Changing Times
Medford’s Wharf – Choptank
The Agriculture Center at the Medford DwellingThe Caroline County Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the support from the Rural Maryland Council, which provided grant funding to help us create the interpretive pathway. You can find more information about the...
Rivers of the Eastern Shore
The public is invited to a talk by Karen Footner about her grandfather, author Hulbert Footner, and his Maryland public history classic book, "Rivers of the Eastern Shore", at the Museum of Rural Life, 16 North 2nd Street, Denton, MD, on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 6...
Revolutionary Waters: The Choptank River’s Influence and Caroline County’s Early Role in America’s Fight for Independence
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...
Unearthing Denton’s History: The Archaeological Dig at Barwick’s Ordinary and Beyond
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 public...
Caroline County Mapped: 1670-1950
Historical Maps from the David Rumsey Collection Maryland's Eastern Shore and what later became Caroline County were first mapped by Augustine Hermann in 1670. Many of the maps which show the Eastern Shore since 1670 have been preserved and digitized by the David...
1897 is a Certified True Copy of the Original
We can see the Caroline County landscape in 1897, thanks to the efforts of two county citizens working 72 years apart. I found no reference to M. L. Saulsbury's mapmaking in the Denton Journal around 1897. So I'm not sure why this map was made. And I haven't seen an...
Segregated White Schools
The Historic Landscape of Caroline CountyWe identified historically segregated white schools in the Choptank River Heritage area, primarily by georeferencing the 1875 Isler and 1897 Saulsbury maps of Caroline County. In the map shown on this page, use the toggle at...
Segregated White Churches
The Historic Landscape of Caroline CountyWe identified historically segregated white churches in the Choptank River Heritage area, primarily by georeferencing the 1875 Isler and 1897 Saulsbury maps of Caroline County. In the map shown on this page, use the toggle at...