We have visited here three times and found this area a most pleasant Chesapeake stopover.

The Solomon’s, as it is called, got started after the Civil War when one Isaac Solomon, a Baltimore businessman, saw opportunity at the mouth of the Patuxent River. He develpoed a business, actually an entire community, based on oystering. He built a wharf, a cannery, a lime keln, and employee housing. He was a man ahead of his time, however, and his community faltered, but sis not die, and today others have taken up where Isaac Solomon left off and built up this area into a very active maritime center. There still is some oystering done here and you can see mounds of oyster shells from the bygone era when oysters were king.

There is a wonderful museum here that is run by Calvert County that chronicles the area from its early prehistoric beginnings when Solomon Island was part of the ocean floor to current estuarine biology, complete with a river habitat exhibit housing two adorable river otters. The museum also houses exhibits that deal with various Chesapeake Bay boats, local heritage and culture, and a discovery room for children, although adults are allowed to "discover" too. Outside, at the waters edge, is the Dream Point Light, an old screw-pile lighthouse moved to the museum in 1975 and restored to depict the working of this type of lighthouse and the life of its keepers.

There are only three of there lighthouses left. Two of them are now in museums, with only the Thomas Point Light still in use.

We have now been to this museum several times and still enjoy it. We also visited the Lora Oyster Processing House, now part of the museum. It operated from 1888-1978 and gave us a real feel for how oysters were harvested, processed and shipped.

The Solomon’s has lots of marinas with all kinds of services available. When we were here in July we decided to "marina" it instead of anchoring so we could take advantages of the swimming pool. It was hot!