 ChincoteagueThe Winter of 1917-18 |
(The text and photos included in these sections are from Lillian Mears Rew's book, Assateague & Chincoteague: As I Remember Them. The copyright belongs to Mrs. Rew's family, and the sections included here are reprinted by permission. Please note that the text and photos may not be reproduced in any form without prior written permission.) |
| When the temperature dropped to zero the Chincoteague
Bay was frozen over for two weeks. During the freeze the supplies of groceries and oil became short and it was necessary to take sleds over the ice to Franklin City. A number of persons ventured on the ice, either walking or using some means of carrying the food and fuel back to their home where it was really needed. The writer's father walked from Franklin City to Chincoteague after getting off the train from Philadelphia, where he had gone after a body to be buried on Chincoteague, as he was an undertaker then on the Island. Other neighbors did likewise. During the freeze, since mail was discontinued, the newspaper, "Enterprise," was brought and taken by boat across the Assateague Inlet to Wallops Beach by the late Mr. Levin Booth, who walked across the marsh and bays between them and the mainland. He also carried news for the paper, too.
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