Speaking of steamboats (previous post) it reminded me of something I saw about the Piney Point Hotel which was located at Tolson’s Beach on Lighthouse Road. St. Mary’s forums had some interesting discussion on this awhile back (click here.)
At one time in the early 1900’s, Piney Point was the Ocean City of its day. The Piney Point Hotel was quite the spot as Presidents Monroe, Pierce and Teddy Roosevelt visited. Steamboats used to bring folks to stay at the resort.
This link has more info on the hotel (click here.) There is also a book titled Piney Point Memories written by Jean Tolson Waikart that is available thru our County libraries.
Know that I’ve included this video previously but couldn’t resist an encore. The line “you can check out anytime you like…..” remains one of the best in all of rock lyric history: 