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Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art exhibits the most comprehensive collection of wildfowl carving and art in the world. Named for Lem and Steve Ward of Crisfield, Maryland, whose skill and vision elevated traditional dec…
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Centuries ago, Indians of the Algonquin Nation, including the Assateagues, Pocomokes, Manokins and Acquintacas, migrated seasonally between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay. The Beach to Bay Indian Trail recognizes the patterns establishe…
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Town of Princess Anne The Town of Princess Anne, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was created by an act of Maryland's General Assembly in 1733. The town was named in honor of King George II's daughter, Anne, and is located in w…
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This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
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Originally located on Brantley Road east of Pocomoke City, the Sturgis School is one of the last remaining one-room school buildings erected to educate African-American children in Worcester County. Dating around 1900, the single-story frame struc…
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Site of second known courthouse of Somerset County on March 1,1694, the court purchased land nearDividing Creek and erected astructure 50 feet by 20 feet,"with gable ends of brick." Thecourt house functioned until 1742.
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Although isolated from Maryland's largest population centers, the Eastern Shore was important to the state's role in the Civil War and exemplified the citizens' divided loyalties. In the years before the war, enslaved African-Americans here began …
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The U.S. Route 13 Travel Information Center is dedicated to the Memory ofMark O. PilchardIn grateful Recognition of the Vision,Dedication and Leadership he providedin establishing the Center. He served the citizens of the Lower Eastern Shore as a …
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State line located approximately 100yards south of this point. In 1668 surveyors marked large Oak treesto indicate the boundry. Thesecame to be called "Marriage Trees" as couples traveled fromVirginia to wed under more lenientMaryland laws. Boundr…
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← 5 miles1000 acres surveyed 1665 forCol. William Stevens,member of Governor's Council,through whose influenceFrancis Makemiecame to Maryland and establishedPresbyterianism in the State. On thissame tract stood the EpiscopalChurch of Coventr…
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