John Cowgill: Stories of the Railroad

The region known as the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Maryland has many great small towns. (The region is called the Eastern Shore because it is on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay which divides the state.) Among these towns is the coastal town of Tolchester Beach. It is a peaceful quiet town with a few houses with the beach. The only sites in the town are the Kent County Agricultural Center and the Caulks Field Battlefield Memorial where a battle in the War of 1812 took place. Tolchester Beach is a quiet town where the only noise heard is the waters of the Chesapeake Bay splash on the beach.
Some of you are saying, “This is very lovely. I love quiet small towns especially beach towns. The problem is that the is no railroad here. Therefore, I will…
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