Throughout Maryland’s Eastern Shore there are wonderful Holiday Displays. One of the best can be seen in Ridgely. The town and the Train Station have a delightful light display that can be enjoyed by all ages.

There have been many different reasons that cities and towns are established. In the case of Ridgely in Caroline County Maryland the town was planned to be a regional trading city as the railroad system was expanding on the Delmarva Peninsula after the Civil War.

As a spur off of the Delaware Railroad that ran from Cape Charles, Virginia at the Mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, to Wilmington Delaware, the town was established in May 1867 as Caroline County’s first railroad town.

It did take a few years to become fully established since the first investors went bankrupted shortly after the town’s founding. By 1892 the second, and the largest Train Station built in the town, was an active passenger and freight station. Along with produce from the area farms, the area had a booming canning boom during the early 20th century.

The Ridgely Train Station Memorial Park reflects this part of the town’s history. Along with the Train Station, which is opened on the first Saturday of the month from March to October for visitors, a caboose, a Ridgely Telephone Exchange and a walking trail along the remaining trail tracks.

Photos – Ridgely Train Station during the Day and After Dark

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