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Shells from the Catoctin Furnace rained down on the British earthworks in Yorktown, but canned oysters from Canton supplied Allied trenches during WWI. The Enchanted Forest imparted a bit of magic to countless childhoods and Hagerstown provided a hub for commerce in the Cumberland Valley. When Frederick Douglas Frederick Douglas and Harriet Tubman escaped bondage on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, they offered unprecedented hope. Draw on the boundless resources of the Old Line State with our Maryland history books. [View all Maryland books]
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Ocean City's Historic Boardwalk, Beach, and Bay
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The Maryland State Fair: Celebrating 125 Years
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National Hard Crab Derby
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Ocean City's Historic Boardwalk, Beach, and Bay

9781467160322

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With 275 postcard images, this visual account of Ocean City’s historic boardwalk, renowned beach, and surrounding bay and ocean waters draws on the extensive Fisher Collection—perhaps the best private postcard collection on the Eastern Shore.

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The Maryland State Fair: Celebrating 125 Years

9780738542706

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According to Gov. Robert L. Ehrich Jr., "[The Maryland State
Fair] is an annual opportunity as Marylanders to come together to celebrate the history, tradition, and charm of our State during the best days of summer." The Maryland State Fair has continued the tradition of delighting Marylanders near and far since the late 1800s. Hosting governors to 4-H'ers, farm animals to farm hands, home arts to computer arts, the fair has always promised something for everyone. Fair favorites such as the sweet, intoxicating scent of warm cotton candy and the heartthundering excitement and majesty of Thoroughbred racing were as much a part of the Maryland State Fair 125 years ago as they are today. Readers can find it all in The Maryland State Fair: Celebrating 125 Years.
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National Hard Crab Derby

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In 1947, The Crisfield Times published an editorial prompting an annual crab derby, a sort of Kentucky Derby spotlighting one of Crisfield's greatest natural resources: the Chesapeake Bay blue crab. The next year, the National Hard Crab Derby began. Since that brief crab race in front of the Crisfield Post Office in 1948, the annual Labor Day weekend event has grown into one of the most recognized festivals in the United States. The entire country participates each year through the Governor's Cup crab race, and all eyes are on contestants as they attempt to break world records in crab picking and boat docking. Champion chefs from throughout the Eastern Seaboard hone their skills during the annual crab cooking contest. Skiff races recall days of the past when work boats sped in from Tangier Sound to sell their day's catch to the area's seafood packers. And Crisfield may be the only city in America where little girls grow up with the dream of someday being called Miss Crustacean!
Sepia toned cover showing a crowd gathered around crabs lined on a barrier at a hard crab derby