Thursday, June 27, 2019

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye..

1904.. A young woman from Pocomoke City foregoes a lifestyle of wealth and luxury to move to Philadelphia to join The Salvation Army.

2006.. Consideration is being given to constructing a $136 million ethanol plant near Pocomoke to convert corn to fuel.

1948.. The telephone company is advertising $28 a week starting pay for young women.

1922..  Thousands come to Public Landing for Farmers Day.

1883..  Hungarian laborers are being brought to the Eastern Shore of Virginia. 

A Bit Of History Up In Smoke

         Picture courtesy Eastern Shore Fire. Info from shoredailynews.com  .

Fire this week destroyed the barn that was home to the famed pony "Misty" at Beebe Ranch in Chincoteague.  No ponies were injured in the fire.

Monday, June 24, 2019

Sponsored by the Downtown Pocomoke Association And XO Beanery & Bites

Sunday, June 23, 2019

TIME MACHINE: 1971, 1943, 1889, 2004.





March, 1971

 Democratic Messenger


August, 1943

Baltimore Sun

August, 1889
Burlington Republican (Burlington, Kan.)


(From 15 years ago.. food for thought regarding a balance between tradition and progress on the Eastern Shore.) 
January, 2004



Daily Times (Salisbury)




1977..  Fire destroys the original Wicomico Youth And Civic Center in Salisbury.  

1966..  A new Sci-Fi series called Star Trek is making its debut on TV.


The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011.  I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.