The Chestertown Tea Party
Many are talking about the Tea Party who are in protest of the taxes as well as the size and policies of some of the Governments and Politicians of the United States, however this is about an annual non political Tea Party that is in memory of Revolutionary Times. During the 18th century the Maryland [...]
A Sharpshooter on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Annie Oakley, the female sharpshooter of “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” fame along with her husband Frank Bulter called Cambridge, Maryland one of their retirement homes. She along with Butler decided in 1912 to stop performing with the Wild West show. The couple lived in the Eastern Shore town from 1912 until 1917. Those familiar with [...]
Did You Know – Early American History
If you are a regular reader you do. St. Augustine Florida is the oldest continuous settlement in the United States. It was originally a Spanish settlement as well as its oldest port. St. Augustine was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés on September 8, 1565. The first English child born in America was Virgina Dare [...]
Maryland
Maryland formally recognizes March 25th, as the day of its founding. It was on that day in 1634 that the first settlers sent by Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore established the first settlement in land chartered to the Calvert’s. Mathias de Sousa listed in records as a Mulatto was of probable African and Portuguese descent. [...]
The First United States Census – 1790
The first United States Census began on Monday, August 2,1790 using that date as the ‘as of’ of the census. President George Washington had taken office the year before and the country wished to have a count of its population. The Congress assigned responsibility for the 1790 census to the marshals of the U.S. judicial [...]
Galena, Maryland
Galena, Maryland was founded in 1763 as a tavern town. William Downs was the owner of the local tavern. This is where the town’s original name Downs’s Cross Roads derived. Later the name was changed to Georgetown Cross Roads and finally Galena. Today the town still is a cross road with routes 213 and 313 [...]
A Political Comment
Warning: The following is a political comment. I try only to post items here that fall under the heading of trivia and although some may have political themes, they are generally of the past. The following is 100% current politics as it is happening in the State of Maryland and its Eastern Shore. Please feel [...]
Cecil County, Maryland
Cecil County was first explored by John Smith when in 1608 his expedition of the Chesapeake Bay sailed to the head of the Bay. The expedition explored areas of the Elk, Sassafras and Susquehanna Rivers. Cecil County sits at the head of the Chesapeake Bay and is the only county that has a western as [...]
A National Park in Delaware
On this 93rd anniversary of President Woodrow Wilson signing the National Park Service Organic Act that created the National Park Service it may be time to wonder why there is not a National Park in the State of Delaware. Delaware is the only State that does not have a National Park Unit within it. A [...]
The Three Lower Counties on The Delaware
It was on August 24, 1682 James, Duke of York granted to William Penn “all that land on the Delaware River and Bay beginning twelve miles south of the town of Newcastle otherwise called Delaware, and extending south to the Whorekills, otherwise called Capin Lopin, on yearly payment of one rose to the Duke of [...]
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