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Dream Come True: The Long Journey to Chincoteague in 1912 Quote of the DayWay Back Machine

Dream Come True: The Long Journey to Chincoteague in 1912

In wandering through old newspapers I sometimes come across a piece of writing that kinda blows my mind. Such is the case with the story novelist Lucy Meacham Thruston wrote for the Baltimore Sun on July 21, 1912, in which she tells the tale of what happened when she decided to make one of her travel dreams come true. Some extended excerpts: STARTING OUT: THE…
May 21, 2023
Choptank River Lighthouse Featured Image
The Lighthouse that Lived Three Different Lives and is Still Going Strong DestinationsRoad Trips

The Lighthouse that Lived Three Different Lives and is Still Going Strong

Many folks think of the Choptank River Lighthouse in Cambridge, Md. as a newish thing, and, in a way, they’re right about that. The replica was constructed seven short years ago, but the stories that beacon is built on go clear back to before the Civil War—in fact, you might say that this seven-year-old lighthouse is celebrating its 161st birthday this year. In the photo…
October 29, 2019
Elisha Lee on the Water near Cape Charles, Virginia
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Sailing the Elisha Lee from Cape Charles to Norfolk Quote of the DayWay Back Machine

QUOTE OF THE DAY: Sailing the Elisha Lee from Cape Charles to Norfolk

Elisha Lee didn’t make her way to the Eastern Shore until rather late in her life. Built in 1892, she arrived in Cape Charles (Va.) Harbor on St. Patrick’s Day of 1944. World War II was going strong at the time. With so many military bases housed in Hampton Roads, there was a slew of traffic running to and fro across the Chesapeake Bay into…
March 15, 2018
Cape Charles Light off of the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Quote of the Day: The Terrible Scourge That Halted Work on the Cape Charles Lighthouse, 1895 Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day: The Terrible Scourge That Halted Work on the Cape Charles Lighthouse, 1895

There is a second Smith Island off of the Eastern Shore, with the lesser-known one shown here located all the way down by the mouth of the Bay. It's home to the Cape Charles Lighthouse, which is pretty as can be but just about impossible to go visit. Between the shifting sandbars and the tricky tides, the landing on uninhabited Smith Island is supposedly a…
June 28, 2016
Eastern Shore Quote of the Day: The Milkman
QUOTE OF THE DAY: The Cape Charles Milkman Remembers-“That Horse’s Name Was Frank” Quote of the Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY: The Cape Charles Milkman Remembers-“That Horse’s Name Was Frank”

    History lovers in Cape Charles, Virginia rounded up some grant money a few years back and conducted oral history interviews with some older residents there. Here is David Mitchell, remembering his days of delivering milk aboard a horse-drawn carriage through Cape Charles. At an early age my Uncle Jesse had me working. He used to do a little gardening and he would sell butter beans…
June 5, 2016
English Cottage Gas Station in Cape Charles (JJP)
The English Cottage Gas Station that Has a Story to Tell in Cape Charles DestinationsWay Back Machine

The English Cottage Gas Station that Has a Story to Tell in Cape Charles

    Some empty buildings are just that, unfortunate bits of neglected junk on the Eastern Shore landscape. Others are something else altogether: Dilapidated, perhaps, but still graced with the ability to unravel fascinating secrets behind key turns in the life of the Shore—and even the country—in days gone by. Take this old guy, for example. He stands on the outskirts of Cape Charles, just…
December 5, 2014