Slackwater: Lex Park, the Inside of the Beast
When the town was full of bars and slot machines and drunken sailors … Lexington Park was the belly of a noble beast, says Charlie Hewitt.
A New Kind of Woman: Hilda Mowery
Hilda Mowery arrived in St. Mary’s Co., MD, in 1953, left her philandering husband, decided to open a bar and nightclub and to support her children.
‘Impacts’ Played the Bases
The Impacts, a ‘tight’ musical group from Lexington Park, played at military bases and headlined at a Woodstock in St. Mary’s County.
The First Carver HS Band
When Harold Herndon arrived in 1960, the Carver High School Band didn’t have a single instrument.
Criminal Charges Against The Enterprise – 1957
The time was 1957, the place Lexington Park, the upstart newspaper The Enterprise was not necessarily a welcome newcomer.
Was the Thomas Johnson Bridge Worth It?
In 1975 Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant commenced. In 1978 the Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge opened to traffic. SoMD changed forever.
Running Moonshine: “Wasn’t Nothing to It”
Moonshiner’s son, “Nace” Mattingly, drove whiskey made in kettles across Southern Maryland to Washington DC during the 1940s.
Remembering When Pax Was Still Pearson
Ruth Barnes Portee, in an 1987 oral history, describes family farming before Pax came to Cedar Point, and a bit about life afterwards.
‘The Surveyors Came Down’: The Takings at Pax
The essay, “Takings,” explores the impact of the Navy’s acquisition of the farms at Cedar Point in the words of those who experienced it.