In August of 1933 a damaging hurricane barreled through the mid-Atlantic states. Stanley Scroggs was 3 and this is the story of how his father Harry flew his Curtiss Robin on to the Eastern Shore from Baltimore to rescue his wife and son from the rising waters in the marshland of Deal Island.
Near and dear to the native Marylander is, of course, the crab. My grandpa spent a lot of his childhood visiting his mother’s family on Deal Island, a rural marshy treasure trove of waterfowl, oysters, and crab located on the Delmarva Peninsula in the Tangier Sound of the Chesapeake Bay. Carl Hoffman was the son […]
Our ancestors held some fascinating occupations. Some dangerous, some unhealthy, some surprising. Check census records and more to discover your family’s work path!
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