Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-06-19
The EASTERN SHORE
OF MARYLAND
No. |
BY EBEN HEARNE

Here's to the land where the Ever
greens grow
In the summer sun and the winter
snow!
Here's to the land where the oyster
thrives;
Where the terrapin crawls and the
wild duck flies.
Where the crab abounds in Chesa-
peake waters;
The pride of all her sons and daugh-
tiers.
Here's to the land whose shores are
bluest,
Home ties are strongest,
Hearts are truest
Here's to the sweetest land know,
The dear homo land the Eastern
Shore.
The above lines, SO expressive and
appropriate in portraying the at
Effectiveness of this part of our hon
ored homeland, were written by Miss
Maria Louise Ellegood, Of Salisbury,
Wicomico County, Maryland, who is
a native of the Eastern Shore and
who certainly knew her subject.
The Eastern Shore of Maryland has
been called the best know regional
name without official status in Amer
lea, and it is possible that more has
been written about this favored ter
ritory than about the same extent of
country in any part of our great ma
ton.
The Eastern Shore of Maryland has
more water frontage than any other
section in the Union; its area being
honey combed with rivers and creeks,
forming a large number of Peninsulas
which are divided into numberless
fertile farms and large tracts of for
est and swamp and marsh land.
The Eastern Shore stands complete
ly alone in it's life and territory.
One person says, of the Eastern
Shore it is 'the dearest spot on the
earth;" another says "It is the Garden
where troubles end forever more;"
still another says at is the Garden
Spot of the World" Much has been
written in praise of its beauty, its at
Effectiveness, its southern hospitality,
its home-cooking, and its salubious
climate. The pens of both prose writ
ten and poets have immortalized its
charm and allurement; have lauded
its history, its folk lore, its legends,
its traditions, and it's romance.
It's particular location between the
Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic
Ocean seems at times even to temper
the wind to the shorn lamb appears
to exempt its area from the extremes
of winter and the sultriness of sum-
mer except on rare occasions.
Before proceeding further in the
Qualification of this favored territory
of these United States and the free
state of Maryland, it will be interest
ing and profitable to tell the story of
the early settlement of this glamorous
section and take up the recital of
some historical facts concerning the
State of Maryland, of which the
Eastern Shore comprises such an i'm
portant part.
The story of Maryland furnishes us
the opportunity to learn considerable
about the life of several members of
the Calvert family of England; which
family is so intimately connected with
the early history of our beloved state,
one of the original thirteen colonies
throwing off the British yoke by the
victories gained in the Revolutionary
war.
George Calvert was the first Lord
Baltimore. He was born at Kipling
in Yorkshire, England in 1882. He
became a great favorite of King
James and for some time he was
the kings secretary of state. He re-
signed that office when he (Lord
Baltimore) became Roman Catholic.
Notwithstanding that step, he con-
tinued to retain the favor of the king.
BY the latter, George Calvert was
raised to the Irish peerage, and he be-
came Lord Baltimore in 1925, so
named after a little fishing village,
Baltimore, near Cork, Ireland.
Calvert applied to the king for a
charter or grant of land in the new
world to enable him to found colony
in America; but the charter was
never used. George Calvert died on
April Is, 1882. His son, Cecil CAL
vert, succeeded him as the End Lord
Baltimore In the meantime Charles