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My first stretch stop was in Stevensville, MD where I found Christ Church -- Gothic rendered in wood rather than the usual stone
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Upon arrival in Oxford, I wandered around the quaint town and finished my walk in the waterfront park
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A little Oxford history
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Probably the most important part of Cambridge, MD's history
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"The Beacon of Hope" is a tribute to Harriet Tubman
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One of the most impressive trees -- and homes -- in Cambridge
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The impressive fruit of that impressive tree: the Osage Orange
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Famous women of Cambridge
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Famous women of Cambridge - key
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I had a pleasant stroll through "The Gardens" in downtown Easton
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Queen Anne in the seat of the Maryland county named for her
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I finished my stroll around Centreville, the county seat, by reading this historic marker
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I parked near the Chestertown waterfront and took advantage of a break in the rain to walk around the historic district
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The river-facing porch was added later to this 1770 Georgian mansion called Widehall. It was built by Thomas Smythe, a member of Maryland's provisional government
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On the opposite side of Water Street, most houses were built later because the land was reserved by river-front residents for gardens
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Chestertown historic marker near Cross and High Streets
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Chesapeake City sits on both sides of Back Creek which was widened into the C&D Canal in 1829
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Lilacs in October!
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One of the quaint streets in Chesapeake City
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Was the mummy in the Town Hall window there for Halloween?
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The Brady-Rees House in Chesapeake City
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Makes you wonder what Brady would have done had the third child been a girl
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Staying in Port Deposit allowed me to learn about Jacob Tome and his influence
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The "garden" created from the salvaged front porch of the demolished Tome mansion
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The 1902 granite staircase was built so boys could go to and from the hilltop Tome Institute
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Tome's Second Empire mansion stood here on Main Street until demolished in 1948. Now only the adjacent "Carpenter Gothic" carriage house from 1850 remains
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Houses along Port Deposit's Main Street today
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Even General Lafayette came to Port Deposit!
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Highway 1 goes over the dam in the Susquehanna River
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Maryland countryside is often very picturesque
