Envelope, please! Judging by my website statistics, here are the stories that the 100,000 or so folks who visited the Secrets of the Eastern Shore website liked best during 2019 …
• Chincoteague Character of the Day: Thomas Downing, the Oyster King of NYC
• How a Big Hurricane on Aug. 22, 1933 Created the Ocean City We Know Today
• Love Point on Kent Island: A Valentine’s Memory from Days Gone By
• What Might Have Been: Chesapeake Bay Bridge Plans that Never Panned Out
• The True Tale of Misty, Stormy, and Maybe the Word Nor’easter of Them All
• Quote of the Day: A ‘Monument to Man’s Stupidity’ at the Hoopers Island Bridge
• Ocean City Character of the Day: Rosalie Tilghman Shreve and the Plimhimmon Hotel
• Tubman Travels Sampler: The Miraculous Escape of the Dover Eight
• When a Bunch of Birds Lost Their Minds and Attacked Hog Island Light in 1900
• On the Trail of Lady Eglantine, the Miracle Hen of Greensboro
… there are lots more stories up there if you want to take a little time away from the hustle and bustle!
