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From the BooksRoad Trips

FREE PREVIEW: ‘Notoriously Scandalous’ at the Oxford-Bellevue Ferry

One of the adventures in my second collection of Eastern Shore Road Trips: One-Day Adventures on Delmarva is the "Five Ferries Tour," which will have you (and your car) making five different river and bay crossings aboard history-laden routes. If all goes according to plan, the new book will be out in early summer of 2019. The excerpt below covers one of those crossings, at…
April 18, 2019
Tubman TravelsWay Back Machine

Emancipation in Oxford: Joining the United States Colored Troops

Click on the image for more information about the book and where it's available. In this free excerpt from the book Tubman Travels: 32 Underground Railroad Journeys on Delmarva, a visit to Oxford, Maryland puts travelers in touch with stories about the slave trade there and the way some men found a way to freedom for them and their families by signing on to serve…
April 13, 2019
Good Times & Fun EventsMonth of Fundays Newsletter

MONTH OF FUNDAYS: Cool events and fun happenings in April 2019

The April 2019 edition of the MONTH OF FUNDAYS newsletter connects you with scores of fun events and cool happenings coming up on the Eastern Shore and in Delaware. We are talking sea glass shows, outdoor festivals, Easter events, the decoy-carving world championship, and much, much more. Click here to see the April 2019 issue. Here’s hoping it inspires you to get out & go! Thank…
April 1, 2019
The Newsroom

Secrets of the Eastern Shore Featured on WMDT-TV Story About St. Michaels, “The Town That Fooled the British”

Secrets of the Eastern Shore co-founder Jim Duffy was featured recently in a news story on WMDT-TV Channel 47 News in Salisbury, Md. Reporter Erica Murphy visited St. Michaels, Md. to explore the mix of fact and legend behind the story of how St. Michaels became "The Town That Fooled the British" after a battle during the War of 1812. Duffy is the author of…
March 18, 2019
CharactersQuote of the DayWay Back Machine

WORDS OF DELMARVA WISDOM: “What may be the manhood and history [ahead for] a plain boy in rural life?”

John Fletcher Hurst Think about this question the next time you pass by a couple of kids working the water’s edge with fishing poles or crab nets. Such scenes remain quite common along the backroads of Delmarva, of course, just as they were when John Fletcher Hurst was growing up in Dorchester County, Maryland in the 1840s. Despite suffering from occasional debilitating bouts of asthma,…
February 28, 2019
Good Times & Fun EventsMonth of Fundays Newsletter

MONTH OF FUNDAYS: Fun Events & Cool Happenings in March 2019

The March 2019 edition of the MONTH OF FUNDAYS newsletter connects you with lots of great events coming up on the Eastern Shore and in Delaware. We are talking chocolate strolls, St. Patrick's Day, decoy traditions, lighthouse lore, muskrat dinners, and much more. Click here to see the March 2019 issue. Here’s hoping it inspires you to get out & go! Thank you for reading!…
February 25, 2019
Good Times & Fun Events

Go Green! St. Patrick’s Festivities on the Delmarva Peninsula, 2019

Here is your handy dandy guide to this year's St. Patrick’s Day festivities on the Eastern Shore and in Southern Delaware: PARADES O'nancock (Va.) Parade Sunday, March 10 The parade kicks off at 2pm. The festival on the grounds at Ker Place runs 11am-4pm. DETAILS. Milton (Del.) Parade Sunday, March 10 Before the parade kicks off at 2pm, there is a walk/run for charity. The…
February 21, 2019
The Newsroom

Secrets of the Eastern Shore featured on WMDT-TV News Segment on Harriet Tubman

Secrets of the Eastern Shore co-founder Jim Duffy was featured recently in a news story on WMDT-TV Channel 47 News in Salisbury, Md. Reporter Erica Murphy visited the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center in the countryside outside of Cambridge, Md. to explore the life and legacy of Harriet Tubman, the famed Underground Railroad conductor who was born here on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the 1820s.…
February 13, 2019