There is an excellent article on Hattie Dunbar by Pat Woodburn in the summer edition of the St. Mary’s Historical Society Chronicles. Pat does a great job describing Hattie growing up at Bard’s Field in Ridge, moving to D.C., meeting and marrying Leon Dunbar and then returning to take up residence at Cornfield Harbor where she resides today.
In addition to the nice article on Hattie, Pat has another interesting one on the Trappist monks in the County. If you don’t care to spend the $50 annually to become a member of the Historical Society and receive the Chronicles as part of that effort, you can purchase individual issues for $4. This particular issue would be a good one to pick up because its full of great articles. (More info can be found by clicking here.)