by Kennedy Thomason | Jun 19, 2025 | Kennedy Thomason Project, Past Event, The River is the Center by Kennedy Thomason
Join local Public Historian Kennedy Thomason and her family aboard River City Cruise Co. for a floating history tour! The History on the Choptank River cruise offers a two-hour exploration of the river’s rich past. Along the way, you’ll hear about key historical...
by Kennedy Thomason | Sep 9, 2024 | 20th Century, Age of Sail, Age of Steam, Colonial Era, Kennedy Thomason Project, Maritime, Mills, Preservation, The River is the Center by Kennedy Thomason, West Denton
From the blowing sails of schooners in the 1700s to the steady hum of steamboats in the 1800s, the Choptank River has been a silent witness to the evolution of vessels that carried not just goods and passengers, but also the dreams and aspirations of those who lived...
by Kennedy Thomason | Jul 26, 2024 | A.M.E. Church, Black History & Culture, Champions of Freedom & Civil Rights, Civil Rights & Racial Justice, Kennedy Thomason Project, Quakers, The River is the Center by Kennedy Thomason, William Still, Women
Introduction The Choptank’s waters, once pathways for the arrival and auction of enslaved African people, later became lifelines guiding daring escapes to freedom. Throughout America’s earliest years, Caroline County and the Choptank River bore witness to...
by Kennedy Thomason | Jun 26, 2024 | Agriculture, Colonial Era, Historic Landscape, Kennedy Thomason Project, Quakers, Religion, Revolutionary War, The River is the Center by Kennedy Thomason
The Choptank River, winding through the heart of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, has long been a lifeline for the various communities situated along its banks. Among these communities is Caroline County, a small, agricultural region that would prove to be pivotal in...
by Kennedy Thomason | Jun 11, 2024 | Colonial Era, Historic Landscape, Historic Sites Mapping, Kennedy Thomason Project, Revolutionary War, The River is the Center by Kennedy Thomason
Over the past several years, Washington College’s archeology students have spent their summers in Denton, studying the site of the long-forgotten Barwick’s Ordinary, which operated between 1763 to 1783. In late-18th-century terms, an “Ordinary” refers to a...
