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The Choptank (or Ababco [2]) were an Algonquian-speaking Native American people that historically lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland on the Delmarva Peninsula. They occupied an area along the lower Choptank River basin, [ 3 ] which included parts of present-day Talbot , Dorchester and Caroline counties. [ 4 ]
The history of Quakerism in Talbot County goes back as far as the earliest European settlements of the area in 1658 and 1659. By the early 1660s, at least four Friends meetings were in existence: Bayside, along the Chesapeake Bay; Choptank and Tuckahoe, along the rivers of those names; and Michael's River, along what is now known as the Miles River.
The state park preserves portions of the former Choptank River Bridge as a pier, and includes 25 acres (10 ha) of land upriver from the pier in Talbot County. [ 2 ] The fishing pier was created after the Emerson C. Harrington Bridge, which had been dedicated in 1935 by President Franklin Roosevelt , was replaced with the Frederick C. Malkus ...
Choptank is an unincorporated town and census-designated place on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. [3] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 129. [4] The town was founded in the 17th century. It is located on the tidal Choptank River, which flows into Chesapeake Bay.
Choptank may refer to a location in the eastern United States or a former Native American tribe: Choptank people; Communities. Choptank, Maryland, Caroline County; Choptank Mills, Delaware, Kent County; Other. Choptank (Middletown, Delaware), listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in southern New Castle County, Delaware
"Choptank Oyster Dredgers" won first prize, a $5,000 savings bond, as "best black and white picture" in a 1949 "Popular Photography" magazine contest which attracted 51,038 entries. Next year’s "Popular Photography’s" contest, which drew 53,554 entries, Bodine's "Early Morning Charge" won second prize.
Initially known as Great Choptank Island, the island became identified with a series of local families. It was owned by Matthew Tilghman's family from 1752 and has been known as Tilghman Island ever since. During the War of 1812 the island was briefly occupied by the British, who obtained provisions for their military forces. The community of ...
In the early summer of 1742, members of the Nanticoke, Shawnee, and Choptank tribes, wanted to avenge themselves against the English colonists. [4] The tribes decided to meet on Winnesoccum Island in the middle of the Pocomoke Swamp located in Maryland. Chiefs Robin Hood, Hopping Sam, Simon Alsechqueck, and Messowan gathered their people to ...