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Snow Hill - Jail - News item after lynching attempt, 1940Snow Hill Jail, Worcester County, Maryland. On February 14, 1940, a white mob broke into this jail and abducted Lillian Blake and her 14-year-old daughter, Martha Blake, who were being held for questioning in connection with the murder of white farmer Harvey Pilchard and the assault of his wife during the search for Arthur Collick, Lillian’s common-law husband. The women were threatened with lynching and driven away from Snow Hill, but Maryland State Police pursued the mob, intercepted it near Stockton, and rescued them.Sep 06, 2026
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Princess Anne - Washington High SchoolSep 05, 2026
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Princess Anne - Washington HotelSep 05, 2026
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Princess Anne - Washington HotelSep 05, 2026
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Princess Anne - Somerset BankSep 05, 2026
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Manokin - Sudler's ConclusionSudler’s Conclusion, near Manokin in Somerset County, is one of the county’s notable surviving early houses. The original Flemish-bond brick section dates to the early 18th century, with a frame addition added about 1840. Long associated with the Sudler family, the property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is an important example of early Somerset County architecture.Sep 05, 2026
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Princess Anne - Somerset County CourthouseSep 05, 2026
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Princess Anne - Gentleman with an ox cart, 1908Sep 05, 2026
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Princess Anne - J. T. Taylor on his buggy with horses Rock and RyeRock and rye was a liqueur made by combining rock candy and rye whiskey.Sep 05, 2026
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Crisfield - Corner of Somerset and AsburySep 05, 2026
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Princess Anne - Memorial Bridge, built 1921Sep 05, 2026
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Princess Anne - Manokin Presbyterian ChurchSep 05, 2026
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Princess Anne - 1940s street scene in front of the Washington HotelSep 05, 2026
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Crisfield - Col. Isaac H. Handy Discharge Certificate, U.S. Colored Troops, Civil WarDischarge certificate of Isaac H. Handy, Corporal, Company K, 9th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Handy, a Somerset County native and farmer, enlisted November 26, 1863, and was honorably discharged at New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 26, 1866, after three years of Civil War service.Sep 05, 2026
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Deal Island - Main StreetSep 05, 2026
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Crisfield - Immanual Methodist Church, 1909Sep 05, 2026
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Jacksonville (presently part of Crisfield) - Maryland State Bounty Claim of Col Isaac H. Handy of the U.S. Colored Troops, Civil WarMaryland Civil War Bounty Papers of Corporal Isaac H. Handy, 1866 — State bounty claim and supporting certification papers for Isaac H. Handy, Company K, 9th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, dated December 18, 1866. The document appears to identify Jacksonville, Somerset County, Maryland, and was executed shortly after Handy completed three years of Civil War service.Sep 05, 2026
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Manokin - Elizabeth Anne Stewart c. 1805 portraitElizabeth Anne Stewart was born in Somerset County, MD in 1790. She married into the prominent Sudler family of Somerset County, becoming the wife of Tubman Waters "Tubby" Sudler on November 5, 1817. She died in 1863, and was buried at the family's estate, Sudler's Conclusion on Back Creek.Sep 05, 2026
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Crisfield - Cove and Somerset StreetsSep 05, 2026
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Princess Anne - Beechwood, ancestral home of the Waters familySep 05, 2026
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Princess Anne - Somerset County CourthouseSep 05, 2026
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Smith Island - Calvary Methodist Church, Rhodes PointSep 05, 2026
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Princess Anne - Beckford AvenueSep 05, 2026
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Upper Fairmount Main StreetSep 04, 2026
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Ocean City: Historic, hand-carved 1912 Herschell-Spillman menagerie carousel located at Trimper Rides on the boardwalkSep 02, 2026
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Ocean City: The Atlantic HotelOpening July 4, 1875, the Atlantic Hotel on the Boardwalk between Wicomico and Somerset Streets was originally owned by the Atlantic Hotel Company until it was purchased 15 years later by the Sinepuxent Beach Company and finally purchased by Dr. Charles W. Purnell in 1923. It is still family owned and operated today by the Purnell family. Sep 02, 2026
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Crisfield: 1907 Crisfield Times ad for Briddell Oyster Tongs of Marion Station in Somerset CountySep 02, 2026
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Fruitland - William S. MoorePictured, left to right, are Laura Griffin Moore (wife of Wm S), her father, John H. Griffin, unnamed son of Wm and Laura, William Sampson Moore (Wicomico County Sheriff from 1873-1875), and the unnamed son of the Moore's cook, Aunt Annie Griffin. Their home was in Fruitland at Moore's Corner on West Main Street just west of Camden Ave.Aug 14, 2026
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Salisbury - Pictured are Samuel Joseph Ritchie Holloway (1859-1934) and his son, Elisha Franklin (E. Frank) Holloway (1887-1909). Samuel was the founder and E. Frank the junior member of Holloway & Company, the foundational undertaking and livery firm established in Salisbury, Maryland in 1883 that evolved into the Holloway Funeral Home, the oldest continuous family business on the Eastern Shore.Aug 14, 2026
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Salisbury - H.H. Hitch & Bro. GroceryHerbert H. Hitch and his brother, E.B. Hitch, had this grocery store at the corner of Main Street and Delaware Street. H.H. Hitch was also a longtime member of the City Council.Aug 14, 2026
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Salisbury - Offices of E.S. Adkins & Co. LumberThe company was established in Powellville and moved to Salisbury in 1893.Aug 14, 2026
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Salisbury - Nock Bros. Gentlemen's Outfitting EmporiumOpened in November, 1906, the Nock Brothers (Charles H. and John E.) store at the corner of Main and Dock Streets (Dock is now Market Street), sold men's and boys' clothing. This building is now (2026) home to the Worthington Realty Group.Aug 14, 2026
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Deal Island - Great Shoals LighthouseLocated near the mouth of the Wicomico River, this was a screwpile light built in 1884. It was abandoned and dismantled in 1966.Apr 03, 2024
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Parsonsburg - Methodist Camp MeetingA typical camp meeting lasted 8-10 days, sometimes longer. In early camp meetings, families would pitch a tent on the grounds and attend preaching, Bible studies, and class meetings throughout the day, and sometimes long into the night. Later, "tents" were permanent wooden structures.
As the nineteenth century wore on, camp meetings gradually fell into disuse. After the Civil War, they enjoyed a resurgence. This photo shows the Parsonsburg Camp Meeting in that time period.Apr 03, 2024
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Bivalve - Corny MessickCornelius Messick, Cabinetmaker and Undertaker, Bivalve, Wicomico County - Photo, circa late 19th centuryApr 03, 2024
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Berlin - Trappe MillTruitt and les Callette called the Trappe Mill site the oldest in the county, successor of Powell's Mill mentioned in the 1698 will of Walter Powell, then a resident of Somerset County. Powell left to his daughters Elizabeth and Mary Evans "Powell's Mill Pond", 250 acres and the tract "Hilliard's Discovery on the seaboard side". The authors of WCMA, p. 288, believed that Powell's Mill developed into Trappe Mill. The village of Buckingham was in the upper seaside region at a gristmill on Trappe Creek. After the main highway bypassed the location, the settlement declined and was superseded by the village near Burley Inn (i. e. Berlin); the old mill continued as the Trappe Mill.Apr 03, 2024
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Berlin - Trappe MillTrappe Mill stood on the western bank of Trappe Creek SE of Berlin town, south of the intersection of Assateague Road (376) and Harrison Road.Apr 03, 2024
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Tyaskin - Charles Venables Hughes familySep 13, 2023
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Tyaskin - Betsy J. Messick HitchElizabeth Jane Messick, b. 16 Sep 1831, Worcester County, MD
dau. of Ebenezer and Nancy (Johnson) Messick
m. Thomas James Hitch 9 Jan 1856 and lived in Somerset (now Tyaskin, Wicomico) County
Sep 13, 2023
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Wenona - W.D. Webster Store, 1940Walter D. "Dick" Webster, born in 1878, had a store and boarding house in Wenona and ran fishing charters. He died in 1948.Sep 04, 2023
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Deal Island - African-American Farmhouse, 1940... the home of one of Roger Spence's married sonsSep 04, 2023
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Princess Anne - FSA ClientRoger Spence, a client of the Farm Service Agency (FSA), and three of his sons in their home about two miles outside of Princess Anne. Spence's home had burned down and his family were living in a makeshift shack. The FSA was a New Deal program established in 1935 to help poor farming families in a number of ways.Sep 04, 2023
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