by Tom Horton Name four of earth’s most precious natural resources, little Maria Marshall was asked on a test in elementary school: Gold, water, oil, she responded....and “turkles”—this last a perfect answer for a child of Smith Island, a unique fishing community that has persisted for centuries, ten miles offshore in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay. …
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Holland Island
Holland Island: The Final Chapter By Tom Horton When you’re doing a film on rising seas, higher tides and worsening erosion around these parts, you need to start with Holland Island—or finish with it; maybe both, we’ll see. Before the Bay soon claims them, we’ve come to film gravestones, etched against the sunset, ghostly …
High Tide in Dorchester by Tom Horton
I remember hitting softballs with friends in front of my dad’s hunting and fishing cabin on the Honga River in lower Dorchester County. Centerfield is now four feet underwater, some 200 feet from the shoreline. Today a child in Dorchester county, one of the largest counties in Maryland, may see his yard, his playgrounds, and much of …
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We filmed Tom Horton on the site where he played softball as a kid in Dorchester County. "You might say," says Tom, "it's not the same old ball game." For more photos, visit our PHOTO GALLERY.
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