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The 2026 Delmarva Peach Festival Season Is Here … Good Times & Fun Events

The 2026 Delmarva Peach Festival Season Is Here …

This is the link where you can go straight to info on seven different Delmarva peach festivals coming up in late July and August of 2026. But wait ... why peach festivals? Here is how I answer that question in my book, Shore Fun! The Delmarva Wanderer's Guide. It has easy-as-pie, snapshot info on 150+ annual events and 125+ fun destination on the Eastern Shore…
June 28, 2026
Doris Todd Muskat Bikini Featured Photo SIZED
About that Girl in the Muskrat Bikini … CharactersWay Back Machine

About that Girl in the Muskrat Bikini …

A couple of years back the Preston (Md.) Historical Society put a photo of an old newspaper article up on social media. The story was from the Preston News & Farmer in 1939. Headline: "Sleep Walking Child ... Falls from Second Floor About 3 A.M." The gist of the story: "Little Doris Todd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Todd, fell from the second-floor window of…
February 19, 2023
Steamboat Memories: The Avalon and the Joppa
“Like a Visit to Another World:” Remembering Childhood Steamboat Trips on the Choptank River in Times Gone By Quote of the DayWay Back Machine

“Like a Visit to Another World:” Remembering Childhood Steamboat Trips on the Choptank River in Times Gone By

Sometimes, the best-laid productivity plans in a day go awry. I ventured into the Maryland Room of the Talbot County Free Library in Easton, Md. one day to research a very specific topic within a tight time window. Alas, I stumbled upon a little pamphlet titled "Memories of Choptank" while thumbing through a shelf. The title is a reference not to the river, but to…
August 29, 2020
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TUBMAN TRAVELS: The Webb Cabin From the BooksTubman TravelsWay Back Machine

TUBMAN TRAVELS: The Webb Cabin

This is an excerpt from my book, Tubman Travels: 32 Underground Railroad Journeys on Delmarva.  More info about the book is here. Various little cabins play central roles in the stories of the Underground Railroad in this book. There is the one on Peter’s Neck where Harriet Tubman was born; another on Tuckahoe Creek where Frederick Douglass spent his childhood; still another on Poplar Neck…
July 6, 2018
Hand of Harriet Tubman Reenactor (HTURR Byway)
Finding Freedom Along the Harriet Tubman Byway Road Trips

Finding Freedom Along the Harriet Tubman Byway

  When it comes to gaining a sense for the story of the Underground Railroad, the Eastern Shore is about as good a destination as it gets in this country. It is, after all, the birthplace of Harriet Tubman and the site of her 1849 escape into freedom—and then of her many fearless journeys back into the danger zone to help others escape. Tubman, who…
February 16, 2015