Snow Hill

By Mindie Burgoyne

2006

First Published

4.25

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128

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3H53M

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Images of America: Maryland

Series · 88 books

By William Clark, Bainbridge Historical Association, Historical Society of Frederick County, and more

Snow Hill, on the banks of the Pocomoke River, has been home to farmers, bankers, merchants, artisans, sea captains, and politicians for more than 300 years. Founded by English settlers from a part of London named Snow Hill," the town became a trading post on the Pocomoke and was designated a royal port by William and Mary of England. Trade was the engine that drove commerce in the town, and the Pocomoke River was the highway. Imported goods were brought into Snow Hill to be taxed, and lumber, tobacco, and crafts by local artisans were exported across the Atlantic. Snow Hill's economic success spread rapidly in the 19th century as steamboats carried passengers to Norfolk and Baltimore and the railroad brought opportunities to expand local markets. Hotels, shops, boarding houses, and stately homes sprang up as the economy expanded. Today Snow Hill boasts one of the largest concentrations of historic homes, churches, and commercial buildings still intact in the state of Maryland. Residents are committed to preserving the town's heritage so it will remain "the Treasure of the Eastern Shore."

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Author

Mindie Burgoyne

Author · 3 books

Mindie Burgoyne, is a travel writer, blogger, author, tour operator and speaker. Her focus is traveling within the context of a story to mystical – magical places that stir the mind and spirit. She’s also the organizer of a travel club for girlfriends called The Travel Hags. All six of her published books focus on travel destinations but Haunted Eastern Shore: Ghostly Tales from East of the Chesapeake is the most popular (10th printing) with its 19 haunted tales of sites east of the Chesapeake Bay. This book was followed by a series of three - Haunted Ocean City and Berlin (2014), The Haunted Mid-Shore: Spirits of Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot Counties (2015) and The Haunted Lower Shore: Spirits of Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester Counties (Oct. 2106).This collection not only shares mysterious events and haunted activities on the Delmarva Peninsula, it also offers a deep, insiders view of the people and traditions of the "Shore." Mindie also operates a tour company that offers group travel excursions to mystical places in Ireland and western Europe, and she is the founder and operator of Chesapeake Ghost Tours, which offers over a dozen different ghost tours year-round on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Travel inspires her to write.