Tuesday, February 11, 2014

"Steamboats & Wharves" Coming to North Beach (press release)

Bayside History Museum

 

4025 4th Street, North Beach, Maryland

410-610-5970 / 301-855-4028

 

baysidehistorymuseum@hotmail.com

www.baysidehistorymuseum.org

                                                                  

 

 

http://calvert.lib.md.us/

 

http://www.cbrm.org

 

 

NEWS RELEASE for Immediate Release          

 

 

STEAMBOATS COMING TO NORTH BEACH

 

The Bayside History Museum, Calvert Library and Friends of the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum proudly announce a lecture to be held on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at 2 p.m. at the North Beach Town Hall, 9036 Bay Avenue, North Beach, Maryland given by Dr. Ralph Eshelman.   Before roads were built, people traveled to Calvert County via steamboat or train.  Enjoy hearing stories about the steamboats and wharves that peppered Calvert County at one time.

 

Grace Mary Brady, Director of the Bayside History Museum, said, “What an honor it is to host a lecture given by our own, Ralph Eshelman.  He was the founding director of the Calvert Marine Museum from 1974 to 1990 and wears so many hats.”  Dr. Eshelman is considered a leading authority in the history and paleontology of the Patuxent River.   He is also a specialist in maritime history, polar exploration, vertebrate paleontology and has written numerous books.”

 

Gracie chuckled as she said, “we had to track him down to the Antarctica in order to arrange a date for this presentation.”

 

“The history of this county is so rich and often picturesque,” said Carrie Plymire, Director of Calvert Library. “We are delighted to be partnering with the Bayside History Museum and Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum once again.  Dr. Eshelman has quite a presence in our libraries so I expect an informative and entertaining event.”  The book, Harbours, Creeks & Places:  The Steamboat Wharves & Landings of Calvert County, Maryland, written by Anne M. Sundermann, was based on the 1996 report, "Calvert County Steamboat Wharves and Landings:  Architectural Level Survey and Inventory" by Ralph E. Eshelman.  The project was supervised by the Calvert County Historic District Commission through the Calvert County Department of Planning and Zoning.  The book is available to check out at all four branches of Calvert Library.

 

Other books by Eshelman include:

 In Full Glory Reflected:  Discovering the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake

A Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: Eighteen Tours in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia

The War of 1812 in the Chesapeake:   A Reference Guide to Historic Sites in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia

Maryland's Largest Naval Engagement:  The Battles of St. Leonard Creek, 1814, Calvert County, Maryland

Historical Tours through Southern Maryland:  Solomons by Foot, Bicycle or Boat

 

Hilary Dailey, President of the Friends of the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum said, “We are familiar with stories about the ‘mile-long’ steamboat pier built out over the bay and it will be fun for our lecture attendees to hear about the other sites.”

For more information, contact Grace Mary Brady of Bayside History Museum at 410-610-5970 or Robyn Truslow, Calvert Library, at 410-535-0291.

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 (fax)

Calvert Library…Your Source for Awesome!

 

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