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Horseshoe Crab Apocalypse 1920s
The Horseshoe Crab Apocalypse of the Late 1800s and Early 1900s Way Back Machine

The Horseshoe Crab Apocalypse of the Late 1800s and Early 1900s

The horseshoe crab is one of our region's great natural wonders. Every year in late springtime, nature lovers descend on the beaches of Delaware Bay to see the strange ancient sea creatures waddle up onto the beaches of Delaware Bay in a spectacular spawning ritual. The animals didn't always get that sort of respect from humankind. What you see up top here are horseshoe crab…
April 18, 2024
We Have a Blind Irishman to Thank for Our “Chesapeake” Lighthouses CharactersWay Back Machine

We Have a Blind Irishman to Thank for Our “Chesapeake” Lighthouses

The Chesapeake lighthouse, with its splayed legs supporting a homey cottage set atop a platform rising from the sea, ranks today as a defining icon for the region. I set out recently to learn more about how those beacons came to be and soon found my way to a tale two centuries and 3,000 miles away. Spoiler alert #1: The hero of the story is…
December 30, 2020
QUOTE OF THE DAY: The Bowers Beach Oyster Bash that Dates Clear Back to 1852 Quote of the Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY: The Bowers Beach Oyster Bash that Dates Clear Back to 1852

    For an astonishing 164 years now, the people of Bowers Beach have been throwing a big party to mark the start of oyster season. Here is a great description from back in the 1930s about the town, that party, and how Big Thursday came to be in the first place: Click on the cover to learn more about this Amazon best seller! Bowers Beach…
October 9, 2016
Red Knots at Delaware Bay
10,000 Years and Counting: The Story of the Red Knot and the Horseshoe Crab DestinationsNatural Wonders

10,000 Years and Counting: The Story of the Red Knot and the Horseshoe Crab

Quick question: How much do you weigh? OK, now try to imagine the sort of marathon physical ordeal you’d have to put yourself through in order to lose half of your body weight. OK, now try to imagine that you’ve been through that ordeal, and you are suddenly facing a deadline—in just two weeks, you have to eat enough food to get back up to…
April 1, 2015