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The Deep Freeze of 1926: Muskrats to the Rescue! Way Back Machine

The Deep Freeze of 1926: Muskrats to the Rescue!

A deep freeze descended on the Chesapeake Bay early in 1926. Then that ice melted, and the big floes rode the waves, causing all kinds of havoc in the area of the Chesapeake Bay around Hooper Straits. Wilmington Evening Journal headline: ICE STORM WRECKS BIG OYSTER PLANTS The story is datelined Wingate, Md., which is in the lower southern reaches of Dorchester County. Property loss…
December 31, 2024
Mosquitoes on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
QUOTE OF THE DAY: ‘The mosquito,’ Dr. Tawes would say, ‘is one of the noblest creatures known to nature.’ Quote of the DayWay Back Machine

QUOTE OF THE DAY: ‘The mosquito,’ Dr. Tawes would say, ‘is one of the noblest creatures known to nature.’

The late P.J. Wingate was, appropriately enough, from the little town of Wingate, which stands deep in the mosquito-ridden marshland of south Dorchester County, Maryland. (FYI: The local pronunciation is win-GIT, not win-GATE.) A chemist by trade, Wingate dabbled quite a bit in writing as well. This is from his 1979 book, Bandages of Soft Illusion. It’s full of little essays about his childhood days…
May 28, 2018