Evening star., 1934-08-12
RLHODOTH DRAWS
LOVERSOF WATER
Trip to Popular Delaware
Resort Offers Varied
Scenery.
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Roads that run through scenes of in
tsrest and beauty and practical
romance lead here 10 the ren5ezyous
Of sea and sand and sky where people
play.
Here Ia trip for the Washing
torlan that Ia a. varied a. almost
any overnight tour" from the Capt.
Cal could be. There u hilly country
% Climb II you choose: there " loW,
fiat country. where turns are few and
far between. there's bic Chesapeake
Bay 10 be crossed or skirteo. a. you
elect. and then there are biz city
routes. and those which touch only
the quaint little villages which for
years have just dozed along In their
ovn compiacency The romance that
seems perhaps a little too business
like" TO be quite pretty is encountered
At Eikton, where marrying parsons
compete for tho privilese-and the
fee-of uniting clipping couples by
signboards along the roadside.
Coming 10 Rehoboth, the Washing
ton motorist may travel by way OF
the Annapolis ferries. or he may drive
around the head OF the bay. This
correspondent suggests coming one
way and returning home the other
10 gain as much variety as this alto
gether pleasant trip affords.
Go Via Baltimore.
The logical route TO follow, II one
elects to drive all the way. Is via
Baltimore That portion of the trip
is 90 widely know that comment on
II Ia unnecessary. on reaching Bal
tinore, don't turn left TO pass around
Montgomery pvard's--the landmark
for most washingtonians--bu stay
in the lower part OF the town. Follow
Pratt street all the way over TO Pat
terson Park avenue and turn North
to Fayette street. then you'll be on
u, 8. Highway No. 90, the road you're
10 travel 10 Elkton
Parenthetically. II might be pointed
out here thats U. s. Highway No. /,
the main road to Northern cities. is
undergoing extensive Improvements
and that travel has been diverted over
No. 20. Hence IL you drive to Re-
hoboth now ycu'1l find more traffic
between Baltimore and Elkton than
that road carries normally. But
while the Baltimore -Elkton road is
not as fine a highway as 1t might be.
IL gives no difficulties even with its
added burden.
From Baltimore No 40 runs through
White Marsh. Joppa. Aberdeen, site
of the famous United States proving
grounds. on wnich are tested heavy
arms OF all kinds and types, and Harve
a ~. l.. - = II. II
course, is best known for its race
track, but behind the delightful little
towns life Of thoroughbred horses
that run fieetly are other horses which
drew the infant Nations great"
across beautiful Susquehanna River.
For many Of its Colonial years Harve
de Grace was known as Lower Sus-
quehanna Ferry and, situated as 1t
was, IL became a very important link
in the coach road connecting the
Northern Colories with those Of the
South.
Eikton Old Ferry Site.
The ferry which crossed there was
little more than q barge or flatboat
drawn across the stream by means Of
lines wound on capstans. Blindfolded
1ECf
capstan, supplied the power. In Sc
we're Winter the ferry business was
sorely set upon, for when the Sus-
Quehanna froze the little boats crew
had to break u channel through the
ice when the ice was not strong
enough to bear the weight Of coaches,
horses and men. for it lost business
II passengers we're able to walk or
drive across the river.
But today on your trip to Rehoboth
no obstacles sand in your way. A
double -decked bridge is there for you
TO drive upon, and there isn't even
q toll charge On your eastbound
crossing you'll drive on the lower deck,
while your return trip would be on
the upper The bridge is long and
high and from it may be seen splen-
did vistas upstream, where the Sus-
ouehanna narrows in the foothills.
and grand views downstream of the
broad headwaters of the Chesapeake.
After crossing the river you'll be in
perryyille, and Is miles beyond that
little town you'll enter Northeast A
scant 8 miles farther on you reach
Elkton, where clipping couples race and
where preacher-men figuratively hide
behind their huge signboards waiting
for them to arrive. Invariably these
billboards proclaim that the establish
ment on which it stands had mar
riage licenses and a minister. One or
two Of them carry the additional in
telligence that the man who will tie
the knot land accept the fee) is a
retired clergyman" At night these
signs are gaudily lighted with electric
lights.
Dates From 1887.
Historically Elkton is an example
of the survival of the fittest. or per-
haps 1t is testimony TO luck At
any rate. 1t is one Of the eighteenth
century towns which has survived and
has prospered. Not too far from Elk
ton is a little village called Charles
town that is but trace of the city its
founders in i742 meant it to become
Chsrlestown gave up its court house
and its jail to Elktown in 1886. The
following year Elkton was incor-
porated. For many years. however,
the little town had been known as
Head Of Elk. During the Revolution
ary War Head Of Elk was an impor-
tant tneater OF action, Tor II was the
storage place of American grain. salt
and other vital stocks
But in this tour Elkton is impor-
tant as the last Maryland town in
the course to Rehoboth Continue on
No. 20 Highway out of Elkton 20
GLASGOW, in Delaware Glasgow is
only S miles from Elkton and is the
turning point" of the trip. AT this
FIRST Delaware community you are
definitely on "the Eastern Shore, and
1t is there you turn south for the
run across Delaware to the beach
here Seven miles below Glasgow you
will enter Mount Pleasant. and bear
ms left there you will run miles to
the famous Dupont Highvay-desig-
mated by the route No. Is.
The Dninort Highway is q raaynifi-