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Welcome to a 250           th     A local innkeeper and ferry opera-  noon and 4 PM to create a pedestrian,
                                               tor by the name of James Barwick was   family friendly, walkway. A Scaven-
                Celebration of                 contracted to serve as jailor, and to   ger Hunt hosted by the Chamber of

              Caroline County,                 maintain the courthouse facilities.  Commerce, and supported by a major-
                                                                                 ity of Downtown Denton businesses
                March 15, 2024!                To celebrate this occasion the Caroline   will be open to young and old and off er
                                               County Historical Society will be host-  a first place prize of  $100, second place

           In                                  from 5pm to 8pm to the Museum of   prize of $50 and a third place price of
                                               ing a VIP event on Friday, March 15th,
                       November, 1773, at
                       a  session of the Mary-
                                                                                 $25. All you have to do to participate


                                               Rural Life. The cost of the affair will be
                       land General Assembly,
                                                                                 will be to register at 8 N. Second Street,
                       William Richardson

                                               d’oeuvres sampling entitled a “Taste
            and Thomas White, delegates from   $50 that will include spirits  and an hors   Denton. There will be trike races run by
                                                                                 the Caroline County Humane Society,
            Dorchester County to the Assembly of   of Denton’ provided by the Denton   corn hole tournaments run by Summit

            Delegates and Burgesses. introduced   Pub, Caroline’s, Craft Bakery & Café,   Bank, and street bowling /potato spoon
            a bill, subsequently passed, provid-  Pizza Empire, Earth Tones Café, and   races hosted by the Arts Council, and
            ing for the formation of a new county,   the Chesapeake Culinary Center. Proc-  much more.
            Caroline, in honor of Lady Caroline   lamations will be read, followed by a
            Eden, sister of the 6th Lord Baltimore   program by Julie Markin, a professor of   There will be DJ music and perfor-
            and then Lord Proprietor and wife of   Anthropology at Washington College.   mances from North Caroline and Colo-

            the royal governor. It was to be formed   The program will highlight the results     nel Richardson High School Jazz bands,

            from inland sections of Queen Anne   of  the College’s  recent archaeological   performances by To The Point Dance
            and Dorchester Counties. Th e County   diggings that have occurred at the end   Studio, and the Arts Center Drums and
            to be organized in March, 1774.    of Smith Landing Road just north of   Dance Circle. Secret World Alpacas
                                               Denton, at Barwick’s Landing, a site   will have a petting zone set up. Market
            By order of the Maryland General   presumably the location of  the tavern   Street closure will be bookended by
            Assembly (1773) Melvill’s Warehouse   owned and operated by James  Barwick   Caroline’s on one end, hosting cook-
            became the temporary county seat   until 1783. (Information gathered from   ing demonstrations, and the Pub at
            and court convened there for the fi rst   The History of Caroline County Mary-  the other end, where there will be Irish

            time the third Tuesday of March, 1774   land From Its Beginning, 1920)     music. The Foundry, Faces  and the
            beginning the 15th day of the month                                  Museum of Rural Life will be open.
            and continuing by several adjourn-  We Are All About Th e Green      Local restaurants will be open for busi-
            ments until the 17th day.  Melvill’s                                 ness on Saturday aft ernoon, March 16..
                                               To continue the celebration of Caro-
            Warehouse, a small settlement about a                                It is a great time to visit, and get a taste
                                               line, the ‘Green Garden County’,  on
            mile and a half above what is Denton                                 of Downtown Denton, MD.
            today, consisted of a tobacco ware-  Saturday, March 16th, Market Street
                                               between Second  Street and Fift h Street
            house, wharf, store, and a few houses.                               And this does not even include other
                                               in Denton will be closed between 12   festivities over the weekend. Th e 16th
                                                                                 Annual  St. Patrick Day 5K Run, Kiddie
                                                                                 Dash, Fun Run/Walk is on Saturday
                                                                                 morning. The Denton Pub will have
                                                                                 music Saturday into the night right up
                                                                                 to their midnight pancakes. Sunday,
                                                                                 March 17, you have a choice of  a Keg &
                                                                                 Eggs breakfast (7-10 AM) at the Pub, or
                                                                                 a Sunday Brunch at Caroline’s (10 AM-3
                                                                                 PM). Check out the Facebook and/or
                                                                                 web pages of  our co-sponsors for more
                                                                                 details: Chamber of Commerce, Caro-
                    SELLERS OF COOL OLD STUFF                                    line County Historical Society, Denton
                                                                                 Pub, Caroline’s, Arts Council (CCCA),
                  SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS & BONUS DAYS THROUGH SPRING                 and Downtown Denton.
                           (*SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGES)
                          214A MARKET STREET, DENTON, MD
                     301-357-0226  MOESONMARKET@GMAIL.COM


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