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CIRCUS ACTS: Strange and Ridiculous Happenings Under the Big Top! Way Back Machine

CIRCUS ACTS: Strange and Ridiculous Happenings Under the Big Top!

The traveling circus was a staple of small-town life on the Delmarva Peninsula in the early 1900s. Here are three stories that show just how strange things could get with those shows and their performers. Circus Act #1! The brawl in Seaford, Del., 1908 (with flying snakes!) You’ve seen old Westerns, right? The ones with scenes where two guys start fighting in a tavern and…
October 13, 2023
The Futuro House Aims for the Stratosphere Strange & WondrousWay Back Machine

The Futuro House Aims for the Stratosphere

This is a free excerpt from my book, You Wouldn't Believe! 44 Strange and Wondrous Delmarva Tales. More info about that and my other books exploring the history, travel, and culture on the Eastern Shore and in Delaware here. Unless you’re a pilot taking off from the tiny Eagle Crest Airport or a worshipper bound for Burton Chapel AME Church, there’s no reason to take a westbound…
April 22, 2023
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In the Land of Holly: Wreath-Making in Southern Delaware Way Back Machine

In the Land of Holly: Wreath-Making in Southern Delaware

NOTE: This is an excerpt from my book, "You Wouldn't Believe! 44 Strange and Wondrous Delmarva Tales."Info on the book and how and where to buy it here. When you venture into Southern Delaware during the Christmas season, you are wandering a landscape once known far and wide as the “Land of Holly.” That nickname is a distant memory now, but the story behind it…
November 25, 2020