The southernmost county in Maryland, Somerset was established in
1666 by Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, and named in
honor of his wife's sister, Lady Mary Somerset. The county
originally included the area of what today is the adjacent counties
of Worcester and Wicomico as well as a portion of southern
Delaware. Throughout the years, some of its most prominent
citizens, including Declaration of Independence signer Samuel Chase
and Civil War-era Union supporters John Crisfield and Anna Ella
Carroll, helped shape the nation. Somerset County includes
photographs--some never before seen--that take readers from the
expansion of the railroad in the 1800s, which led to a boom in the
seafood and agricultural industries; to the early days of
institutions, such as the University of Maryland Eastern Shore; to
the founding of long-standing celebrations, including Olde Princess
Anne Days, the Deal Island Skipjack Races, and the National Hard
Crab Derby.
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