It Happened Here
…in Rivah Country!
by Larry Chowning
Cats Have Nine Lives
The old adage that “Cats Have Nine Lives” was brought out in this tale told to me by Anne Wheeley, formerly of Urbanna.
Sometime in the 1940s, the Town of Urbanna lost its plumber, so Doc Thomas F. Marshall Sr. at the urgency of town council went out recruiting for a town plumber. Doc went to the Eastern Shore of Virginia and found a young plumber by the name of Harold Taylor, known to most in town as “Plumber” Taylor....
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Island Story
The Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck have a special connection to Tangier Island. For generations the islanders have come to the rivers of the...
The legendary Willie Mays striking out to Theodore Williams at the Cooks Corner ballpark
The sport of baseball most likely originated from the 18th century game known as rounders, a children’s game played in England and brought to...
Burhan’s Wharf at Locust Hill in the steamboat age
Commercial passenger steamboats out of Baltimore and Norfolk cruised the waters of the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula from 1820s to 1937 when the...
200,000 pounds of croaker one night
Captain Albert Games of Deltaville and his haul seine crew landed 2,000 boxes (200,000 pounds) of croaker one night in 1952 on Boss’s Bar...
Chesapeake Bay deadrise boats
For the past 40 years, I have written about and photographed wooden Chesapeake Bay deadrise boats. My love of the bay’s wooden boats and...
The 100 birthday of the 50-foot deck boat Elva C
On Sept. 10, the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum celebrated the 100 birthday of the 50-foot deck boat Elva C at the Reedville Classic Boat Show...
Farmasea takes dining out at the Rivah to a new level
The service, cuisine and atmosphere all make The Farmasea Restaurant in Gloucester an exceptional dining experience. Think date-night dinner on steroids.
A few weeks...