— Kate Livie, Chesapeake Writer

May 31

Written By Kate Livie

19th century postcard depicting Baltimore Harbor, with the steamboat Chester in the center of the image. Collections of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.On this day, May 31, in 1872, a Chesapeake steamboat was the object of one of the earliest pre…

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