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This publication, compiled by Bessie E. Gunter, maybe the first
known cookbook on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Bessie lived
in Accomack County and many of the recipes come from women with common Eastern Shore names like Nottingham, Bayly, Custis,…

Record book kept by Mrs. “Brownie” Wagner of waterfowl hunts near Snow Hill, Maryland, over several years.

Photograph of H. Fillmore Bounds

Simple map of Delmarva

View of Sherwood from Bennett's Point

Last farm on Bennet's Point, where Hawkie Melvin worked as a child.

Photograph of crabs in holding pen

Image of Captain John Smith

Map of Virginia