Project Description

  • (1890s-1920s)
  • Calvert County History (continued from page 21)
  • Many Roads Built in Calvert County Up to 1899
  • Farm Buildings of Calvert county Unchanged Since Late 1800’s
  • Farming in Calvert County in 1900 Contributed Little to State
  • Great Dewey Dry Dock Tested in Drum Point Harbor in 1905
  • Solomons Island Bridge Rebuilt to Connect with Mainland in 1907
  • Forests of Calvert County Important Before World War I
  • Public Health Service for Sailors and Mariners Set Up in Solomons in 1892
  • German Passenger Liners Interned in Patuxent River
  • Calvert County Men in World War I Commemorated in Bronze at County Seat
  • Showboat Visited Solomons During 1920’s
  • High School Students Attended Classes in Motor Launch in 1920’s
  • Calvert County Towns Become More Accessible During 1930’s
  • Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Located at Solomons in 1922