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Enjoy our brief history of the Salisbury, MD, area.
 

A Brief History of Salisbury, Maryland 

Salisbury's location at the head of Wicomico River was a major factor in its becoming one of Maryland's outstanding cities. After a rather slow start as one of Lord Baltimore's colonial outposts, the navigable waterway leading out to the Chesapeake Bay and beyond was the sole means of transportation and communication for the brave and hardy settlers. It was a virtual wilderness harking back to a Stone Age culture that was awaiting them, with simple trails made by the Native Americans for their simple needs.

The new official port of Salisbury in 1732 gradually became a gateway to an ever-spreading area of colonists seeking more land for homesteading. It was the so-called landing that has grown to be second only to Baltimore as the most active seaport in Maryland . With the continuing efforts to deepen and widen the channel, huge tankers carrying oil and barges loaded with stone for construction and grain for the poultry industry ply up the river to Salisbury.

Geographically, Salisbury has been looked upon as being in a central spot on the lower Eastern Shore . Even in the 1800s its promoters and realtors had dubbed it: "THE HUB OF DELMARVA" and similar logos. There were several plausible reasons to justify this idea of being the center of things.

Besides the navigation aspect the mid-1800s saw the advent of that wonder-of-wonders, the railroad, to Salisbury and for a period during the Civil War it terminated here. From its freight yards and passenger station an arterial connection was made with the dynamic Northeast industrial complex and the populous corridor stretching from Boston to Baltimore. Any idea of isolation that had existed was then erased with passenger service along with the creation of markets for the produce, meats and grains of the local farmers.

It was only a short time later that the trans-peninsular railroad was established connecting Baltimore and the Eastern Shore by a ferry system to meet a railroad running from Claiborne in Talbot County eastward to Ocean City . And not only was it the junction point with the North-South lines, but it was also the operations center, the freight yards and depot.

It was only natural that the population of Salisbury kept growing along with business activities, such as banking, merchandising with large stores and commercial activities in general. Then came a hospital that grew steadily in size and facilities to be a regional medical facility together with a state college that has grown to be a recognized university.

When the automotive industry forged ahead in the 1900s with the mass production of cars and trucks, the demand for better roads brought on the construction of highways, ranging from the federal interstate system to the local streets and roads. The present U.S. Route 13, also known as Ocean Highway, ran directly through Salisbury; when the east-west Ocean Gateway, U.S. Route 50, was completed, it also junctioned at Salisbury.

The old logo of Salisbury being "THE HUB OF THE EASTERN SHORE" could not have been more appropriate after all!

To top off the on-going role of continuing growth in the multiple fields of commerce and culture, the airport built as part of the World War II military operations has been expanded to become a regional terminal; the runways have been extended and the facilities have kept pace with the ever-increasing demands of the regional passenger and freight service.

Much can be said about the industrial sector of the community, with major corporations in many fields finding Salisbury a favorable base for their operations. The Perdue chicken operations, international in scope, began and continues to call Salisbury its home base.

So as the 275th anniversary of a once small colonial outpost approaches, there is now one of Maryland's most progressive and respected communities preparing to continue its heritage into another century

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