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This magnificent sailboat inspired a frenzy of boat building on the West River. In the 1930s, the Vanity reigned supreme in the hotly-contested 20-foot open class, a free-for-all sailboat race where the only requirements were that boats be . . . — — Map (db m130029) HM
The story of the Captain Salem Avery House mirrors that of Shady Side and the larger history of the Chesapeake Bay region.
1860-1921 The Avery Family Home
In the mid-19th century, a young man came to Shady Side from New York to . . . — — Map (db m130026) HM
I drew it up, most of the time on a piece of plywood, so it wouldn't get wrinkled up, and I'd use the measurements from that. I always liked to build boats, and I like to change the style of them and try to get something to look pretty good. . . . — — Map (db m130019) HM
This cannon stood guard over the grounds of the Rural Home Hotel for seven decades at a time when visitors flocked to Shady Side to enjoy summers on the Chesapeake.
How did this War of 1812 cannon end up here in Shady Side?
In the . . . — — Map (db m130024) HM
You just can't put your line in any place and get a crab. You got to know where they are. I could give some people my boat and line, but they'd starve to death. You have to have a feel for it.
— George Procter, age 83 . . . — — Map (db m130016) HM
I haven't seen 15 bushels of clams in so long... You do worse more days than you do better. Nature can't put it back as fast as man takes it away.
— Ellsworth Brown, clammer, age 55 (1977)
Eeling
Bay . . . — — Map (db m130006) HM
He had powerful arms, shoulders, and hands. Pulling and hauling on nets all of his life, his hands were huge. He was a waterman.
— Howard Shenton, age 67 (1986)
The Catch
Fishing has been a year-round . . . — — Map (db m130007) HM
When you got into Baltimore, you'd fall short maybe twenty-five, thirty bushel…'Cause they took a good round bushel, you know, out of it. And this is life, the way we lived it.
— Erwood Avery, Age 84 . . . — — Map (db m130018) HM
You'd be better off with a boat than you were with shoes.
— Erwood Aver, age 77 (1984)
In the past, rivers were the roads connecting the people and products of Shady Side with Baltimore, Annapolis and other villages . . . — — Map (db m130025) HM
Then I took up oystering, went on the water oystering, and, oh my, I stayed out there and worked, and worked, and worked.
— Julius Dennis, age 88 (1984)
Scooping and Raking — Tonging and Dredging
To . . . — — Map (db m130012) HM
A bad day on the water is better than the best day on land.
— J.R. Gross, age 32 (2000)
To make a living, a waterman thinks not in terms of weekly paychecks but rather, how much his family will bring in during the . . . — — Map (db m130004) HM
For tonging oysters —
the best built boat there ever was…
— Kenneth Nieman, age 72 (1984)
In 1933, a boathouse on Parrish Creek in Shady Side, Captain Perry Rogers built the deadrise on display for . . . — — Map (db m130020) HM
Erosion has dramatically altered the waterfront you see — washing away more than 200 feet of land in Captain Avery's "front yard." It is said that the Avery family had to move the house back three times in the years they owned it. The original . . . — — Map (db m130022) HM
The house Salem Avery built for his family in 1860 still exists today, but you have to look closely to see it.
The original home was modest and had only one room with a loft. Imagine the building in front of you reduced to just the colored . . . — — Map (db m130002) HM
The Captain Avery Museum is a place to discover Chesapeake Bay life — past, present, and future. This property, first developed in the 1850's, has been continuously owned by the people connected to the water by occupation, recreational . . . — — Map (db m130001) HM
