Later history Eastern Shore of Maryland

chesapeake bay maritime museum in st. michaels

ocean city founded on july 4, 1875, when atlantic hotel opened on assateague island. @ time, assateague island continuous delaware state line south of ocean city: ocean city inlet not formed until hurricane in august 1933 cut across south end of town, although inlet cut not waves sweeping inland, 4 or 5 days worth of freshwater runoff coastal creeks running seaward. 1935, government money had built jetties make inlet permanent, dividing fenwick island (north) assateague island (south). transportation island train.

until 1820s, travel , commerce between eastern shore , baltimore less important connections between , philadelphia. water travel sailboat , steamer linked eastern shore baltimore more tightly beginning 1813, when first steamboat traveled bay. 1880s, railroad lines linked eastern shore philadelphia , later, norfolk, virginia, way of railroad line straight south wilmington dover, delmar, salisbury, , cape charles. maryland s eastern shore served branch lines running southwest main route. see list of railroad lines in delmarva peninsula. eastern shore s many branchlines built after civil war local companies; controlled pennsylvania railroad (which bought control of steamboat , ferry routes), conrail , norfolk southern. today remaining active railroad tracks on eastern shore operated short-line railroads bay coast railroad, delmarva central railroad, , maryland , delaware railroad.

an east-west rail route ran ferry terminal @ claiborne, west of st. michaels, ocean city, via baltimore , eastern shore railroad , wicomico , pocomoke railroad. travelers take ferry love point on kent island, board queen anne s railroad train, , travel east lewes , rehoboth beach, delaware.

automobile transportation across chesapeake bay ferryboat until 1952, when first chesapeake bay bridge opened traffic.

in late 1950s , 1960s developers began selling lots on assateague island, south of inlet. however, storm on march 6, 1962 destroyed houses, shacks, , roads. state , federal governments intervened before reconstruction creating assateague island national seashore , assateague state park.

an eastern shore baseball league operated on 3 different occasions between 1922 , 1949. class d minor league teams in 3 states of delmarva.

during epidemic of hiv/aids in united states, baltimore city health department official robert mehl persuaded city s mayor form committee address food problems; baltimore-based charity moveable feast grew out of initiative in 1990. 2010, organization s region of service had expanded merely baltimore include of eastern shore of maryland.