Maryland : A New Guide to the Old Line State

by Arnett, Earl; Brugger, Robert J.; Papenfuse, Edward C.

• ISBN13: 9780801859793
• ISBN10: 0801859794
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

Summary

From Antietam to Assateague, from Charles County's Tobacco Road to the mountainous Green Ridge Forest, the natural and historic sites of Maryland are among the nation's richest and most diverse. Now, the newly revised and updated edition of this widely acclaimed guidebook provides a complete, compact, and reliable companion for travel anywhere in the state. First published as a project of the Works Progress Administration in 1940 and last revised for the 1976 bicentennial, Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State has been reorganized, rewritten, and completely updated. Personally traveling nearly all of the 5,000 miles covered, the authors combine first-hand experience with the latest scholarly research. The result is a unique new guidebook that tells the stories of Maryland's familiar people and places and of those often overlooked. Travelers can follow Piscataway Indian trails as well as John Wilkes Booth's escape route; visit the homes of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman as well as the mansions in Annapolis and Hampton; explore the sites of the Crisfield oyster boom and Georges Creek coal rush as well as those of John Brown's raid and the Battle of Antietam. The updated Guide also provides information on the many museums and visitor attractions in Baltimore, Frederick, and other Maryland cities. Supplementing the more than 120 archival photographs are contemporary ones by photographer Edwin Remsberg which show the immensity of changes the state has undergone. Some photos literally look down the same street or road fifty or sixty years later, revealing dramatic urban development or subtle shifts in mood. Fifty new maps by cartographer Bill Nelson offer an accurate guide to every tour. Previous editions of this book have been hailed as definitive touring guides to Maryland. Now once more revised and updated--and this time fully reorganized-- Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State emerges as a freshly appealing guidebook for native, newcomer, and visitor alike. From reviews of the 1976 edition: "The guide is excellent. The tours are well-chosen." -- Washington Post "An updated version of a guide to the state prepared by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. Detailed historical information accompanies driving and walking tours throughout the state." -- Baltimore Magazine

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii	(5)
How to Use This Book	xviii	(1)
Acknowledgments	xix
PART I SOUTHERN MARYLAND	7	(118)
TOUR 1 Maryland's Birthplace: St. Mary's County Md. 5 to St. Mary's City and Return from Point Lookout via Md. 235	7	(28)
Side Trip to Chaptico via Md. 238	9	(1)
Side Trip to Colton's Point via Md. 242	10	(3)
Side Trip to St. George Island via Md. 249	13	(4)
ST. MARY'S CITY	17	(18)
Close-up: "St. Mary's Citty"	17	(18)
TOUR 2 Homes of Indians and Revolutionaries: Western Prince George's and Charles Counties Md. 210, 224, and 6, along the Potomac	35	(12)
Close-up: Maryland's Piscataway Indians	39	(8)
TOUR 3 Annapolis	47	(34)
A. CRUISING THE NAVAL ACADEMY AND RETURNING VIA COLONIAL HOMES AND GARDENS	53	(9)
B. TO STATE CIRCLE AND ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE	62	(10)
C. TO CHURCH CIRCLE VIA MAIN ST. AND RETURN ON DUKE OF GLOUCESTER ST. AND SIDE STREETS	72	(9)
TOUR 4 The Historic Chesapeake-Patuxent Peninsula: Anne Arundel and Calvert Counties Md. 2 from Annapolis to Solomons and Return via War of 1812 Sites	81	(22)
Highland Beach and Other Shore Points via Md. 665	81	(1)
Side Trips on Md. 214 and Md. 468/255	82	(7)
Maidstone and Chesapeake Beach via Md. 260	89	(1)
Lower Marlboro via Md. 262	90	(2)
Close-up: Roger Brooke Taney	91	(1)
Side Trip to Broomes Island via Md. 264 and to Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum via Md. 265 and Mackall Rd	92	(11)
Close-up: Jefferson Patterson Archaeological District	93	(7)
Close-up: Site of Preston-on-Patuxent	100	(3)
TOUR 5 Tobacco Road: Eastern Prince George's and Charles Counties U.S. 301 from Upper Marlboro to Lower Charles County	103	(22)
Close-up: Tobacco in Maryland	106	(2)
Side Trip on Croom Rd. (Md. 382)	108	(2)
Side Trip on Md. 381	110	(2)
Port Tobacco and Chapel Point via Md. 6 and Chapel Point Rd	112	(6)
Close-up: The Escape of John Wilkes Booth	114	(4)
Rock Point via Md. 257	118	(7)
PART II THE EASTERN SHORE	125	(127)
TOUR 6 Chesapeake Bay	125	(6)
TOUR 7 Seeing Cecil County U.S. 1. Md. 273, U.S. 40, Md. 7, Md. 222	131	(18)
Side Trip to Fredericktown via U.S. 213	136	(7)
Close-up: Augustine Herrman	136	(7)
Elk Neck via Md. 272	143	(6)
Close-up: Port Deposit and the Market Economy	146	(3)
TOUR 8 The Charms of the Upper Shore: Kent and Queen Anne's Counties Bay Bridge to Centreville, Chestertown, and Eastern Neck via Md. 18, 213, 313, 404	149	(22)
KENT ISLAND	149	(5)
TO CHESTERTOWN AND GEORGETOWN VIA MD. 213	154	(1)
CHESTERTOWN	155	(10)
Rock Hall and Eastern Neck Island via Md. 20 and 298	161	(4)
TO DENTON VIA MD. 313	165	(3)
WEST ON MD. 404 AND ALT. 404	168	(3)
TOUR 9 Land of the Lloyds: Talbot County Md. 662, 33, 333	171	(18)
Miles River Neck	174	(3)
Close-up: The Lloyds of Maryland and Frederick Douglass	175	(2)
EASTON	177	(12)
St. Michaels and Tilghman Island via Md. 33	180	(4)
Oxford via Peach Blossom Rd. (Md. 333)	184	(5)
TOUR 10 From the Chesapeake to the Atlantic: Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester Counties Easton to Ocean City via U.S. 50	189	(63)
Cook Point via Md. 343	191	(1)
CAMBRIDGE	191	(17)
Side Trip to Church Creek. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, and Lower Dorchester via Md. 16, 335, and 336	197	(3)
Close-up: Harriet Tubman	200	(8)
SALISBURY	208	(30)
Side Trip to Princess Anne, Deal Island, and Crisfield via U.S. 13, Md. 363, and Md. 413	213	(7)
Close-up: Kings, Carrolls, and Pretenders	220	(2)
Close-up: Crisfield and the Oyster Boom	222	(5)
Alternate Route East from Salisbury via Pocomoke City and Snow Hill on U.S. 13 and 113	227	(5)
Close-up: Nassawango Furnace	232	(3)
Alternate Route East from Salisbury via Md. 346	235	(1)
Side Trip down Sinepuxent Neck to Assateague via Md. 611	236	(2)
OCEAN CITY	238	(14)
Return from Salisbury to Easton via Md. 313, 318, and 331	242	(1)
Side Trip to East New Market and Secretary via Md. 14 and 16	243	(1)
West and East of Finchville on Md. 392	244	(8)
PART III CENTRAL MARYLAND	252	(260)
TOUR 11 Baltimore City	252	(129)
A. EAST FROM THE INNER HARBOR TO LITTLE ITALY AND OLD TOWN	265	(10)
Close-up: The National Aquarium in Baltimore	267	(3)
Close-up: The Jewish Museum of Maryland	270	(5)
B. SOUTH FROM THE INNER HARBOR TO FEDERAL HILL, OTTERBEIN, AND RETURN	275	(7)
Close-up: The Maryland Science Center and Planetarium	276	(1)
Close-up: The American Visionary Art Museum	277	(5)
C. NORTH FROM THE INNER HARBOR VIA GAY ST. TO CITY HALL AND MONUMENT SQUARE	282	(8)
Close-up: The Peale Museum	285	(5)
D. NORTH FROM THE INNER HARBOR VIA SKYWALK AND CHARLES ST. TO MT. VERNON PLACE	290	(16)
Close-up: The Walters Art Gallery	298	(6)
Close-up: The Maryland Historical Society	304	(2)
A Walk to Three Gothic Churches and Antique Row	306	(1)
E. WEST FROM THE INNER HARBOR TO CAMDEN ST., LEXINGTON MARKET, AND SETON HILL	307	(9)
F. TO FELLS POINT, HIGHLANDTOWN, AND THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL	316	(8)
G. TOURING NORTHEAST BALTIMORE	324	(7)
H. THE MOUNT ROYAL CULTURAL DISTRICT	331	(5)
I. EUTAW PLACE AND BOLTON HILL	336	(4)
J. SEEING SOUTH BALTIMORE	340	(7)
Close-up: The Baltimore Museum of Industry	341	(6)
K. SOUTHWEST BALTIMORE	347	(4)
Close-up: The B&O Railroad Museum	347	(4)
A Trip to Two West Baltimore Cemeteries	351	(2)
L. OLD WEST AND NORTHWEST BALTIMORE	353	(7)
M. FOLLOWING FALLS RD. TO THE ZOO AND MOUNT WASHINGTON	360	(8)
Close-up: The Baltimore Zoo	363	(5)
A Trip up Park Heights Ave. to Some Jewish Cultural Sites	368	(2)
N. CHARLES ST	370	(11)
Close-up: The Baltimore Museum of Art	372	(9)
TOUR 12 Along the Baltimore-Washington-Annapolis Triangle U.S. 1, Baltimore-Washington Pkwy. (Md. 295), Md. 450, Md. 2	381	(34)
BALTIMORE TO BLADENSBURG VIA U.S. 1	381	(14)
Side Trip on Rolling Rd	383	(11)
Close-up: Riversdale in the New Republic	394	(1)
BALTIMORE TO BLADENSBURG VIA THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON PKWY	395	(4)
BLADENSBURG TO ANNAPOLIS VIA MD. 450	399	(6)
Side Trip on Generals Hwy. (Md. 178)	404	(1)
FROM THE WASHINGTON AREA TO ANNAPOLIS VIA MD. 214	405	(6)
Side Trip to Sandy Point State Park on Md. 648 and 179	408	(3)
ANNAPOLIS TO BALTIMORE VIA GOVERNOR RITCHIE HWY. (MD. 2)	411	(4)
Patapsco-Magothy Neck and Return to Baltimore Via Side Roads	412	(3)
TOUR 13 Along the Washington-Baltimore-Frederick Triangle East-West Hwy. (Md. 410), U.S. 29, Md. 144, Md. 355	415	(26)
BETHESDA TO ELLICOTT CITY VIA EAST-WEST HWY. AND U.S. 29	415	(7)
Close-up: Rachel Carson	416	(2)
Close-up: The Ellicotts and Benjamin Banneker	418	(4)
ELLICOTT CITY TO FREDERICK VIA MD. 144, U.S. 40 WEST, AND 1-70	422	(6)
Close-up: Charles Carroll of Carrollton	423	(3)
Side Trip down Md. 97	426	(2)
FREDERICK TO BETHESDA VIA MD. 355 AND 1-270	428	(13)
Close-up: The Battle of the Monocacy	429	(5)
Side Trip on Norbeck. Layhill, and Veirs Mill Rds	434	(2)
Close-up: The Carrolls of Rock Creek	436	(5)
TOUR 14 The Lovely Potomac Valley: Montgomery County into Frederick County MacArthur Blvd. Md. 189, Md. 190. Whites Ferry Rd., Md. 28, Park Mills Rd., Mt. Ephraim Rd.	441	(7)
TOUR 15 The Spokes That Made Baltimore a Hub Md. 26, 140, 25, 45, 146, 147, U.S. 1, Md. 150, and U.S. 40 East	448	(43)
A. LIBERTY RD. (MD. 26)	448	(2)
B. REISTERSTOWN RD. (MD. 140)	450	(7)
Side Trip into the Worthington Valley	455	(2)
Side Trip to Hampstead on Md. 30	457	(1)
C. FALLS RD. (MD. 25)	457	(3)
D. YORK RD. (MD. 45)	460	(4)
E. DULANEY VALLEY RD./JARRETTSVILLE PIKE (MD. 146)	464	(3)
Close-up: The Ridgelys of Hampton	465	(2)
F. HARFORD RD. (MD. 147)	467	(2)
G. BELAIR AND CONOWINGO RDS. (U.S. I.)	469	(9)
Alternate Route: From Kingsville to Bel Air on Jerusalem Rd	470	(2)
Side Trip on Churchville Rd. (Md. 22)	472	(2)
Side Trip to Susquehanna State Park on Darlington Rd. (Md. 161)	474	(1)
Close-up: The Lower Deer Creek Valley	475	(3)
H. EASTERN AVE. (MD. 150) AND PULASKI HWY. (U.S. 40 EAST)	478	(13)
Side Trip on Dundalk Ave	479	(1)
Side Trip on North Point Rd. (Md. 20)	480	(3)
Side Trip on Southeast Blvd. (Md. 702) and Back River Neck Rd	483	(2)
Side Trip on Philadelphia Rd. (Md. 7)	485	(6)
TOUR 16 Westminster and Its Byways	491	(10)
New Windsor and Union Bridge via Md. 31 and Md. 75	494	(2)
Uniontown and Middleburg Rds	496	(1)
Taneytown via Md. 832	497	(1)
Washington Rd. / Littlestown Pike (Md. 97)	497	(2)
Manchester Rd. /Ridge Rd. /Cedar Grove Rd. (Md. 27)	499	(2)
TOUR 17 Just a Little South of the Mason-Dixon Line: Northern Carroll, Baltimore, and Harford Counties Scenic Back Roads between Westminster and the Susquehanna River	501	(11)
PART IV WESTERN MARYLAND	512	(95)
TOUR 18 Following the Road to the West Alt. U.S. 40, U.S. 1-70, 1-68	512	(51)
FREDERICK	512	(14)
ALTERNATE ("OLD") U.S. 40	526	(4)
Close-up: The Battle of South Mountain	528	(2)
HAGERSTOWN	530	(15)
Close-up: Fort Frederick	542	(3)
"SCENIC 40"	545	(1)
CUMBERLAND	546	(17)
TOUR 19 Exploring Western Maryland North and South of U.S. 40, 1-70, and 1-68	563	(44)
A. NORTH FROM FREDERICK ALONG CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN VIA U.S. 15 AND SIDE ROADS	563	(5)
Side Trip to Smithsburg and Early Catoctin Resorts via Md. 550, 491, and 77	565	(1)
Loop to Leitersburg and Ringgold via Smithsburg-Leitersburg Rd., Md. 418, and Md. 64	566	(2)
B. SOUTH FROM FREDERICK TO POINT OF ROCKS VIA U.S. 15	568	(1)
C. FROM FREDERICK TO HARPERS FERRY VIA U.S. 340, MD. 180, AND MD. 17	569	(7)
Side Trip to Brunswick via Md. 79	570	(1)
Side Trip to John Brown House via Harpers Ferry Rd. and Chestnut Grove Rd	571	(1)
Close-up: John Brown's Raid	572	(1)
Return to Alt. 40 via Md. 17	573	(3)
D. FROM BOONSBORO TO BLOODY SHARPSBURG VIA MD. 34 AND 65	576	(6)
Close-up: The Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg	577	(5)
E. FROM HAGERSTOWN TO BIG POOL VIA U.S. II, MD. 68, AND MD. 56	582	(3)
F. THROUGH THE GREEN RIDGE FOREST TO OLDTOWN AND CUMBERLAND VIA MD. 51	585	(5)
Close-up: Thomas and Michael Cresap	587	(3)
G. ALONG THE RAILROAD ROUTE FROM CUMBERLAND TO OAKLAND VIA U.S. 220 AND MD. 135	590	(5)
H. FROM CUMBERLAND TO WESTERNPORT VIA MD. 36	595	(4)
Close-up: The Maryland Coal Rush	596	(3)
I. FROM GRANTSVILLE TO THE FAIRFAX BOUNDARY STONE VIA U.S. 219	599	(8)
Alternate Route: Oakland via Sang Run Rd. and Garrett State Forest	602	(4)
Close-up: Fixing Maryland's Western Boundary	606	(1)
Further Reading and Research	607	(4)
Photo Sources	611	(2)
Index	613