Dorchester County's special blend of past and present, treasured by locals, appeals also to visitors from all walks of life. Presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Jimmy Carter, performers Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Ella Fitzgerald, and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors James Michener and Richard Ben Cramer all enjoyed sojourning here. Dorchester County is surrounded almost entirely by scenic waters: the Choptank and Nanticoke Rivers, Hunting Creek, and the Chesapeake Bay. A cruise along these waterways offers long stretches of pristine marsh and uplands that transport visitors to earlier days, when Native Americans traveled these same waters in log canoes. Occasional glimpses of historic homes evoke colonial times. Within these watery boundaries, this largest of Maryland's counties encompasses landscapes and activities to gladden any heart. Railroad and history buffs, hunters, birdwatchers, epicures, and visitors from more hectic locales all find their heart's content in this land of pleasant living.
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Images of America: Dorchester County is a unique history for all to enjoy, filled with priceless images of people, places, pastimes, and events. Culled from local archives, postcard collections, and cherished family albums, these photographs will stir up fond memories of everyday Eastern Shore life. In this follow-up to their first book in the series, Images of America: Cambridge, the authors strive, from different perspectives, to preserve a representative glimpse of their county-A.M. Foley from remote Elliott Island and Gloria Johnson-Mansfield from the "high-lands" of Eldorado.
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In 1704, several year accepting appointment to arbitrate differences between European settlers and Choptank River natives, Thomas Ennals traded 6,000 pounds of tobacco, 40 pounds of sterling, and 320 rough cloaks called "match coats" in ex. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dorchester County, World War, Nanticoke River, Elliott Island, Chesapeake Bay, Civil War, East New Market, Choptank River, Church Creek, Marshyhope Creek, Annie Oakley, Neck District, High Street, Bonnie Brook, Fishing Bay, Hollands Island, Jarvis Hill, Taylors Island, Ziba Adams, Blenhorn Farm, John Fletcher Hurst, Joppa Church, Revolutionary War, Somerset County, Thomas King Carroll New!
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In 1704, several year accepting appointment to arbitrate differences between European settlers and Choptank River natives, Thomas Ennals traded 6,000 pounds of tobacco, 40 pounds of sterling, and 320 rough cloaks called "match coats" in ex. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dorchester County, World War, Nanticoke River, Elliott Island, Chesapeake Bay, Civil War, East New Market, Choptank River, Church Creek, Marshyhope Creek, Annie Oakley, Neck District, High Street, Bonnie Brook, Fishing Bay, Hollands Island, Jarvis Hill, Taylors Island, Ziba Adams, Blenhorn Farm, John Fletcher Hurst, Joppa Church, Revolutionary War, Somerset County, Thomas King Carroll New!
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- Canneries of the Eastern Shore by R. Lee, Jr. Burton in Front Matter
- We the People: The Stories That Unite Us by Janis Campbell on page 41
- Abraham Lincoln (Classic Library) by G. R. Benson on page 14
- Buffalo Soldier (Thorndike Large Print Popular Series) by Conway on page 112
- The American Revolution: A History (Modern Library Chronicles) by Gordon S. Wood on page 21
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