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When Accomac, Va. Put the Baptist in Jail, 1778 CharactersDelmarva WisdomWay Back Machine

When Accomac, Va. Put the Baptist in Jail, 1778

This excerpt from Eastern Shore Road Trips #2: 26 MORE One-Day Adventures on Delmarva comes from a trip centered on Accomac, the seat of Accomack County, Va. The town played an important role in the life of the preacher Elijah Baker (1742 to 1798), who helped get the then-fledgling Baptist faith off the ground and spreading through America. The most famous structure on the square…
May 30, 2020
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Character of the Day: The Delaware Housewife Who Invented the Modern Chicken Industry

As a deeply religious young woman, Cecile Long Steele probably didn’t let loose with a string of curse words when the delivery truck driver showed up at her farm that day in 1923. Cecile had ordered 50 baby chicks, but the deliveryman had 500 chicks instead. This being 1923, Cecile couldn’t call or text customer service to sort out this mix-up on the spot. The…
May 28, 2020
Delmarva Wisdom On the Culinary Generosity of Neighbors
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DELMARVA WISDOM: On the Culinary Generosity of Neighbors

The quote at hand here is a simple run of words, but it speaks volumes about the neighborliness and generosity that characterized life back in the early 1900s in a small, isolated community of watermen families living and working on the edge of Tangier Sound. "Here, take this and fix it up fer Fred," Uncle Ike said. The words are from a 1967 memoir by…
March 14, 2019