.
The Wildwoods by the Sea. The facilities were primitive, and you were lucky for an inside toilet. There was no TV or reception, and you brought your own radio to stay connected to the outside world. And yet, these beach houses were homey, and just remembering the décor of horseshoe crab shells and old cork net bobbers, the smell
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Jersey Shore of mosquito spray and concrete, the sand that got into everything, the scrub and beach plum that passed for landscaping seems a thousand times more fun than the pseudo Mediterranean villas and barnwood nightmare mansions that have replaced them. And the beach passes! Now you have to pay to go on a Jersey beach. With all the medical waste and whatnot, they’d have to pay me now. A rainy day spent playing cards or board games from the endless supply on the shelves in the living room was a lot more fun than watching reruns of Real Housewives or House. That Carol and Robert, big brother and little sister, had perfect pitch and could play any instrument they picked up was also pretty cool. I remember Robert finding a recorder some other renter had left behind, and within an hour, playing several different tunes on it while we all sang along, some of us kids better than others. At least one night while we were there, we’d go to Wildwood, a wicked sort of Atlantic City for kids, blinding with glittering strings of lights, a boardwalk of paradise, with skee ball, bumper cars, fortune telling automatons, shooting galleries where you could NOT win that stuffed panda, tacky T-shirts and rides. Oh, the rides! The Ferris wheel that gave you a
Yes, I enjoyed the days in the sun. bird’s eye view of the tacky Philadelphians roaming the boardwalk! The Wild Mouse! The ride that took you over the long pier and out over the water, where I lost a rubber flip flop to the ocean. The smell of fried food and popcorn! It was over stimulating, to say the least. I loved Wildwood. When we were older and went to Atlantic City with Mr. Brown, and he gave us each $30 to gamble with, I realized it was Wildwood for adults. Did I mention the bakery where the most delicious crullers in the world were baked? Or Springer’s Ice Cream in Stone Harbor, where we happily stood in line for a couple of scoops of homemade chocolate? For a kid who grew up on a river, the beach was something entirely different. You walked about a block to the ocean, and over the dunes, there was the Atlantic. Vast, empty, covered with a huge open sky. The surf rolled in, and rolled out endlessly. At night, in the quiet, you could still hear it from your bedroom in the back of the house. We’d roll down to the beach af20
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ter breakfast with sodas and sandwiches and stay there until dinner. I was terrified of swimming in the ocean as I did not like to swim anywhere I can’t see my feet. But I got in with the rest of them and managed to make my way out past the breakers. Mrs. Brown sat beneath her umbrella with her hat, her shades, her beach chair and her back issues of women’s service magazines, from time to time, about every ten minutes, reminding us all we were going to be burned to a crisp if we didn’t keep applying suntan lotion. The thing is, she was so funny when she nagged, sounding like W.C. Fields, that you never thought of it as nagging. I thought it was nice that someone cared about whether I got burned or not. Well fortified with the New York State Ruby Port he’d been secretly swilling since dawn, Mr. Brown took a walk on the beach, then put a newspaper over his face and slept until it was time to pack up for dinner. Betty, the oldest daughter, and I went for a swim out beyond the breakers. There was a strong undertow, and the flags were flying from the lifeguard stand. Betty made it out beyond the breakers. Everyone else was in the surf. Suddenly, the undertow grabbed my legs and pulled them out from under me. Before I understood what was happening, I was being
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Jersey Shore tossed head over heels like a seashell, scraping helplessly along the bottom of the sand, being pulled out to sea. I’ve never felt so helpless in my life. I was sure I was going to drown, and that made me mad, because I’m a good swimmer. As suddenly as the undertow grabbed me, it let me go and I found myself standing knee deep in calm water, well past the breakers. Betty was swimming in. She hadn’t noticed. No one, not even the lifeguard, had noticed I’d been caught in the undertow. I stood there, hacking and gasping for air, and looked back at the beach, where my friends the
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were taking a photo of that moment. It’s been more years than I care to think about since those Jersey Shore days, yet that memory, so long tucked away, came out of the hope chest and unfolded, as fresh and new as if it were yesterday. As the ferry docked on the Jersey side, I gathered up my stuff and started down the steps to the car. Off to another adventure on the Jersey Shore. Helen Chappell is the creator of the Sam and Hollis mystery series and the Oysterback stories, as well as The Chesapeake Book of the Dead. Under her pen name, Rebecca Baldwin, she has published a number of historical novels.
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Keeping it Really Local One Crab Cake at a Time by Dick Cooper
As Steve Vilnit sees it, there is a dirty little secret hidden on restaurant menus across the state. “Just because it says ‘Maryland-style crab cakes’ doesn’t mean they are made
with Maryland crabmeat,” he says. Chances are the crabmeat came from Indonesia or Venezuela, not the Chesapeake Bay. Changing that is a big part of Vilnit’s job.
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Keeping It Really Local A lean, energetic man with closecropped hair and a salesman’s gift of gab, Vilnit is entering his third year as Director of Fisheries Marketing for the state Department of Natural Resources. It is a job that keeps him traveling the state pitching new and creative ways to get chefs and retailers to buy more local crabs, oysters and fish. He takes chefs out on the Bay to meet water men on t heir terms, showing how hard it is to pull crab pots and tong oysters. He is on a first-name basis with crab pickers and oyster farmers. “ Traditionally, people market to the end-users, the consumers,” Vilnit says. “Given that we have a limited budget, we focus on the larger volume users, such as the restaurants and retail outlets where we get a better bang for our buck. Chefs buy a tremendous amount of crabmeat each week and can influence and educate diners as to what Maryland crabmeat tastes like.” Last year, he started the “True Blue” program w ith a logo that helps to identify users and sellers of Maryland seafood. The logo is a crab with the Maryland flag on its shell. “On the list we now have more than 170 restaurants, markets, caterers, schools and hospitals.” Maryland processors have seen a 15 percent increase in local sales, he says. Vilnit’s seafood marketing budget comes exclusively from a fee that 28
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Keeping It Really Local commercial watermen pay each year, expressly for that purpose. “They even voted to increase it from $10 a year to $20 to help promote their products,” he says. On a summer tour organized by Sarge Salman of TEDxBaltimore, Vilnet led a dozen photographers, writers and just plan curious visitors, most from the western shore, through t wo diverse Cambridge seafood companies. TEDxBaltimore is an independently organized group pat ter ned on t he nat iona l T ED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Conferences held for the last 26 years in California, whose motto is “Ideas worth sharing.” The
Steve Vilnit, left, with a soft crab in his hand, and Joe Brooks, co-owner of J.M. Clayton, with hard crab, talk about a crab's life cycle. tour gave visitors an inside look at how local seafood is produced. The first stop was the J.M. Clayton Seafood Company on Cambridge Creek. Founded in 1890, Clayton bills itself as the “oldest working
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the bodies into big steaming baskets. Brooks leads the way into the picking room, where 66 women sitting at long tables under bright fluorescent lights pick crabs at a feverish place, their nimble fingers plucking crabmeat into one-pound containers. A big sign that reads “SHELL FREE” hangs from the ceiling. “Depending on the number of crabs we have, we pick between 800 and 1, 400 pounds of crab meat a day,” Brooks says. For t y to fifty crabs are in a bushel and will produce about four pounds of crabmeat. Vilnit dumps a pound of crabmeat onto a tray with a pile of Old Bay and works the crowd, giving the visitors a sample of the Chesapeake’s signature delicacy. “It doesn’t get any fresher than this,” he says. Foreign crabmeat can take days to get to market. Canned meat
crab processing company in the world.” The group gathered around as Vilnit reached into a sloughing tank and pulled out a soft crab. Clayton co-owner Joe Brooks, whose family has owned the company for four generations, grabs a big jimmy by the backfin and gives a lesson on how to determine if a crab is a male or female. “The underside of the male looks like the Washington Monument, and the female looks like the Capitol Dome,” he explains. Camera shutters click away as the jimmy snaps his claws in the air. In the background, a workboat pulls up to the dock and off-loads bushels of just-caught crabs. Workers spread a mass of crawling crabs on a stainless steel sorting table and crack off the claws before pushing
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face. Herons perch on the f loats. Fish and black snakes send ripples around them. A waterman works his trotline nearby as Vilnit introduces Kevin McClarren, general manager of the farm. “It takes about three years for a w ild oyster to grow to market size,” says McClarren, a big man w ith thick, rough hands. “Ours grow to that size in 18 months.” McClarren quips that the old saying that you can only eat oysters in months that have the letter “R” no longer applies to his oysters. “ They go f rom the water to the ref r igerated t r uck i n le ss t ha n a n hou r,” he say s. He suppl ie s his customers w it h f resh, loc a l o y s t e r s , y e a r r ou nd . To p r o v e his point, McClarren ser ves up a tray of just-shucked “Choptank Sweets” with hot sauce, and Vilnit
from Asia is treated with a chemical that makes it whiter to look like Chesapeake crab. From Cambridge, Vilnit leads a caravan of vehicles west for five miles before turning down a narrow road that gets consistently narrower before passing through gates onto the grounds of the Castle Haven Estate. He tells the visitors that we are at the first commercial oyster farm in Maryland. Started in 1999, the Choptank Oyster Company now produces a million oysters a year. A refrigerated truck is parked under trees at the base of a long dock that juts out into the Choptank River. Floats, made up of PVC pipe and mesh bags filled with oysters in var y ing stages of grow th, cover about four acres of the water’s sur-
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Kevin McClarren, general manager of the Choptank Oyster Co. talks to TEDx tour group. produces the rest of the Clay ton crabmeat for topping. Vilnit says that 13 farms are licensed to sell farm-raised oysters in Maryland, but numerous others a re being developed. The st ate leases 4,400 acres of the Bay to oyster farmers. “What Kevin has here is not just a sustainable fishery, it is restorative,” Vilnit says. Trav is Todd, general manager and chef at Ocean Odyssey Seafood Restaurant on Route 50 in Cambridge, now sells Choptank Sweets all summer. “I think that having local oysters on the menu year round is a no-brainer,” he says. “The only ‘R’ in oysters now is refrigeration.” While Vilnit has spent much of his time promoting oysters and crabmeat, he sees a new challenge in helping out the dogfish fishery in Ocean City. “It is a good sustainable fishery,” he says, “but no restaurants 36
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Keeping It Really Local use it. Most of what they catch is being shipped over to Europe for fish and chips. They get 14 to 26 cents a pound, which is remarkably cheap. We are working with local chefs to use it. Even if they paid 60 cents a pound, it will increase the profit that the local guys are getting by two to four times.” Vilnit says seafood prov iders have been concentrating on the “sustainability” of their fisheries for a decade, but he sees “traceability” emerging as another trend. “Right now, you have no way of knowing where that piece of salmon you had for dinner came from,” he says. “We are going to see traceability show
up on menus. That is what a lot of our program is about. It is getting chefs connected to the watermen and learning where their product comes from.” To find restaurants and retailers that are certified “True Blue,” go to www.marylandseafood.org. Dick Cooper is a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist. He and his wife, Pat, live and sail in St. Michaels. He can be contacted at dickcooper@ coopermediaassociates.com.
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Snorting, foot stomping, head sha k ing, 1,950 -pound “Capta in Hook,� one of S. B. Farms’ largest breeding bulls, clearly did not want visitors near the female bison he was courting. Wearing a jaunty cowboy hat and aviator sunglasses, Bill Edwards, farm owner, along with his wife, Shirley, cautioned us to stay several feet back from the fence. Tail wagging, Captain Hook was agitated and could charge without warning, even jump over a five-foot fence from a standing position. Thoug h g iga nt ic , t he la r ge st a n i ma l i n Nor t h A mer ic a, a nd seemingly awkward and slow, bison can run very fast, three times
faster than humans. Bill reminded us that bison are w ild animals, not domesticated like cattle, and are dangerous and unpredictable. Their speed and wildness, coupled with our visit during mating season, when they are agitated (from July to September), prompted Bill to ask us to step away from the enclosure as I tried to take a few photographs. Majestic, shaggy, dark brown, almost black, large head, ears and beard; short, curved, sharp horns; lighter brown body: bison females (c ow s) aver a ge 1,0 0 0 to 1, 20 0 pounds and males ( bulls) average 1,500 to 2,000 pounds, when mature. Calves are reddish brown.
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Bison Stomping Grounds Bulls stand over six feet tall at their hump, and both genders can run at speeds of 40 miles per hour for miles without stopping. They swim very well and live to 28 to 30 years of age. Bison are often mistaken for buffalo, but Bill says that buffalo have bigger horns, live in Asia and Africa and like to hang out in water. Nat ional Geographic repor ts that bison once covered the North American Plains and were important to the Plains Indians’ societies. European settlers killed some 50 million bison for food, sport, and to deprive Native Americans of food. Reduced to a few hundred, they have now rebounded to the half
Shirley and Bill Edwards are great ambassadors for the bison. million level. Though once hunted to near extinction, now national, state and regional bison associations, public herds and individual bison ranchers have secured the future of this amazing animal. I had met Bill a few times at his
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Bison Stomping Grounds Easton Farmers’ Market booth where I purchased tasty bison burgers, bison sticks and jerky. He also sells bison products at the Cambridge Farmers’ Market, on the farm website, in the farm store and to Shore Gourmet, their biggest client. The non-profit organization Shore Gourmet, created by Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot counties, promotes and sells local agricultural products to stores and restaurants in the region. Foxy’s Harbor Grille, Good Dog and Ocean Odyssey are a few of the local eateries serving S. B. Farm, Inc. bison products. It was a brilliant, sunny day in August with the humidity way down and corn and soy rising up, thank goodness, when we v isited w ith Bill and Shirley. We approached the farm down a pine and oak tree-lined road. The fields on either side of the farm driveway were sparkling green and dotted with large dark brown grazing bison. A black Labrador retriever trotted to the car to check out the strangers. The E dwa rd s ow n 104 acre s, 53 for the bison and 40 for crops, mostly hay to feed the bison; they cut and roll their own hay. They began raising bison in 1995 with three heifer calves. Each year they expanded the herd by three or four until they reached the total herd size they enjoy today of 80, the maximum recommended for the
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Bison Stomping Grounds acreage they set aside for the herd. They began selling bison meat locally in 2003. If you would like to see the bison “up close and personal,” the farm is located near the center of the Delmar va Peninsula in Hurlock and offers narrated farm tours by appointment for groups year round. Tour participants travel in a professionally built tour wagon to assure group safety and comfort. Groups will watch the bison grazing in their natural habitat, learn about bison ma nagement a nd fa r m i ng, a nd visit the farm store. Bison steaks, roasts, jerky and other products are for sale. Motor coach tours from around the tri-state region, school groups, scout groups and association groups are frequent visitors to this adventure tour. Why bison? The Edwards gave me a three-part answer. One relates to their interest in farming, one relates to the bison attraction factor, and lastly there are health benefits of bison meat. The Edwards met while working for a local telephone company. Bill grew up on Caroline County tenant farms and worked on farms during his high school years. Shirley was born and raised in Annapolis. Bill knew he wanted to farm again after he put in 38 years in the telephone business. But he wasn’t sure what kind of farming he wanted to do.
The bison herd has grown rapidly over the years. “We started out buying several parcels of farmland,” Bill said, “and ended up with the 104 acres we now have. At first we raised barley, canola, soybeans, and milo. This was done in conjunction with our full-time work at the telephone company.” “My interest in bison was sparked by an article in a farm magazine in 1995,” Bill continued. “The article was about alternative agricultural enterprises, and one item was about a man raising bison in Pennsylvania. At the time neither Shirley nor I had ever seen a live bison. I called and was invited for a visit. It all sounded very interesting.” “When I saw the herd, something came over me and I just knew I wanted to raise these magnificent animals,” Bill said, smiling. “They are a part of America’s heritage, America’s history. We conducted research and talked to other folks who were raising them. We ended up buying our first three from the man in PA.” Bill wants readers to know that 52
nutrient-dense meat because of the proportion of protein, fat, minerals and fatty acids adding to its caloric value. Bison meat is naturally flavorful and tender and can be used in any red-meat dish. Amazing but true, bison meat is higher in protein than beef, chicken and even salmon. It is also higher in iron and Vitamin B-12 than beef. Because bison is leaner than other red meats, care must be taken not to overcook it by using lower temperatures. The NBA provides recipes for grilled steak, grilled London broil, bison and feta salad, bison meatballs, ribs in barbecue sauce, shredded bison tacos and more. “A lthough bison are raised in every state in the U.S., most are
bison meat is nutritious and unique. According to the National Bison Association (NBA) bison ranchers are committed to raising their animals naturally. The NBA, of which the Edwards are members and Bill has served as a director (as well as an officer of the Eastern Bison Association, Dorchester County Farm Bureau, and Maryland Farm Bureau), has a code of ethics that prohibits the feeding of antibiotics to bison. The U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations do not allow bison to be raised using growth stimulants or hormones. Bison are raised naturally in the environment, grazing on lush green pasture grass supplemented by hay. The NBA and the Edwards claim that the result is a delicious,
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Bison Stomping Grounds raised out west,” Bill said. “S. B. Farms distinguishes itself by having a consistently superior tasting meat product. Bison meat is healthier than most other meat, and we call it ‘America’s first red meat’ since the bison were here before any human inhabitants. Ever y other animal meat that is consumed in the U.S. was brought here from somewhere else ~ mostly Europe.” Bill said that their customers are from all walks of life, are mostly from the Delmarva area and are health conscious. The Edwards sell the bison meat in the same cuts as one would purchase beef, such as steaks, hamburgers, ribs and
The Edwards also sell bison yarn, along with the bison meat. roasts, as well as meat sticks, jerky, pulled BBQ, sloppy joe, summer sausage, and kielbasa sausage ~ all made with the Edwards’ bison meat. The Edwards let nothing go to waste. They sell bison hides, skulls, mounts, and yarns made from bison
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down. They sell live bison to folks who want to raise them. They offer an AOP (Absentee Owner Program) for folks who want to own bison but don’t have the capacity to raise them. The Edwards provide consulting services to folks interested in getting into the bison business, a nd t hey sel l specia li zed bison handling equipment. The bison business is growing and is a good investment, Bill explained. The volume of bison meat sold nationally has increased by at least 10% for the last 6 years. The industry is now at a point where demand outpaces production. The Edwards have never experienced
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2013 Craft Show Features 26 New Artists by Amy Blades Steward
T he A c ademy A r t Mu s e u m’s 2 01 3 C r a f t S h o w & F i n e A r t s Marketplace will be held October 18-20 in Easton. The 16th Annual Craf t Show w ill spotlight many finely-crafted items by more than 65 nationally known artists, including 26 new exhibitors from across the country. Featured items will include unusual, handmade and unique decorat ive home accessor ies, furniture, jewelr y, wearable ar t and gift items. Among this year’s exhibitors is seasoned clay artist Joyce Inderbitz
Jewelry by Wiwat Kamolpornwijit is hand formed of polymer clay. of Yardley, PA, who creates unique handcrafted stoneware and raku pottery. Love of nature and organic s h ap e s e r up t i n h e r s e n s i t i v e sculptural forms, which are in many private collections. Her stoneware is k now n for its int r ic ately cut decorative patterns. Using such techniques as caning, engraving, weaving and layering, jewelry artist Wiwat Kamolpornwijit of Alexandria, VA, hand forms every piece of polymer clay jewelry that he creates. His jewelry colors are all original colors of the clay; there is no paint applied. He adds beads and
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Dinner on a Stick It’s that “cooked outdoors” flavor that draws us, bearing skewers of meat, to the grill in the fall. The smoky aroma penetrates the air, tempting the neighbors to grill out, too. Hosting a backyard barbecue is a wonderful way to take advantage of pleasant fall evenings. If you’d like something other than the usual grilled entree, you can impress guests with recipes like Marinated Shrimp Kabobs or Chicken Shish-Kabobs! The pineapple makes both recipes look and taste amazing. Kabobs can be as economical or extravagant as you wish. Marinades tenderize and add f lavor to your ingredients in several hours. Choose food that cooks at the same rate so each piece on the skewer gets done at the same time. Traditionally kabobs are served on a bed of rice or couscous, but for a little variety, why not try quinoa or mixed greens. Whatever you do, don’t miss an opportunity to put dinner on a stick!
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Dinner on a Stick and mustard in a dish; mix well. Add shrimp, tossing gently to coat. Place in a zip-lock bag and marinate for 2 hours in the refrigerator, turning occasionally. Remove shrimp from the bag and reserve the marinade. Alternate shrimp, pineapple and green pepper on four skewers. Grill over medium-hot heat for 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until done, basting with marinade. Serve over rice, couscous or quinoa with hot marinade. Note: Soak wooden skewers in water for 30 minutes prior to using.
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Combine marinade ingredients. Cut each chicken breast into five chunks. Marinate the chicken overnight. Before cooking, put the chicken on skewers, alternating with mushrooms, green peppers, onions, cherry tomatoes and pineapple. Cover skewers with marinade and let sit for another two hours. Grill kabobs over medium-high heat for 12 minutes or until chicken is done, turning occasionally.
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 5 pieces (approx. 1-inch cubes) 2 dozen fresh button mushrooms 3 green bell peppers, cut into 1-inch cubes 2 large onions, cut into 8 wedges each 2 dozen cherry tomatoes 1 15.25-oz. can pineapple chunks, undrained Smoked sausage (optional) Marinade: 2 cups olive oil 2 cups lemon juice 4-5 T. fresh oregano 1 t. pepper
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Whisk together the rosemary with the next six ingredients in a bowl. Add chicken and the next three ingredients; toss to coat. Alternate chicken, zucchini, and pepper on four 14-inch skewers. Coat grill with cooking spray. Grill kabobs over medium-high heat for 12 to 14 minutes or until chicken is done, turning occasionally.
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1/4 cup vinegar 1/4 cup olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 t. ground ginger 1 lb. boneless lamb, cut into 1-inch cubes 4 cherry tomatoes 1 green bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 8-oz. can pineapple chunks, drained 1 8-oz. can whole water chestnuts, drained
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Combine soy sauce, vinegar, olive oil, garlic and ginger in a large zip-lock bag. Add lamb; seal and marinate in refrigerator for 2 hours or overnight. Remove lamb from marinade. Alternate lamb and next four ingredients on skewers. Grill kabobs over medium heat for 5 minutes on each side until done, basting frequently with marinade.
4 large, fresh mushroom caps Place lamb in a zip-lock bag. Combine remaining ingredients, except mushrooms, mixing well. Pour over lamb, seal and marinate in refrigerator at least two hours. Remove lamb from marinade; place on four skewers. Reserve 1/2 cup marinade and set aside. Grill kabobs for 15 to 20 minutes over medium heat, turning and basting frequently with remaining marinade. Combine reserved 1/2 cup marinade and mushrooms in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for four minutes. Drain. Place a mushroom cap on each skewer with lamb.
BEEF KABOBS Serves 6 1 lb. lean, boneless sirloin steak 1/2 cup olive oil 1/4 cup dry red wine 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 bay leaves 1/2 t. sea salt 1 15.25-oz. can pineapple chunks, drained 18 cherry tomatoes 1 large green or red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch cubes.
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marinate in refrigerator for three hours. Drain, reserving marinade. Discard bay leaves. Alternate meat, pineapple, tomatoes and peppers on six 14-inch skewers. Coat grill with cooking spray. Grill kabobs over mediumhot heat for six minutes on each side or until done, turning and basting frequently with marinade.
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1 small eggplant, cut into 1-inch cubes 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 green bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 large onion, cut into 8 wedges 2 small zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices 2 small yellow squash, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices 1 8-oz. pkg. whole fresh mushrooms
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Caroline County – A Perspective Caroline County is the very definition of a rural community. For more than 300 years, the county’s economy has been based on “market” agriculture. Caroline County was created in 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne’s counties. The county was named for Lady Caroline Eden, the wife of Maryland’s last colonial governor, Robert Eden (1741 - 1784). Denton, the county seat, was situated on a point between two ferry boat landings. Much of the business district in Denton was wiped out by the fire of 1863. Following the Civil War, Denton’s location about fifty miles up the Choptank River from the Chesapeake Bay enabled it to become an important shipping point for agricultural products. Denton became a regular port-ofcall for Baltimore-based steamer lines in the latter half of the 19th century. Preston was the site of three Underground Railroad stations during the 1840s and 1850s. One of those stations was operated by Harriet Tubman’s parents, Benjamin and Harriet Ross. When Tubman’s parents were exposed by a traitor, she smuggled them to safety in Wilmington, Delaware. Linchester Mill, just east of Preston, can be traced back to 1681, and possibly as early as 1670. The mill is the last of 26 water-powered mills to operate in Caroline County and is currently being restored. The long-term goals include rebuilding the millpond, rehabilitating the mill equipment, restoring the miller’s dwelling, and opening the historic mill on a scheduled basis. Federalsburg is located on Marshyhope Creek in the southern-most part of Caroline County. Agriculture is still a major portion of the industry in the area; however, Federalsburg is rapidly being discovered and there is a noticeable inf lux of people, expansion and development. Ridgely has found a niche as the “Strawberry Capital of the World.” The present streetscape, lined with stately Victorian homes, ref lects the transient prosperity during the countywide canning boom (1895-1919). Hanover Foods, formerly an enterprise of Saulsbury Bros. Inc., for more than 100 years, is the last of more than 250 food processors that once operated in the Caroline County region. Points of interest in Caroline County include the Museum of Rural Life in Denton, Adkins Arboretum near Ridgely, and the Mason-Dixon Crown Stone in Marydel. To contact the Caroline County Office of Tourism, call 410-479-0655 or visit their website at www.tourcaroline.com. 77
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Queen Anne’s County The history of Queen Anne’s County dates back to the earliest Colonial settlements in Maryland. Small hamlets began appearing in the northern portion of the county in the 1600s. Early communities grew up around transportation routes, the rivers and streams, and then roads and eventually railroads. Small towns were centers of economic and social activity and evolved over the years from thriving centers of tobacco trade to communities boosted by the railroad boom. Queenstown was the original county seat when Queen Anne’s County was created in 1706, but that designation was passed on to Centreville in 1782. Its location was important during the 18th century, because it is near a creek that, during that time, could be navigated by tradesmen. A hub for shipping and receiving, Queenstown was attacked by English troops during the War of 1812. Construction of the Federal-style courthouse in Centreville began in 1791 and is the oldest courthouse in continuous use in the state of Maryland. Today, Centreville is the largest town in Queen Anne’s County. With its relaxed lifestyle and tree-lined streets, it is a classic example of small town America. The Stevensville Historic District, also known as Historic Stevensville, is a national historic district in downtown Stevensville, Queen Anne’s County. It contains roughly 100 historic structures, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located primarily along East Main Street, a portion of Love Point Road, and a former section of Cockey Lane. The Chesapeake Heritage and Visitor Center in Chester at Kent Narrows provides and overview of the Chesapeake region’s heritage, resources and culture. The Chesapeake Heritage and Visitor Center serves as Queen Anne’s County’s official welcome center. Queen Anne’s County is also home to the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center (formerly Horsehead Wetland Center), located in Grasonville. The CBEC is a 500-acre preserve just 15 minutes from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Over 200 species of birds have been recorded in the area. Embraced by miles of scenic Chesapeake Bay waterways and graced with acres of pastoral rural landscape, Queen Anne’s County offers a relaxing environment for visitors and locals alike. For more information about Queen Anne’s County, visit www.qac.org. 79
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Autumn Planning and Planting With the cooler temperatures and shorter days, October is a gardening transition month, as is April in the spring, where we engage in both planning and planting. As I have mentioned a number of times through the years writing Tidewater Gardening, September through November is an excellent time to plant woody trees and shrubs. With few exceptions like bareroot pines, dogwoods, birch, magnolia, poplar and redbud, trees and shrubs will do well when planted in the fall. The local garden centers and nurseries usually have a supply of both container-grown and balledand-burlapped plant material available. As long as the soil temperature stays consistently above 40째, the plant roots will grow. If you want to transplant an existing deciduous shrub or tree in the landscape, I would wait until after the first or second hard frost to make sure that the plant has
Fall is a good time to plant trees and shrubs. hardened off. You can plant container and balled-and-burlapped evergreen shrubs now, but I would wait until the late winter or early spring to transplant evergreens from one place to another in the landscape. We usually recommend mulching newly planted trees and shrubs to reduce weed problems and to conserve moisture. In the fall, however, it is usually a good idea to wait to mulch until after the soil temperatures have reached 32째. 81
Tidewater Gardening Mulch applied too early can do more harm than good. Mulch is used to keep soil temperatures constant and to prevent frost heaving, not to keep it warm. In October, the trees and shrubs start to harden for the upcoming cold weather. To encourage this process, remove mulch from around the stems of shrubs and trees. This will also discourage mouse and vole damage to the stems during winter. Remember to provide adequate water to any newly planted tree or shrub if the fall happens to be dry. Do not over-water plants in heavy clay soil. A good deep soaking is usually all that is needed. Check out the online publication HG 24 - Planting Tips for Trees on the University of Maryland Home and Garden Information Center website ~ http://extension.umd. edu/hgic for specific guidelines for proper tree planting. In August I had the opportunity to attend the Southern Nursery Association 12th Southern Plant Conference in Atlanta. The speaker list included a number of industry “heavy hitters” like Dr. Mike Derr, Dr. Alan Armitage, Dr. Richard Olsen from the U.S. National Arboretum, and Dr. Tom Raney from North Carolina State University, to name a few. All of the speakers presented on what they thought
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slow to grow and may take many years to reach maturity. The red vein enkianthus naturally forms into a pleasant shape and the only pruning you should need to do is take care of any branches that are dead, diseased or damaged. Prune just after the plant has finished flowering so you do not affect the next year’s blossom crop. The cultivar that was recommended by Ted Stephens from Nurseries Caroliniana was Enkianthus quinqueflorus ‘Pink Chandelier’ that produces waxy pink flowers in the spring. I have always been fascinated by the fall and winter f lowering trees in the family Hamamelidaceae or Witch-hazel family. The witch-ha-
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enough time to get established. Dig tender, garden f lower bulbs for winter storage. Gladiolus corms should be dug when leaves begin turning yellow. Caladiums, geraniums and tuberous begonias should be lifted before killing frost. Dig canna and dahlia roots after a heavy frost. Allow to air dry, then pack in dry peat moss or vermiculite, and store in a cool location. If you did not do it last month, now is also a good time to add chrysanthemums, pansies, and ornamental kale and cabbage to the flower bed planting to provide a last-minute pop of color. Pansies have many applications in the winter landscape. They add drifts of single-colors to an otherwise dull winter landscape
the red found in the species. This species grows as a large shrub to small tree. While you are in the process of cleaning up the flower beds this month, don’t forget that this would be a good time to divide and transplant perennials that have spread or outgrown their location in the flower bed. New perennials can still be planted in the fall, and established perennials can be divided. Autumn is the perfect time to fill the empty spaces in an established garden with new plants. If you are going to do this, I would recommend that you not wait until the end of October, but do the planting and transplanting early in the month to give the plants
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t ures as low as 2° in t he w inter. A big plus with the pansy is the variety of colors. Pansies can be purchased in almost every color of the rainbow, even those with black f lowers! There are solid colored pansies and pansies with faces. Pansies also come in a variety of sizes. The large category has blooms that range in size from 3½ inches to 4½ inches. Medium size blooms run 2½ inches to 3½ inches. The small, or multiflora, bloom sizes run 1½ inches to 2½ inches. Generally, pansies with smaller f lowers tolerate heat and adverse growing conditions better than the large flowered types. In most cases, pansies perform much better in the landscape if
or as a mass planting with several colors mixed together. Use pansies in a flowerbed with colors appropriate for holidays such as red and white for Christmas. Pansies in particular perform best in cooler weather and are, therefore, usually planted in spring or fall. They like rich, welldrained soil high in organic matter, and full sun or partial shade. Pansies will f lower even more profusely and longer if spent f lower heads are removed. Pansies grow best when night temperatures are below 65 °, which makes them ideal for fall gardens. Pansies can survive in tempera-
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you do a good job of preparing the soil. Choose a location that is well drained. Pansies will not grow well in soil that stays constantly wet. Work 4 to 6 inches of organic matter, such as garden compost, peat moss, soil conditioner or wellrotted leaves, into the soil with a shovel or tiller. Pansies grow best in a soil with a low pH, so little if any limestone is usually needed. They don’t need a high amount of
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lead to faster ripening. Asparagus top growth should not be removed until foliage yellows. Let foliage stand over winter to collect snows for insulation and moisture. Now is a good time to have the garden soil tested to determine if you will need to add lime and any additional fertilizer next spring. In fact, fall is an excellent time to add lime to the garden soil, if needed, because the alternate freezing and thawing of the soil over the winter will help work the lime down into the soil. Now is also a good time to plow and incorporate organic matter to avoid the rush of garden activities and waterlogged soil in spring. Fall-prepared soils also tend to warm faster and allow earlier planting in spring. Herbs brought indoors for fall and winter should be located where they will receive strong direct sunlight. Supplemental f luorescent light (cool white bulbs or grow lights) will probably be necessary as well. Keep lights on for 14 to 16 hours each day. Keep herb plants away from drafts and heat sources and mist them daily. Happy gardening!
Brussels sprouts. any disease and insect infested plant debris. Harvest root crops and store in a cold (32째), humid location. Storing produce in perforated plastic bags is a convenient, easy way to increase humidity. Harvest Brussels sprouts as they develop in the axils of the leaves, from the bottom of the stem. Brussels sprouts will continue to develop up the stem. Harvest pumpkins and winter squash before frost, but when the rind is hard and fully colored. Store in a cool location until ready to use. Harvest gourds when stems begin to brown and dry. Cure at 70째 to 80째 for two to four weeks. Harvest mature, green tomatoes before frost, and ripen indoors in the dark. Warmer temperatures
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Dorchester Points of Interest bridge in Maryland after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. A life-long resident of Dorchester County, Senator Malkus served in the Maryland State Senate from 1951 through 1994. Next to the Malkus Bridge is the 1933 Emerson C. Harrington Bridge. This bridge was replaced by the Malkus Bridge in 1987. Remains of the 1933 bridge are used as fishing piers on both the north and south bank of the river. 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, horsedriven sleighs, and tools of the woodworker, wheelwright, and blacksmith. For more info. tel: 410-228-7953 or visit dorchesterhistory.org.
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DORCHESTER COUNTY VISITOR CENTER - The Visitors Center in Cambridge is a major entry point to the lower Eastern Shore, positioned just off U.S. Route 50 along the shore of the Choptank River. With its 100foot sail canopy, it’s also a landmark. In addition to travel information and exhibits on the heritage of the area, there’s also a large playground, garden, boardwalk, restrooms, vending machines, and more. The Visitors Center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about Dorchester County call 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: 410-228SAIL(7245) or visit www.sailwindscambridge.com. CAMBRIDGE CREEK - a tributary of the Choptank River, runs through the heart of Cambridge. Located along the creek are restaurants where you can watch watermen dock their boats after a day’s work on the waterways of Dorchester. HISTORIC HIGH STREET IN CAMBRIDGE - When James Michener was doing research for his novel Chesapeake, he reportedly called
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Dorchester Points of Interest so many to freedom. Artifacts include the actual newspaper ad offering a reward for Harriet’s capture. Historical tours, bicycle, canoe and kayak rentals are available. Open upon request. The Bucktown Village Store is located at 4303 Bucktown Rd., Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-901-9255. HARRIET TUBMAN BIRTHPLACE - “The Moses of her People,” Harriet Tubman was believed to have been born on the Brodess Plantation in Bucktown. There are no Tubman-era buildings remaining at the site, which today is a farm. Recent archeological work at this site has been inconclusive, and the investigation is continuing, although there is some evidence that points to Madison as a possible birthplace. BLACKWATER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, located 12 miles south of Cambridge at 2145 Key Wallace Dr. With more than 25,000 acres of tidal marshland, it is an important stop along the Atlantic Flyway. Blackwater is currently home to the largest remaining natural population of endangered Delmarva fox squirrels and the largest breeding population of American bald eagles on the East Coast, north of Florida. There is a full service Visitor Center and a four-mile Wildlife Drive, walking trails and water trails. For more info. tel: 410-228-2677 or visit www.fws.gov/blackwater. EAST NEW MARKET - Originally settled in 1660, the entire town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Follow a self-guided walking tour to see the district that contains almost all the residences of the original founders and offers excellent examples of colonial architecture. 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. 102
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Easton Points of Interest Historic Dow ntow n Easton is the count y seat of Talbot Count y. Established around early religious settlements and a court of law, today the historic district of Easton is a centerpiece of fine specialty shops, business and cultural activities, unique restaurants and architectural fascination. Tree-lined streets are graced with various period structures and remarkable homes, carefully preserved or restored. Because of its historical significance, Easton has earned distinction as the “Colonial Capital of the Eastern Shore” and was honored as #8 in the book, “The 100 Best Small Towns in America.” Walking Tour of Downtown Easton Start near the corner of Harrison Street and Mill Place. 1. HISTORIC TIDEWATER INN - 101 E. Dover St. A completely modern hotel built in 1949, it was enlarged in 1953 and has recently undergone extensive renovations. It is the “Pride of the Eastern Shore.” 2. THE BULLITT HOUSE - 108 E. Dover St. One of Easton’s oldest and most beautiful homes, it was built in 1801. It is now occupied by the Mid-Shore Community Foundation. 3. AVALON THEATRE - 42 E. Dover St. Constructed in 1921 during the heyday of silent films and vaudeville entertainment. Over the course of its history, it has been the scene of three world premiers, including “The First Kiss,” starring Fay Wray and Gary Cooper, in 1928. The theater has gone through two major restorations: the first in 1936, when it was refinished in an art deco theme by the Schine Theater chain, and again 52 years later, when it was converted to a performing arts and community center. For more info. tel: 410-822-0345 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 4. TALBOT COUNTY VISITORS CENTER - 11 S. Harrison St. The Office of Tourism provides visitors with county information for historic Easton and the waterfront villages of Oxford, St. Michaels and Tilghman Island. For more info. tel: 410-770-8000 or visit www.tourtalbot.org. 5. BARTLETT PEAR INN - 28 S. Harrison St. Significant for its architecture, it was built by Benjamin Stevens in 1790 and is one of Easton’s earliest three-bay brick buildings. The home was “modernized” with Victorian bay windows on the right side in the 1890s. 6. WATERFOWL BUILDING - 40 S. Harrison St. The old armory 105
Easton Points of Interest is now the headquarters of the Waterfowl Festival, Easton’s annual celebration of migratory birds and the hunting season, the second weekend in November. For more info. tel: 410-822-4567 or visit 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 for adults and children, the Museum also offers a vibrant concert and lecture series and an annual craft festival, CRAFT SHOW (the Eastern Shore’s largest juried fine craft show), featuring local and national artists and artisans demonstrating, exhibiting and selling their crafts. The Museum’s permanent collection consists of works on paper and contemporary works by American and European masters. Mon. through Fri. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; extended hours on Tues., Wed. and Thurs. until 7 p.m. For more info. tel: (410) 822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.art-academy.org. 8. CHRIST CHURCH - St. Peter’s Parish, 111 South Harrison St. The
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Easton Points of Interest Parish was founded in 1692 with the present church built ca. 1840, of Port Deposit granite. 9. HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF TALBOT COUNTY - 25 S. Washington 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 Tues. through Sat., 11 a.m. to 3 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.
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Easton Points of Interest 11. TALBOT COUNTY COURTHOUSE - Long known as the “East Capital” of Maryland. The present building was completed in 1794 on the site of the earlier one built in 1711. It has been remodeled several times. 11A. FREDERICK DOUGLASS STATUE - 11 N. Washington St. on the lawn of the Talbot County Courthouse. The statue honors Frederick Douglass in his birthplace, Talbot County, where the experiences in his youth ~ both positive and negative ~ helped form his character, intellect and determination. Also on the grounds is a memorial to the veterans who fought and died in the Vietnam War, and a monument “To the Talbot Boys,” commemorating the men from Talbot who fought for the Confederacy. The memorial for the Union soldiers was never built. 12. SHANNAHAN & WRIGHTSON HARDWARE BUILDING 12 N. Washington St. It is the oldest store in Easton. In 1791, Owen Kennard began work on a new brick building that changed hands several times throughout the years. Dates on the building show when additions were made in 1877, 1881 and 1889. The present front was completed in time for a grand opening on Dec. 7, 1941 - Pearl Harbor Day. 13. THE BRICK HOTEL - northwest corner of Washington and Fed-
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eral streets. Built in 1812, it became the Eastern Shore’s leading hostelry. When court was in session, plaintiffs, defendants and lawyers all came to town and shared rooms in hotels such as this. Frederick Douglass stayed in the Brick Hotel when he came back after the Civil War and gave a speech in the courthouse. It is now an office building. 14. THOMAS PERRIN SMITH HOUSE - 119 N. Washington St. Built in 1803, it was the early home of the newspaper from which the StarDemocrat grew. In 1911, the building was acquired by the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club, which occupies it today. 15. ART DECO STORES - 13-25 Goldsborough Street. Although much of Easton looks Colonial or Victorian, the 20th century had its 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 GR AND LODGE - 23 N. Harrison Street. The records of Coats Lodge of Masons in Easton show that five Masonic Lodges met in Talbot Court House (as Easton was then called) on July 31, 1783 to form the first Grand Lodge of Masons in Maryland. Although the building where they first met is gone, a plaque marks the spot today. This completes your walking tour.
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St. Michaels Points of Interest On the broad Miles River, with its picturesque tree-lined streets and beautiful harbor, St. Michaels has been a haven for boats plying the Chesapeake and its inlets since the earliest days. Here, some of the handsomest models of the Bay craft, such as canoes, bugeyes, pungys and some famous Baltimore Clippers, were designed and built. The Church, named “St. Michael’s,” was the first building erected (about 1677) and around it clustered the town that took its name. 1. WADES POINT INN - Located on a point of land overlooking majestic Chesapeake Bay, this historic inn has been welcoming guests for over 100 years. Thomas Kemp, builder of the original “Pride of Baltimore,” built the main house in 1819. 115
St. Michaels Points of Interest 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 protection of the heritage of log canoes, the oldest class of boat still sailing U. S. waters. The MRYC has been instrumental in preserving the log canoe and its rich history on the Chesapeake Bay. 4. THE INN AT PERRY CABIN - The original building was constructed in the early 19th century by Samuel Hambleton, a purser in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. It was named for his friend, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. Perry Cabin has served as a riding academy and was restored in 1980 as an inn and restaurant. The Inn is now a member of the Orient Express Hotels. 5. THE PARSONAGE INN - A bed and breakfast inn at 210 N. Talbot St., was built by Henry Clay Dodson, a prominent St. Michaels businessman and state legislator around 1883 as his private residence. In 1874, Dodson, along with Joseph White, established the St. Michaels Brick Company, which later provided the brick for “the old Parsonae house.�
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St. Michaels Points of Interest 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 410745-3100. 10. THE FOOTBRIDGE - Built on the site of many earlier bridges, today’s bridge joins Navy Point to Cherry Street. It has been variously known as “Honeymoon Bridge” and “Sweetheart Bridge.” It is the only remaining bridge of three that at one time connected the town with outlying areas around the harbor. 11. VICTORIANA INN - The Victoriana Inn is located in the Historic District of St. Michaels. The home was built in 1873 by Dr. Clay Dodson, a druggist, and occupied as his private residence and office. In 1910 the property, then known as “Willow Cottage,” underwent alterations when acquired by the Shannahan family who continued it as a private residence
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St. Michaels Points of Interest for over 75 years. As a bed and breakfast, circa 1988, major renovations took place, preserving the historic character of the gracious Victorian era. 12. HAMBLETON INN - On the harbor. Historic waterfront home built in 1860 and restored as a bed and breakfast in 1985 with a turn-ofthe-century atmosphere. All the rooms have a view of the harbor. 13. MILL HOUSE - Originally built on the beach about 1660 and later moved to its present location on Harrison Square (Cherry St. near Locust St.). 14. FREEDOMS FRIEND LODGE - Chartered in 1867 and constructed in 1883, the Freedoms Friend Lodge is the oldest lodge existing in Maryland and is a prominent historic site for our Black community. It is now the site of Blue Crab Coffee Company. 15. TALBOT COUNTY FREE LIBRARY - St. Michaels Branch is located at 106 S. Fremont Street. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877. 16. CARPENTER STREET SALOON - Life in the Colonial community revolved around the tavern. The traveler could, of course, obtain food, drink, lodging or even a fresh horse to speed his journey. This tavern was built in 1874 and has served the community as a bank, a newspaper office, post office and telephone company.
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St. Michaels Points of Interest 17. TWO SWAN INN - The Two Swan Inn on the harbor served as the former site of the Miles River Yacht Club, was built in the 1800s and was renovated in 1984. It is located at the foot of Carpenter Street. 18. TARR HOUSE - Built by Edward Elliott as his plantation home about 1661. It was Elliott and an indentured servant, Darby Coghorn, who built the first church in St. Michaels. This was about 1677, on the site of the present Episcopal Church (6 Willow Street, near Locust). 19. CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 301 S. Talbot St. Built of Port Deposit stone, the present church was erected in 1878. The first is believed to have been built in 1677 by Edward Elliott. 20. THE INN - Built in 1817 by Wrightson Jones, who opened and operated the shipyard at Beverly on Broad Creek. (Talbot St. at Mulberry). 21. THE CANNONBALL HOUSE - When St. Michaels was shelled by the British in a night attack in 1813, the town was “blacked out” and lanterns were hung in the trees to lead the attackers to believe the town was on a high bluff. The houses were overshot. The story is that a cannonball hit the chimney of “Cannonball House” and rolled down the stairway. This “blackout” was believed to be the first such “blackout” in the history of warfare.
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St. Michaels Points of Interest 22. AMELIA WELBY HOUSE - Amelia Coppuck, who became Amelia Welby, was born in this house and wrote poems that won her fame and the praise of Edgar Allan Poe. 23. TOWN DOCK RESTAURANT - During 1813, at the time of the Battle of St. Michaels, it was known as “Dawson’s Wharf” and had 2 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 - Located in the heart of the historic district, offers a unique view of 19th century life in St. Michaels. The exhibits are housed in three period buildings and contain local furniture and artifacts donated by residents. The museum is supported entirely through community efforts. Open May-October, Mon., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fri., 1 to 4 p.m., Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sun., 1 to 4 p.m. Other days on request. 410-745-9561 or www.stmichaelsmuseum.com. 25. KEMP HOUSE - Now a country inn. A Georgian style house, constructed in 1805 by Colonel Joseph Kemp, a revolutionary soldier and hero of the War of 1812.
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Oxford Points of Interest over the entrance arbor was brought from the Isle of Jersey in 1810 by Captain William Willis, who commanded the brig “Sarah and Louisa.” (Private residence) 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. 14. OXFORD-BELLEVUE FERRY - N. Morris St. & The Strand.
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Tilghman’s Island “Great Choptank Island” was granted to Seth Foster in 1659. Thereafter it was known as Foster’s Island, and remained so through a succession of owners until Matthew Tilghman of Claiborne inherited it in 1741. He and his heirs owned the island for over a century and it has been Tilghman’s Island ever since, though the northern village and the island’s postal designation are simply “Tilghman.” For its first 175 years, the island was a family farm, supplying grains, vegetables, fruit, cattle, pigs and timber. Although the owners rarely were in residence, many slaves were: an 1817 inventory listed 104. The last Tilghman owner, General Tench Tilghman (not Washington’s aide-de-camp), removed the slaves in the 1830s and began selling off lots. In 1849, he sold his remaining interests to James Seth, who continued the development. The island’s central location in the middle Bay is ideally suited for watermen harvesting the Bay in all seasons. The years before the Civil War saw the influx of the first families we know today. A second wave arrived after the War, attracted by the advent of oyster dredging in the 1870s. Hundreds of dredgers and tongers operated out of Tilghman’s Island, their catches sent to the cities by schooners. Boat building, too, was an important industry. The boom continued into the 1890s, spurred by the arrival of steamboat service, which opened vast new markets for Bay seafood. Islanders quickly capitalized on the opportunity as several seafood buyers set up shucking and canning operations on pilings at the edge of the shoal of Dogwood Cove. The discarded oyster shells eventually became an island with seafood packing houses, hundreds of workers, a store, and even a post office. The steamboats also brought visitors who came to hunt, fish, relax and escape the summer heat of the cities. Some families stayed all summer in one of the guest houses that sprang up in the villages of Tilghman, Avalon, Fairbank and Bar Neck. Although known for their independence, Tilghman’s Islanders enjoy showing visitors how to pick a crab, shuck an oyster or find a good fishing spot. In the twentieth century, Islanders pursued these vocations in farming, on the water, and in the thriving seafood processing industry. The “Tilghman Brand” was known throughout the eastern United States, but as the Bay’s bounty diminished, so did the number of water-related jobs. Still, three of the few remaining Bay skipjacks (sailing dredgeboats) can be seen here, as well as two working harbors with scores of power workboats. 139
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The Settlement of North Virginia by Gary D. Crawford
We ought to give more credit to the first Englishman to settle on the upper Eastern Shore, really we should. He was quite an extraordinary man, well deserving of our praise and admiration. Undaunted by the risks and dangers of the New World, he dreamed of great enterprises, served his community in a variety of important roles, and won the respect of his neighbors and government colleagues. He recognized and acted upon the opportu-
nities he saw here in our beautiful part of the Bay. Despite many adversities here and extraordinary turmoil back home in England, he remained steadfast to his principles of free enterprise and representative government throughout his long life of 77 years. As such, he contributed much to our nation’s democratic heritage. The Gentle Reader may be surprised to learn that I am referring here to that notorious Virginian, William Claiborne. Before going further, I suppose we must address the matter of his checkered reputation. Some have described Claiborne as a self-interested opportunist, a man who established a settlement unlawfully in the midst of Maryland, a greedy entrepreneur who sought to corner the fur trade in the Chesapeake Bay, a defiant trouble-maker who provoked the first naval warfare in American waters, and an obstinate opponent who never conceded to the Calvert family any authority over the settlement he established. Yeah, well, OK, he did that. Some said he did even worse ~ that he was a dastardly scoundrel, a deceitful villain, even a pirate and murderer ~ but that really is
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Settlement of North Virginia going too far. (More on this point later.) Confusion about who was right in his conf lict with the Calverts, about the legitimacy of Claiborne’s actions, and his moral character, persist to this day. As usual, the truth is far more interesting than the myth. Since there isn’t room here to describe the many twists and turns of Claiborne’s amazing career, a brief sketch will have to do. Tantalized in his youth by stories of the Chesapeake Bay told by Capt. John Smith, Claiborne yearned for an opportunity to seek his fortune in the New World. His chance came in 1621 when the Virginia Company sent Sir Francis Wyatt to be the new governor of Virginia. One of the governor’s instructions was to get the company’s lands laid out properly and the boundaries between plantations established. To do this work, they provided Wyatt with a surveyor. With perhaps some help from his mom, Claiborne got the appointment and accompanied Wyatt to Virginia. They arrived safely in October of 1621 Young Will, too, was just 21 when he first stepped ashore in the New World. A bit of background, just to refresh our memories. Soon after the turn of the 17th century, a group of London investors formed a Company with the idea of establish-
ing settlements in the New World. They anticipated making big money from the discovery of gold and silver; they also wished to exploit the fur trade with the locals, as the French were beginning to do further north. When Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603, she was succeeded by King James I and it was this new king whom the Company approached, seeking a charter permitting them to establish a substantial colony in America. Perhaps the Gentle Reader will permit a further digression? The name “America” had been in common usage for nearly a century by this time. It was not, despite what we may have learned in school, conferred upon the new continent by Amerigo Vespucci. A map-maker in Strasbourg named Martin Waldseemüller, after reading of Vespucci’s voyages, realized that what he and Columbus had found was not a new route to Asia, but something even more remarkable. It was the world’s fourth continent, after Europe, Africa, and Asia. He
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great chunk of territory for the new colony, dubbed “Virginia” in honor of his predecessor Elizabeth I, who had passed away just three years previously. The Virginia Charter of 1606 encompassed the entire Atlantic coast between the 45th and 34th parallels. That’s more or less from Bangor, ME, all the way down to Wilmington, NC. (And all the way to the west coast, too, for they believed the Pacific was just over those bluish mountains to the west.) Anyway, as we all know, by 1607 the Virginia Company had managed to establish a small settlement on one of the rivers near the mouth of the Bay. Cleverly, they named it the James River and their new village Jamestown. (As Mel
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Our young surveyor went right to work and quickly prospered. He built a home well downstream from Jamestown, in the Hampton area, and began acquiring other land. But Claiborne did not aspire to be a great planter. He came from a family of merchants, not farmers. He sensed that great wealth could be gained through the fur trade and dreamed of a creating an enterprise to control it. Everyone in the Jamestown area was getting into the game, and Claiborne decided to leave them to it. He knew the best furs came from the north, through the Susquehannock Indians, and the tales told by Capt. John Smith still resonated. Will longed to find a piece of territory
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in north Virginia that he could call his own. He obtained permission from the Virginia authorities to scout the upper Bay in 1627 and again in 1628. There he found a large peninsula jutting west from the Eastern Shore, narrowing the Bay at that point, which he considered ideally located for the fur trade ~ close enough to the head of the Bay to be convenient, yet not so close as to be constantly under threat from the unpredictable Susquehannock Indians. It wasn’t quite an island, but near enough ~ the connecting marsh was known as “the wading place” ~ so it could be defended more readily than a settlement on the mainland. Moreover, the grasslands and woods were filled with game, fish and shellfish abounded, and a good harbor was found on its eastern side. Will liked it very much, for it reminded him of his home in Kent, and so he named it that: the Isle of Kent. He also named the two nearby islands, Popely’s Island (Poplar) and Claiborne’s Island (Sharp’s).
Could Claiborne settle a small colony of his own there? It would require careful preparation, considerable financial backing, assistance from the London end, approvals from both the King and the Virginia Governor ~ but why not? What was absolutely clear was that the whole of the Chesapeake Bay lay within the boundaries of the Virginia Charter. Will was in good standing with the colonial government in Jamestown, and King James, the year before his death in 1625, had promoted him to the important post of Virginia Secretary of State. For a variety of reasons, Claiborne decided to return to England in 1629. He spent two years making the arrangements, going into partnership with a group of investors headed by William Cloberry, who promised to obtain a royal patent for Kent Island. Claiborne also persuaded twenty-year-old Elizabeth Butler to follow him to America as his wife. At departure, Claiborne was troubled to learn that Cloberry had failed, managing to get only a
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Settlement of North Virginia trading commission to authorize the venture, but not a royal patent for possession of the land. There was not time to press his case. The company ship Africa arrived safely in 1631 loaded with supplies and trade goods. Will immediately set about assembling his expedition, which he referred to (rather delightfully, I think) as “the first goeing upp.” Things definitely were looking “upp” for young Will.
George Calvert Then it all began to fall apart, quickly and utterly. A nobleman named George Calvert sought and was granted exclusive rights to North Virginia. He named it Maryland. William Cloberry betrayed Claiborne, never obtaining s royal patent for Kent Island and sending out as manager of Kent Island a man destined to conspire with the Calverts and take everything Claiborne owned. Will resisted
the takeover, of course. Their “navies” clashed twice, with casualties on both sides. Claiborne’s forces were defeated, however, and his ships confiscated. A long series of legal battles began, here and in England, that Claiborne could not hope to win. He insisted to his dying day that Kent Island was his by prior right and that the Maryland Charter applied only to uncultivated lands. To summarize, if the case were tried fairly today, I think the verdicts would be as follows. 1. To the charge that Claiborne settled on Kent Island illegally: Not guilty. In 1631, the entire Chesapeake was covered by the Virginia Charter, and Will had permission from the Council of Virginia to settle there. 2. To the charge that Claiborne traded in furs without permission: Not guilty. Claiborne held a trading commission from King Charles, under the privy seal of Scotland. 3. To the charge that Claiborne committed murder and piracy: Not guilty. The exchange of gunfire between Calvert’s and Claiborne’s vessels was open warfare, a fair fight, and Claiborne himself was not present. 4. To that charge that Claiborne violated the terms of the Maryland Charter by refusing to acknowledge Calvert’s rightful ownership: Guilty.
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land before the Maryland Charter was granted, he had no legal title to it, merely a commission granting him trading rights. Calvert, of course, could not tolerate anyone in his midst who rejected his authority as Lord Proprietor. We will never know whether Calvert would have granted Kent Island to Claiborne had he submitted to his authority, for Claiborne would not capitulate. It was a conflict that Claiborne was bound to lose. The astonishing thing is that he lost gracefully. He conceded and returned to Virginia. When the unhelpful governor John Harvey was recalled, the new administration in Virginia wanted peace with Calvert, who also sought an end to
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Virginia’s control. For a time Claiborne actually ruled Maryland. Given Will Claiborne’s sterling record as a businessman, official, and statesman, we are left to wonder how he became so vilified by history. So far as I can tell, he never knowingly broke any laws. One answer is that Maryland’s colonial history was written by the Calvert family and their supporters, so it is hardly surprising that Claiborne got a bum rap from them. It is reminiscent of what happened to King Richard III. You remember him. Richard was the last of the Plantagenet kings, and he was thoroughly trashed by the Tudors who overthrew him. With a hefty assist from the Bard,
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Settlement of North Virginia hold accounts and the like ~ which he then pieces together for us. It’s quite fascinating, and in 1990 the UK-based Crime Writers Association pronounced it the greatest mystery novel of all time. Actually, I’d put Dame Ngaio Marsh’s Murder on the Links in the top spot. Still, Daughter of Time is pretty good and reprints are available in select bookstores. The bashing is still going on, for we find Claiborne included in a book called Pirates of Virginia (2012) by Mark Donnelly and Daniel Diehl. But even Claiborne’s modern defenders can get their facts hopelessly muddled. They characterize William Claiborne as the son of landed gentry, people who traditionally side with the King against all threats to the crown and who zealously guard their feudal rights. Claiborne’s staunch advocacy for Virginia’s right to self-government seems out of character, like a rich kid who went abroad and became a hippie. So Claiborne’s modern defenders twist and bend, trying to explain his motivations and apparent rejection of his family loyalties. Actually, there’s a simple explanation to all that. They had the wrong guy. There was a wealthy William of the Claiborne family (also spelled Cleburn, Clibburn), but he was born in 1584. Our Will was born sixteen years later to a
distantly related Claiborne family. In the end, Lord Baltimore managed to weather the storms and Maryland survived. So did Claiborne, who built a new home he called “Romancoke,” up the York River in an area known as New Kent County. He spent his last 15 years there with Elizabeth, no doubt happiest when the grandchildren came visiting. The exact date of his death, probably in 1677, is unknown, as is his gravesite. Another mystery is how his name came to be given to a splendid Bay Hundred village in Talbot County. A resident there says she knows the answer ~ and will reveal it in her book, which I look forward to with interest. Gary Crawford and his wife, Susan, operate Crawfords Nautical Books, a unique bookstore on Tilghman’s Island.
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Kent County and Chestertown at a Glance Kent County is a treasury of early American history. Its principal towns and back roads abound with beautiful old homes and historic landmarks. The area was first explored by Captain John Smith in 1608. Kent County was founded in 1642 and named for the shire in England that was the home of many of Kent’s earliest colonists. When the first legislature assembled in 1649, Kent County was one of two counties in the colony, thus making it the oldest on the Eastern Shore. It extended from Kent Island to the present boundary. The first settlement, New Yarmouth, thrived for a time and, until the founding of Chestertown, was the area’s economic, social and religious center. Chestertown, the county seat, was founded in 1706 and served as a port of entry during colonial times. A town rich in history, its attractions include a blend of past and present. Its brick sidewalks and attractive antiques stores, restaurants and inns beckon all to wander through the historic district and enjoy homes and places with architecture ranging from the Georgian mansions of wealthy colonial merchants to the elaborate style of the Victorian era. Second largest district of restored 18th-century homes in Maryland, Chestertown is also home to Washington College, the nation’s tenth oldest liberal arts college, founded in 1782. Washington College was also the only college that was given permission by George Washington for the use of his name, as well as given a personal donation of money. The beauty of the Eastern Shore and its waterways, the opportunity for boating and recreation, the tranquility of a rural setting and the ambiance of living history offer both visitors and residents a variety of pleasing experiences. A wealth of events and local entertainment make a visit to Chestertown special at any time of the year. For more information about events and attractions in Kent County, contact the Kent County Visitor Center at 410-778-0416, visit www. kentcounty.com or e-mail tourism@kentcounty.com. For information about the Historical Society of Kent County, call 410-778-3499 or visit www.kentcountyhistory.org/geddes.php. For information specific to Chestertown visit www.chestertown.com. 161
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The View From Penthouse B by Elinor Lipman. Houghton Miff lin Harcourt. 252 pp. $25. Oh, joy, oh, delights! Another grabber of a book by Elinor Lipman, whose I Can’t Complain was recently rev iewed in this space. This one is like the previous one, full of keen understanding of the relationships among women “of a certain age” and, in this case, among three sisters, their ups and downs and buttinsky advice peppered with hilarity, pathos and coping skills. Make no mistake ~ this is not a weeper for women only. The male figures are just as admirable, even lovable and maddening at the same time. Mostly, it’s a puzzle of how people overcome sadness, rage and poverty without losing courtesy and genuine love of family. As the scenario opens, Betsy is the oldest and lives in her own house in New York. She has a reasonably good life, a good marriage of many years with the usual annoyances. Her husband is a music teacher
rather than what she wants him to be. (Anything but.) Margot is the youngest, divorced f r om he r b e a s t of a hu s b a nd , Charles. Alas, Charles is a physician specializing in treating women who have fertility issues. The marriage came apart when he was accused of
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Elinor Lipman Charles. Their women-only household goes coed when she joins a picket line in front of Lehman Bros. after it goes bankrupt. She meets Anthony, a charming young man who is now out of a job and a divorce and wants to find new lodgings. Margot is attracted by the placard he carries. It says “Next Stop: The Poor House,” the title she uses on her blog. They talk and laugh and he asks her if she has a room to let. His former wife, a foreign student in the U.S. with a lapsing visa, was the be-
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friended partner in a non-sex marriage. Anthony, he tells the sisters when he is invited to the Penthouse for an interview for moving into the spare room, is gay. He brings with him for the interview some of his home-baked cupcakes as a gift while Margot and Gwen decide that he is a welcome boarder until he finds another job on Wall Street. The future of the odd household is full of humor and sassiness, the latter with comments from Betsey, who doesn’t live in the penthouse with her sisters, and who harbors fear of a gay man in their midst. As a matter of fact, they love Anthony and his masculinity when it comes to odd jobs in the apartment. All is contentment until the wicked Charles is paroled from prison and has the effrontery to move into the bottom floor of the same apartment building and begins to woo his ex-wife all over again. His attitude is not only a program of redemption but is temporarily squelched by his put-down by Anthony, posing as the macho partner of one of the ladies in residence. T he r uc k u s pu she s w idowe d Gwen to c onsider d at i ng aga i n with prissy adventures into online dating. Betsy, always full of butting in, wants to rewrite Gwen’s “insearch-of” entries, invest in more attractive clothes, and for God’s sake loosen her hair and try to wear 166
make-up more appropriate than the 1930s brands. The reluctant Gwen takes some time to go that far, and has the expected rejections, one after another. Meanwhile, bad Charles has finagled with enough chutzpah to join the three people in the penthouse at dinner. Desperate to see Margot, he invites himself. Margot is still furious at him. Gwen and Anthony are uncomfortable in sharing a meal with a person who exposed Margot to so much humiliation. He is charged by the hosts to bring the wine, and it can’t be the cheap stuff, either. Anger recedes as Charles is truly ashamed of his crime and persuasive in his courtship. It would be unfair to reveal how the story ends
for readers who zip though this endearing stor y. Aside from the laugh-aloud sarcasm and anxieties of all concerned (except Anthony), the retorts are priceless. This reader found it a delightful romp with all the family quirks and basic goodness of the characters. Don’t miss it. The tale is Elinor Lipman at her best. 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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Kokomo Opalescent Glass I have to admit that my initial (suppressed) reaction to the suggestion that we visit a glass factory today is less than enthusiastic. As my lips form the words, “Sure, that sounds like a good idea,� the deep recesses of my brain yield images formed more than fifty years earlier during two childhood trips.
First was a visit to the Corning factory in New York when I was probably too young to appreciate what I was seeing. I remember being warned not to touch anything while the adults shopped in the factory store ~ glass stuff everywhere! The second image is a personal brain-video depicting a James-
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Kokomo Opalescent Glass town, Virginia, craftsman in colonial attire, blowing on a long pipe to expand a glob of hot glass into a globe. I remember him extending the end of the tool into the cavity of a hot furnace and rolling the tube on a bench to spin the glowing glob into a uniform shape. It is a fascinating process to observe, and the small green pitcher created before my eyes had a special place on my mother’s living room mantle for over half a century. I am wondering how today’s tour will be any different. But believing the junket to be a valuable experience for my grandson, I eagerly hop into the car for the one-hour drive from the Indy area north to Kokomo, Indiana. Kokomo, named for local Native Americans, is home to several large automotive production and assembly plants. One of the largest buildings in Kokomo is a Chrysler Corporation transmission plant, a factory that fell on hard times during the recessionary period of last decade but
The room was filled with carts from another generation. has seen a recent resurgence. A few turns off the main drag bring us to an old brick building and an attached corrugated steel warehouse. One might suppose this to be an abandoned site were it not for the number of cars in the parking lot. Painted on the front of the rusty steel building is a large logo and company name. Huge white letters, shadowed in black, are overlapped - K O G. To the left of the logo in similarly colored and shadowed clean block letters are the words Kokomo Opalescent Glass. Under the name is the boast “Since 1888.” Okay, so I know what glass is, and I know I am in Kokomo, the
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thirteenth largest city in Indiana. But I am not clear on the meaning of the word opalescent. I know opaque, translucent, transparent and several other words too long for the Scrabble board, but ~ opalescent ~ a new word for me. Through the squeaky door of the brick building we find ourselves in the Op Shop. There are hundreds ~ no, thousands ~ of colorful glass trinkets in here. There are sun-catchers, mobiles, framed works of art, lampshades, glass sculpture, paperweights, trays, trivets, refrigerator magnets, glassware, dishes, jewelry and even marbles. If it can be made of colorful glass, it is in this small shop. As a PopPop I feel obligated to deliver the multi-generational glass
shop warning to my grandson, “Evan, don’t touch anything!” After I mill around for a few minutes, hands in pockets, elbows tight to my side, a young lady blows through the microphone of her portable sound system, introduces herself as Mary, then announces that the tour will begin in five minutes. She leads about eight of us out into the parking lot and toward a small walk-through door of the metal building. Mary quite proudly announces that what we will see inside has been happening on this site, in the same manner, using the same equipment, for the past one hundred twenty-five years. She explains that in the mid-1880s a
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Kokomo Opalescent Glass group of speculators drilling test wells just outside of town tapped into a rich reservoir of natural gas that changed the entire complexion of the small town. Industry blossomed quickly in Kokomo because of the readily available and inexpensive source of fuel. Since the glass industry requires an abundance of heat, Kokomo was the perfect location for the Kokomo Opalescent Glass Company. There’s that word again. I suspect she knows, because the next words from Mary are “Does anyone know what opalescent glass is, and how it is different from stained glass? A little muttering among
the group produces nothing helpful, so Mary explains that stained glass is actually clear glass that has had color applied to its surface; the glass is truly stained with powdered inks or dyes, and baked to produce the beautiful colors. Opalescent glass, on the other hand, is colored glass ~ not just colored on the surface~ but the color is in the glass. For example, blue glass is blue glass throughout, not just blue on the surface. Huh! I didn’t know that! I am not sure my words will be adequate to describe what I experienced as I passed through the door into the old building. What an amazing sight! There were dozens of antique push-carts. Each
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Kokomo Opalescent Glass cart consisted of a rectangular, sheet metal open bin about six feet long, riding on two large steel-rim wheels. At the front of each cart was a single, small wheel and a long handle for manually pulling and steering the cart. Some of the carts were empty, but many of them were filled with broken chunks of colored glass, each chunk about the size of a softball or smaller, and each cart contained a different color. One of the focal points in the large room was a domed-shaped brick furnace. For a furnace, the structure was huge: about 25 feet in diameter with walls reaching to about 6 feet and the center of the dome about another 3 feet higher. It was apparent there was some very significant heat inside this structure. Mary tells us the furnace struc-
ture is known by the glassworkers as the beehive. Around the perimeter wall of the beehive are portholes; each hole in the brick wall is about eighteen inches square with an arched top. Through each porthole is emitted an orange glow produced from intense heat. Six young men are standing near the beehive. Each of them holds a long-handled iron ladle. I noticed that the bowl of each ladle is a different size. The largest ladle bowl might hold a basketball; the smallest, maybe a softball; and the others are a variation of sizes in between. Like an athletic team, someone gave a signal and each of the young men extended his ladle into a different porthole of the beehive to extract a bowl full of glowing orange. One by one, but seemingly in a prescribed order, the men ran about forty feet with their heavy ladles and dumped the mol-
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About every seven minutes the team of six ladlers repeat their choreography to deliver a precise recipe of melted glass colors to the work table. Mary tells us that there are hundreds of sheet glass recipes that vary the ladle sizes and color choices from the beehive. It seems that each porthole in the beehive has a different color of liquid glass. At the other end of the tunnel, which is in a different room, are the cooled and finished sheets of glass spectacularly marbled in vibrant colors. Two men trim the glass to correct size and discard the excess into barrels. This is just an amazing process! The product of hand-mixed sheet glass is one of two basic product
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A Face on the Shore by Kathi Ferguson
As an artist, I am captivated by people’s faces. It could be something in the eyes that draws me in, a warm smile, a strong jaw perhaps, or weathered skin etched with the lines of life. Whatever the characteristic, there are faces that undoubtedly have stories to tell, and the face of Tilghman Island’s John T. Kinnamon immediately caught my attention. Tilghman, in and of itself, has always intrigued me. Its unspoiled beauty and idyllic setting are an alluring destination for a Sunday drive. After a few “tastes” of the island’s irresistible charm, I found myself coming back for more! Little by little, visit by visit, faces of the place became more familiar and the nod of a head accompanied by a friendly wave more frequent. I first met “Johnny” one summer morning while volunteering at the Tilghman Island Watermen’s Museum. Once the local barber shop, this tiny wooden structure now houses historical artifacts that represent the heritage of local watermen and their families. The weathered screen door opened with its distinctive creak as a rather unassuming, interestinglooking gentleman meandered in,
Mr. Johnny Kinnamon looking as though he had some time to kill. Below the shadow cast by the brim of his baseball cap was a pair of azure blue eyes that appeared seemingly curious to know who I was. After a few laughs to break the ice and a bit of small talk, it became clear that beneath this rugged yet calm exterior was a man of strength and principle. If ever there was an example of quintessential Eastern Shore, it is a conversation with Johnny Kinnamon. Johnny builds Chesapeake Bay
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A Face on the Shore workboats. And he builds them well, selling to commercial fishermen and private owners for more than 30 years. He has put the Kinnamon stamp on boats from as small as eight feet up to 42 feet, and anything in between, reaching buyers from the Delmarva Peninsula across to Texas. Our interview, or, better yet, first in a collection of conversations, began over lunch at the local Two if by Sea Café, itself a step back in time. “Years ago this place was a department store,” Johnny tells me. “Matter of fact, you’re sitting in the dry goods section right now.” The restaurant was actually part of a row of commercial buildings on Tilghman Island Road once known as “Middletown,” composed of Howeth’s Department store, Moore’s Barber Shop, Tilghman Bank and Jackson’s Pharmacy. In the early 1900s, the island was made up of three villages or communities ~ Tilghman, Fairbank and Bar Neck. “Middletown”
was technically the center of the 3-mile-long island, or middle of town. The pharmacy is now gone, but the other structures remain. Christina is our waitress and, as she takes our order, is eager to inform me that “Mr. Johnny” built her daddy’s boat 22 years ago and that he is “just the best boat builder ever!” With a wink and a nod, Johnny leans back in his chair and takes a sip of coffee before turning his attention toward the back of the restaurant, quick to observe the lack of local diners. “These days, the natives are in the minority.” An only child, Johnny was born in a boarding house with a midwife and raised at the southern end of the peninsula in Bar Neck. “I guess after my mom and dad had me, they figured that one was enough!” he jokes. His father was a third-generation waterman and his mom was brought to the island as a child from an orphanage in Easton. It was not unusual at that time (1920s) for orphans to be raised by boarding house owners who opened their homes to fish-
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A Face on the Shore ing and hunting parties. The boys were taught a trade and the girls were placed where household help was needed. “Mom was one of the kids taken in by Buddy Harrison’s great-grandfather (of the present day Harrison’s Chesapeake House). That’s where she met my dad,” Johnny explains. We take a drive after lunch down towards Black Walnut Point located at the very tip of the peninsula. On the way, I am reminded of just how much water surrounds this narrow strip of land, catching glimpses of it across the distant fields. Although much of the area looks today as if nothing has changed
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over the years, “nearly half of the land on the bay side of the island has been lost to erosion,” Johnny tells me. “Used to be there was a store in Bar Neck, a post office, and two more stores in Fairbank. Before that we had a bowling alley, a boarding house, blacksmith shop, and two canning companies. And that was just on the southern end!” As this publication regularly tells its readers, the late 1800s marked the beginning of prosperous times for Tilghman Island. Seafood processing enterprises began springing up after parcels of land had been sold to oystermen in the area. Oyster dredging took off, and the watermen were quick to join in. Steamboat service was then established, and selling oysters to Washington and Baltimore grew very profitable. As a result, boat-building became an important business, as well as blacksmithing, fishing, oystering and farming. This remained the case for years to come, helping to put Tilghman on the map. After spending several years in the Navy, Johnny returned to the island, happy to take advantage of the good economic times at home, and went to work on the water. “Oystering paid big money in the 1950s,” Kinnamon says. “Jobs up the road had benefits; working the water didn’t. For me, the water won out.” Johnny’s initiation as a waterman came working with local character “Puss” Larrimore on his bug-
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A Face on the Shore eye, the R.H. Daugherty, dredging oysters. (A bugeye is type of sailboat that was developed for oyster dredging before the introduction of the skipjack.) In the spring the crew would go “down Jersey” (in watermen-speak) to Egg Island, to dredge on the Delaware Bay. Johnny shakes his head and starts to chuckle. “What an experience that was. That darned boat leaked so bad that when it rained you had to sleep under the stern deck with your oilskins on. The cook we had on board, if you can call him that, used to tie a dish pan to the stove
leg, and when the pan started banging it was time to start the gasoline pump! The only thing memorable about his cooking is when he made what he thought passed for dumplings out of canned biscuits!” Dredging in winter, I learn, was a sight to behold. “When the Bay froze over back in ’77,” Johnny explains, “about 8 of us bought an old Dodge Dart and sawed the top off of it so we could get in and out. We pulled a couple of handmade plywood sleds behind it to haul the oysters back. I’ll never forget - one time a reporter came out with us wanting to do a story for the local paper. We headed out from Sher-
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wood Wharf and came back towing 15 bushels of oysters doing nearly forty miles an hour, zigzagging and whippin’ those sleighs and the reporter all over the ice. I’ll just say this – he never did write the story!” I detected that there were a myriad of tales to tell and that it would take many more lunches to cover half of them! Kinnamon worked full time crabbing and dredging oysters throughout his young adult life, repairing and selling boats during the off-season. Over the course of his waterman years, there would be much to learn about fishing boats and how lucrative building them could be. “Good thing,” he smiles. “By that time I had a wife, four kids and a mortgage!” Self-taught for the most part, the time came when Johnny wanted to build a new boat for himself, so he hired someone to teach him. “Ended up selling that boat, built more and more on my own, sold those, and things took off from there,” he says. Kinnamon’s list of orders grew, as did his reputation for quality work. With a shrug of his shoulders he tells me, “Before I knew it, I was in the boatbuilding business.” John Kinnamon Boatbuilder was launched (no pun intended!) in 1975 out of an old warehouse that was once a seafood packing company. Six years later, Kinnamon built his own shop on the property adjacent to the brick ranch-style home 187
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A Face on the Shore where he still resides. “Can’t beat the commute!” he jokes. The shop, a weathered gray structure, is the first you will see coming around the final bend of the road before approaching Knapp’s Narrows. Not surprisingly, a couple boats are displayed out front. Johnny’s first client was a local man by the name of Chester Haddaway. “Chester bought the first wooden boat I ever built,” he recalls. “A forty-two footer. Guess it’s safe to say he was a satisfied customer since I ended up building him two more.” A traditional Kinnamon boat was then made of wood purchased from lumberyards in nearby Trappe or sometimes from North Carolina. His boats were built to last ~ as sturdy and tough as the Bay water chop they had to cut through. Working solo, Johnny had no use for drawings or plans. “It took me about 12 weeks to finish one,” he says. “That’s with no hardware ~ motor, steering, crab pot pulls. Local welder did all that.” Kinnamon later switched to fiberglass over plywood due to rising costs and demand. “Heck, now it costs more for the materials than what I used to sell my boats for!” It wasn’t long before Johnny’s only son, John “JC” Jr., would express an interest in boatbuilding. “This was a case where I re-
ally didn’t want JC to follow in my footsteps, but I couldn’t discourage him,” says Johnny. “We would go out crab-potting together when he was growing up, and I guess it got in his blood.” Not wanting JC to stand in his shadow, John Sr. ensured that he “leave the nest” and get experience working in other shops. Eventually young John ventured out on his own to open Kinnamon Construction, also located on Tilghman. Father and son would often collaborate, and they still do. Johnny laughs. “I used to shovel work to him to make sure he was plenty busy. Nowadays I’m sometimes his helper; most often I’m just the agitator!” Down the road we ride by what is now a waterfront housing community called Tilghman on Chesapeake. Johnny remembers when it was one of many pastoral farms now lost to development. “As kids, we used to pass by here on the way home from the store. Our parents told us to walk, not run, but we didn’t always listen. There were some cows and a big old bull in one of the fields who’d spot us and start running along the fence chasing us. We’d try to outrun him on the other side but we weren’t always that fast!” It is late afternoon when we begin the drive back to Johnny’s house. The fields are awash in the distinctive warm light of a slowly setting sun as we pass historic St.
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outside are empty for now, but will likely fill up again in the morning. The bridge is raised to let a few boats through, and Johnny points in the direction of his son’s shop back behind the grasses. “Close enough, but not too far,” he quips. As we pull up to Johnny’s place, it is nearing the end of my sojourn on Tilghman for this day. Before I head for my car, he invites me in. “Have a seat; I want to show you something.” Knowing my interest in the subject, Johnny brings out a collection of artwork that immediately catches my attention. “My wife and I loved to go to flea markets and wander around in antiques stores. These are some of the things we collected through the years. Thought you’d enjoy seeing them.” I feast my eyes on several impressive pieces ~ charcoal drawings, oil paintings, a charming watercolor, as well as a print by well-known wildfowl artist Harry D. Adamson. “Oh, and here’s one that really caught our attention,” Johnny says, as he holds up an unusual work of stylized birds designed using thin strips of wood in various colors. Fascinating! There is a book on the kitchen table that I recognize called The Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay by John Hurt Whitehead III. It is a stunning pictorial view of those who earn their livelihood on the water. Leafing through its two hundred or so pages, Johnny comes to
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in his blue 1964 T-bird convertible, turning heads along the way. “That’s ice blue,” he is sure to remind me, “not baby blue!” Backing out of the gravel drive, I instinctively give Johnny that familiar wave and nod before heading back to Easton. As I begin to reflect on my visit, I hope there will be more to come. There is a proud spirit in John T. Kinnamon reflective of others I have met on Tilghman Island. Hard-working, kind, and introspective, he is the salt of the earth, facing life’s challenges head-on with a no-nonsense logic and always a dash of good humor. It’s a privilege to know you, Mr. Johnny.
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a rcheolog ic a l ev idenc e f rom the former slave quarters at the Green House (now called Orangery) at Wye House. The exhibition will contain unpublished archival sources, household objects, books, recipe collections, maps and artwork related to the people who lived and worked at Wye House. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 1-13 Exhibit: These Places That I Know by David A. Douglas at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Douglas has created a powerful collection of works within a hyper-real universe where floors
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features a mini-museum about the history of the original lighthouse and the area’s maritime heritage. It also serves as the dockmaster’s office for the Cambridge Marina. For more info. tel: 410-228-4031 or visit www. ChoptankRiverLighthouse.org. Thru Nov. 2 Exhibit: Main Street Gallery in Cambridge presents “ENVIRONMENT” to feature wood carver Eddie Wozny and painters Annie Compton and Linda Epstein. For more info. tel: 703-201-7157.
Artist Anne Hock of the Working Artists Forum to exhibit at the Academy Art Museum. and walls radiate with jewel-like intensity. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 1-13 Working Artists Forum at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Bi-annual ex hibition of new, first-time-shown work. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 1-31 The Choptank River Lighthouse offers free, self-guided tours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Admission is free, but donations are encouraged. The lighthouse
1 Academy for Lifelong L earni ng: A Tour of Elegance and Beauty with Tom Hollingshead at Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, Washington, D.C. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941 for enrollment details. 1 Meeting: Breastfeeding Support Group f rom 10 to 11:30 a.m. at U M Shore Medical Center in Easton. For more info. tel: 410 -822-1000 or v isit www. shorehealth.org. 1,8 The Academy of Lifelong Learning at CBMM: Furniture of our Pilgrim Fathers with Dick Mattingly from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Tel: 410745-4941 for enrollment details.
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2 Nature as Muse at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Each month this writing group will follow a different winding path to quietly observe nature in detail. Bring a bag lunch and dress for the outdoors. For more info. and registration tel: 410634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www. adkinsarboretum.org. 2 Reiki Share at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living. 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. For more info. tel: 410 - 819 -3395 or v isit www. evergreeneaston.org. 2 ,6 ,9 ,1 3 ,16 , 2 3 , 2 7, 30 C l a s s: Stained Glass Mosaic Studio with Jen Wagner at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Wed., 6 to 8 p.m. and Sun., 1 to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 2,9 Class: Basic Still Life in Oil with Rita Curtis from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-
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822-ARTS (2782) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 2 ,9,16 Cla s s: Int roduc t ion to Pottery with Paul Aspell from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 2,9,16 Class: Beg. Int. and Advanced Pottery with Paul Aspell from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410 -822A RT S (27 82) or v i s it w w w. academyartmuseum.org. 2,9,23,30 Class: Creative Photography with George Holzer from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
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Michaels. For more info. tel: 410745-4941 for enrollment details. 3,10,18, 25 Ac ademy for L ife long Learning: Great Decisions Discussion Program w ith Ed Bednarz and Bruce Jones at The Talbot Senior Center, Easton. 1:30 to 3 p.m. Tel: 410-745-4941 for enrollment details. 3,10,24,31 Class: Printmaking with Ebby Malmgren from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 3,10,17,24,30 The Academy of Lifelong L earning at CBMM: Remains of the Day ~ An Experience in Life Review with George Merrill from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Trinit y Cathedral, Easton. Tel: 410-745-4941 for enrollment details. 3,10,17,24,31 Cambridge Farmer’s Market from 3 to 6 p.m. on the waterfront at Long Wharf Park. Fresh produce, f lowers, meats, eggs, baked goods, craft items and more. For more info. visit w w w.c ambr idge main st reet. com. 3,17,31 The Academy of Lifelong Learning at CBMM: The Artist’s Way with Diane Thomas Mitchell from 1 to 2:30 at the Universalist
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4 Dorchester Sw ingers 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. 4- 5 43rd a n nua l Che ster tow n House Tour begins on Friday
4-6 31st Annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Fr iday check-in and cookout at 5:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Marvel at the craf tsmanship and innovation used in traditional and contemporary small watercraft while enjoying the CBMM’s wa-
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terfront campus and hands-on exhibits, including a new tugboat exhibit and the historic restoration of the skipjack Rosie Parks. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916 or www.cbmm.org. 4-6 Lapstrake skiff model-building workshop at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Fri., 6 to 9 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941 or www.cbmm. org. 4,11 Class: Introduction to Monopr int Techniques w ith Kev in Garber from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
4,11,18 Lighthouse Overnight Adventures at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Fee includes a dedicated museum facilitator, the cost of program activities, two days admission, souvenir patch and a scenic river cruise aboard the Mister Jim. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941. 5 Geezer Cooking for Men: Fun Beyond the Basics with Peter Hartjens at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living. 9 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410819 -3395 or v isit www.evergreeneaston.org. 5 Trappe-Toberfest at the park in downtown Trappe from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and featuring a day of free family-oriented entertainment, a variety of foods, and treats to purchase. For more
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downtown Easton (replaces First Friday Gallery Walk). 5 to 9 p.m. Easton’s art galleries, antiques shops and restaurants combine for a unique cultural experience. For more info. tel: 410-770-8350.
info. tel: 410-476-3170 or visit www.trappemd.net. 5 Hurlock Fa ll Fest iva l: Enjoy plenty of fun, learning and festivities throughout the town of Hurlock. 5 First Saturday Guided Walk at Ad k i ns A rboret u m, R idgely. Explore the Arboretum’s diverse plant communities on a guided walk led by a docent naturalist. 10 a.m. For more info. tel: 410634-2847, ext. 0. 5 Fall Soup ’n Walk at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Look for fall along the meadow edges. Menu: pumpk in lent il soup,aut umn salad, yogurt wheat germ bread, chocolate walnut cookies. 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For more info. and registration tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 5 Birth of an Oyster Reef ~ the public is invited to watch a special new oyster reef being built below the Bill Burton Fishing Pier in Cambridge from 1 to 5 p.m. The new reef will be celebrated on the pier with food and activities for the public. For more info. tel: 443-482-2066.
5 Tidewater Camera Club Exhibit at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 5 to 7 p.m. For more info. visit www.tidewatercameraclub.com. 5-26 Exhibit: Sculpture in all its glor ious forms, tex tures and media at Pam Foss Fine Art in St. Michaels. Featured will be Pam Foss, Erica Lampe, Jean Louis Gazabot and Rosemary Aldrich. Opening from 6 to 9 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-0400 or visit www.pamfossfineart.com. 5,12,19,26 The Farmers’ Market in Easton is held every Saturday until December. Over 20 vendors offering a variety of fresh fruits, organic vegetables, bison meat & products, sauces, baked goods,
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October Calendar 7 Academy for Lifelong Learning: V isit Popla r Isla nd w it h t he Poplar Island Staff. 9 a.m. to noon. Boat leaves from Tilghman Island. For more info. tel: 410745-4941 for enrollment details. 7 Kitchen Science 101: Fun With Fermented Foods w ith Daw n Tull at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living. 6 to 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org. 7,14 Class: Intermediate/Advanced Raku with Paul Aspell from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 7,14,21,28 The Academy of Lifelong Learning at CBMM: The Naval Civil War with Bob Lonergan from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Tel: 410745-4941 for enrollment details. 7,14,21,28 Monday Night Trivia at the Market Street Public House, Denton. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Join host Norm Amorose for a funfilled evening. For more info. tel: 410-479-4720. 7,21,28 The Academy for Lifelong Learning at CBMM: From Hot
War to Cold War ~ U.S. History 1919 -1990 w ith Bob Springer from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Talbot Senior Center Conference Room, Easton. Tel: 410-745-4941 for enrollment details. 8 Just for Teens: Ductivity at the Ta lbot C ou nt y Free L ibra r y, Easton. 3 to 4:30 p.m. Be creative working with duct tape. All teens welcome. For more info. tel: 410822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 8 Meeting: Tidewater Camera Club at the Talbot Community Center, Easton. 7 to 9 p.m. For more info. v isit www.t idewatercameraclub.com. 8,22 Meeting: Tidewater Stamp Club at the Mayor and Council Bldg., Easton. 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1371. 9 Altered Books Crafts ~ Create a pumpkin with Sabine Simonson and Chris Eareckson at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10 a.m. to noon. Open to ages 10 to adult. For more info. tel: 410822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 9 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Meet the Author ~ George Merrill on The Bay of the Mother of G od: A Yankee D i scovers the Chesapeake Bay from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels.
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11-13 C olumbus Day Weekend Jazz Celebration in the upstairs club at Town Dock Restaurant, St. Michaels. The event begins with two shows at 7 and 9 p.m. on Friday featuring Paul Carr. On Saturday there will be two shows, 7 and 9 p.m., featuring Joanna Pascale. The weekend will conclude on Sunday with shows at 6 and 8 p.m. featuring MARS 4Tet. For more info. tel: 410 -703- 0755 or v isit www. StMichaelsJazzFestival.com. 12 Friends of the Librar y Second Saturday Book Sale at the Dorchester County Public Li-
10,17,24,31 Memoir Writing at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Record and share your memories of life and family. Participants are invited to bring their lunch. Please pre-register. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 11 Connection and Conversation at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living. 6 to 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www. evergreeneaston.org.
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brary, Cambridge. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-2287331 or visit www.dorchesterlibrary.org. 12 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.cambridgemainstreet.com. 12 Second Saturday Nursery Walk at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgelyfrom 1 to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 12 4th annual Food and Wine Festival at Simpatico in St. Michaels. Noon to 6 p.m. Tastings of over 50 Italian wines, food products, artisan cheeses, food demonstrations and food vendors. For more info. tel: 410-745-0345 or visit
12 The Bun’s in the Oven: Comfort Measures for Pregnancy & Labor at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living. 1 to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org. 12 2nd Saturday at the Foundry at 401 Market St., Denton. Watch local artists demonstrate their talents. 2 to 4 p.m. Free. For more info. tel: 410-479-1009. 12,26 Country Church Breakfast at Faith Chapel & Trappe United Methodist Churches in Wesley Hall, Trappe. 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Menu: eggs, pancakes, French toast, sausage, scrapple, hash browns, grits, sausage gravy and biscuits, juice and coffee. TUMC is also the home of “Martha’s Closet” Yard Sale and Community Outreach Store, open during the breakfast and every Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to noon. 13 Pancake Breakfast at the Oxford
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October Calendar Volunteer Fire Dept. 8 to 11 a.m. Proceeds to benefit the Oxford Volunteer Fire Services. $8. For more info. tel: 410-226-5110. 13 Class: Wire & Beaded Jewelry Making with Barbara Barrowcliff at the St. Michaels Community Center. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Class size is limited. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073. 13 Basic Self-Hypnosis with Jimmy Quast at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living. 1 to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org.
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The Gilbert Byron House. 13 The Gilbert Byron House will be open to visitors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during Pickering Creek’s 22nd annual Fall Harvest Hoedown. Please come and see our progress! For more info. tel: 410 -822-4903 or v isit www. pickeringcreek.org. 15 Halloween Crafts at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 4 p.m. Crafts for the whole family. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www. tcfl.org. 15,22,29 Academy for Lifelong Learning: What the Dickens! with John Ford, John Miller and Kate Livie from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Tel: 410745-4941 for enrollment details. 15,22,29 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Sacred Spaces ~ The Arts of Devotion with Rob Forloney from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime
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Celebration of the Arts at the Eastern Shore Hospital Center, Cambridge. Opening reception Oct. 16 from noon to 2 p.m. Exhibit hours: Wed., noon to 8 p.m.; Thurs., noon to 4 p.m. and Fri., 9 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-221-2358.
Museum, St. Michaels. Tel: 410745-4941 for enrollment details. 16 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Book Club ~ Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez with Margot Miller and Esty Collet from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Tel: 410745-4941 for enrollment details. 16 Lego Time at the Talbot County Free Librarty, Easton for ages 6 and older. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 16-18 Mar yland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 2013
16,23,30 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Fun with Philosophy with Sam Barnett at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Tel: 410-745-4941 for enrollment details. 17 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Meet the Author ~ Hunter Harris on Shoreline Shapes and Monsters of the Chesapeake from 10
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October Calendar to 11:30 a.m. at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Tel: 410-745-4941 for enrollment details. 17 Meeting: Alzheimer’s Caregivers’ Support Group at Chesapeake Woods Center, Cambridge. 4 p.m. Caregivers of those with A lzheimer’s Disease or other dementia-related disorders are invited to attend. Free. For more info. tel: 410-221-1400, ext. 1217. 17 Poetry Open Mic Night at the Ta lbot C ount y Free L ibra r y, Easton. 6 p.m. Read and/or perform your own or your favorite poem in front of an audience of your peers. Open to all ages. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 17,18,19,20,25,26,27 Tred Avon Players presents the musical romantic comedy She Loves Me, with book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, music by Jerry Bock and directed by Edwin Talley Wilford. Performance d ate s a re Th r i f t y Thu r sd ay, October 17 at 7 p.m., with twofor-one tickets. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for students with ID. All performances are at the Oxford Community Center in Oxford.
For more info. tel: 410-226-0061 or visit www.tredavonplayers. org. 18 Soup Day at the St. Michaels Community Center. Choose from three delicious soups for lunch. $6 meal deal. Each meal comes with a bowl of soup, a roll and a drink. Take out or eat in! We deliver in St. Michaels. For more info. tel:410-745-6073. 18-20 16th annual Academy Art Museum Craft Show and Fine Arts Marketplace at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. This is the most prestigious juried craf t show on the Eastern Shore. This year it will feature 65 exhibitors, both established and new emerging artists, more than 20 of which are new to the show. Feat ured items ava i lable for purchase will include unusual a nd h a nd m ade home ac c e s sories, furniture, wearable art, jewelry and gifts. Preview party
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October Calendar is Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. Show will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2782) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 19 Tilghman Island Day ~ Events include oyster shucking contest, crab picking contest, the annua l Fire C ompa ny Auc t ion, live entertainment and food. All proceeds support the Tilghman Volunteer Fire Company. For more info. visit their website at www.tilghmanmd.com.
Bird Dog and the Road Kings are perennial performers at Tilghman Island Day. fun and fundraising for the animals in Idlewild Park, Easton. Featuring a dog walk, dog show, 10k/5k runs, parade of adoptable dogs, carriage rides, music, shopping and more. For more info. tel: 410-822-0107 or visit www.talbothumane.org.
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19 Family Crafts at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10 to 11:30 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-8221626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 19 Oktoberfest at Immanuel United Church of Christ in Cambridge. 4:30 to 8 p.m. Authentic German food. For more info. tel: 410-2285167 or 410-228-4640. 19-20 Intro to GIS ~ Two-session workshop for middle and high 218
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more. For more info. visit www. historic.stmichaelsmd.org. 19 1st Annual Easton Oktoberfest/ Family Fun Day at the Easton Elks Lodge at 50s Dutchman’s lane. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open and free to the public. There will be live entertainment, a beer garden, lots of great food to include a pig roast, pit turkey, brats and more. There will also be craft vendors, children’s activ ities and raffles. For more info. tel: 410-443-7126. 20 Art of Self-Expression with Jessica Bass at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living. 2 to 5 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org.
Bark in the Park at Idlewild Park in Easton is fun for the whole family. 20,27 One-hour Skipjack Sails on the Nathan of Dorchester at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Long Wharf, Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410 -228 - 7 1 41 or v i sit www. skipjack-nathan.org.
school st udent s to lea r n t he library’s computers and make online maps. 10 to 11:30 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1244. 19-20 Fall into St. Michaels is an annual event dedicated to celebrating the fall season. There will be many family-oriented activities over the weekend. Some of the events include a pumpkin carving contest, witch cackling c onte st , pie ba k i ng c onte s t , Jack Russell races, Halloween parade on Saturday, 5K Run/ Walk, ghost tours and so much
21 Dot’s Low Salties: Maintain Lifestyle Changes with a Low Salt Diet with Dorothy Mayorga at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living. 6 to 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org. 21 Stitching Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 3 to 5 p.m. Bring your needlecraft
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at the Caroline County 4-H park, Denton. Food will be available for purchase and all proceeds from table rentals will benefit Caroline County 4-H programs. For more info. tel: 410-310-8934.
22 Meeting: Women Supporting Women, lo c a l bre a st c a nc er support group meets at Christ Episcopal Church, Cambridge. 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-463-0946.
26 The Language of Wholeheartedness with David Mercier at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org.
24 Author Presents: Elizabeth’s Field ~ Stories from Dorchester, Then and Now with author Barbara Lockhart at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-8221626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 25 Wine, Chocolate & Conversation at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living. 6 to 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org.
26 Join us for a celebration of fall with Colchester Farm CSA’s Oktoberfest in Galena from 4 to 9 p.m. on the farm. This harvest feast will include a pig roast, fall vegetables, pumpkins, beer, and live music from the Demolition String Band. There will be plenty of fun for the whole family, with children’s activities earlier in the evening and live music starting at 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 443553-4179.
26 Caroline County 4-H Craft and Flea Market from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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28 Halloween Crafts at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 4 p.m. Crafts for the whole family. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
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P upp e t Show : Te e ny T iny Woman at the Talbot Count y Free Library, St. Michaels. 4 p.m. A production of our own Miss Carla, based on the book by Jane O’Connor. For more info. tel: 410822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
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