Time Machine Preview

 This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

1924  ..  

1940  ..  A well known Pocomoke businessman on the receiving end of a freak mishap escapes injury.

2007  ..  Pocomoke City church to begin reconstruction following fire.

1896  ..  An article looks way back to the "Cornstalk Militia" in Worcester County during the time of the American Revolution.

The Pocomoke and Tangier virtual tour

 

Tangier Island, Pocomoke River now online as virtual tours through Chesapeake Conservancy

ANNAPOLIS — Tangier Island and the Pocomoke River are the newest virtual tours that can viewed online through a project of the Chesapeake Conservancy.

The tours, similar to Google Street View, provide an additional prospective to include the water. Virtual visitors can see the beauty of the Chesapeake and explore these special places from their computer, device, or mobile phone.

View full article:

Tangier Island, Pocomoke River now online as virtual tours through Chesapeake Conservancy | County Times (csctimes.com)

Visit www.chesapeakeconservancy.org to view all 14 virtual tours and vignettes of special places in the Chesapeake

Thanksgiving-

 (Published the day before Thanksgiving, 1980.)

Daily Times (Salisbury)

Isabelle Leach (1911-2007)

Governor Hogan's Monday comments about Covid-19 in Maryland

 (WBOC)

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Md. Governor Announces New COVID-19 Enforcement Measures - WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 -

Time Machine: 1970, 1989, 1917, 1978, 1861, 1939, 1970, 1979.

Eating out for Thanksgiving 50 years ago..

November, 1970

Daily Times (Salisbury)

August, 1989

Evening Sun (Baltimore)

November, 1917

Democratic Messenger

Footnote: Green Run Beach on Assateague Island, across from Public Landing, was a popular resort destination before the time of Ocean City.  A large hotel there offered accommodations to the vacationing public. After the mid-1870's its popularity declined, loosing its visitors to Ocean City.

October, 1978

Daily Times (Salisbury)

November, 1861

Bradford Reporter (Towanda, Pa.)

August, 1939

Worcester Democrat

1970  ..  Bridge Over Troubled Water is the Grammy Song Of The Year (the title song from Simon and Garfunkel's final album together).

1979  ..  Too close for comfort on the East Coast- partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island.