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Fate of the Choptank River Steamboats Joppa and Avalon

by Don Barker | Dec 27, 2016 | Age of Steam

Baltimore to Denton by Steamboat Joppa and Avalon were the two most notable steamboats that ran between Baltimore and Denton on the Choptank River from the 1880s until 1921.  What happened to them after they disappeared from the Choptank? Steamboats on the Choptank As...

How the Wheeler Line served the people on the Choptank and Tuckahoe Rivers

by Don Barker | Dec 26, 2016 | Age of Steam, Everyday Citizens

The Wheeler Crowd J.S. Dodds tells how Minne Wheeler symbolized the ”hometown” atmosphere and service that Wheeler offered his clients along the Tuckahoe: “After Easton’s debut, Minnie Wheeler was relegated to the role of freight carrying. Although regular Minnie...

Captains of the Wheeler Steamboat Line

by Don Barker | Dec 26, 2016 | Age of Steam, Everyday Citizens

Charles W. Wright was master of the Ruggles, Minnie Wheeler, and Chesapeake. He resigned from Wheeler employ in 1887 to accept the post of captain of the new steamer Choptank, of the Choptank Steamboat Company. Two years later, he joined the United States Steamboat...

C.C. Wheeler’s Steamboats on the Choptank and Tuckahoe

by Don Barker | Dec 26, 2016 | Age of Sail, Age of Steam, Everyday Citizens

Caleb Clark Wheeler of Gilpin Point Caleb Clark Wheeler was born in 1839 at Gilpin Point in Caroline County. At age 12 he began work as a cook on a sailing schooner that shipped goods and passengers between the Choptank and Baltimore. By age 18, he was a schooner...

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