The houses were not washed into the bay the family's dismantled them and barged them to the mainland. Many of them were moved to Cambridge Maryland and many of them were moved to Crisfield Maryland. My cousin's house on standard avenue in Crisfield originally stood on Holland's Island.
@@wingdingdmetrius8025 what's funny about it? The first European colonies sat up was in the 1590s, weren't civilians, failed miserably, and led to successful civilian colonies in the.... Yep, 1600s
@@ShrexyGuy Eventually you start to notice the signs that can tell you when you're about to listen to someone perpetuating mythical pablum instead of digging for the truth.
Growing up in Maryland we learned alot about the island. It was pretty much a case study on erosion. From what I understand the house is no longer there
My great grandfather was one of the last people to leave Holland Island in 1922. He was a market hunter and oystermen. After he stopped living there for years he would return to the island in the fall and winter for oyster and fowl season. He died when I was a boy at the age of 97.
Western MARYLANDER here! I love visiting the Eastern Shore! My mom's family ended up in Western Maryland . Her family landed on St. George's Island, St. Mary's County in 1643! I believe Maryland was first settled in 1634! The beautiful Appalachian mountains are pretty high. I feel pretty safe here! We actually did have a EF- 4 tornado in 1996! Nobody in Maryland was killed or injured! Some homes were damaged! A woman in Salisbury, Pennsylvania was killed when a church steeple fell and crushed her van! I visit the Eastern Shore but I love living in the Appalachian mountains! 🥰🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇲💙💙💙💙
The brackish water of the Chesapeake Bay runs through my veins and I have a deep appreciation for all aspects of the region. I visited Smith Island a few years back and loved it but sadly I think it is destined to be the new Holland Island. 😢 Thanks for sharing the story of Holland Island today.
We went out to Holland Island in 1985 (I think) because I’m a history buff. The bay is a fascinating place. My kids were all born in MD. A fun read is John Barth’s epic satirical novel, “The Sot Weed Factor” which is set in early Maryland. Barth was a celebrated author and taught at JHopkins. The story is about an English poet hired by Lord Baltimore to write an Homeric account of the colony. It’s perfect for anyone intimately familiar with Maryland lore.
I remember reading James Mitchner's "Chesapeake!" many years ago. It's an account of three families that lived along Chesapeake Bay from colonial times up thru the late 70's when it was written. One of the families, the Steeds, settled an island that went from an grand estate to an eroded memory, much like this one.
One bit of positivity about the island, many of the family's who moved to the mainland deconstructed and then reconstructed their homes on the mainland, mainly in Crisfield, but some also as far as Cambridge. I've visited one of them in Cambridge. Not that I went inside, it is a private residence, but I've seen it in person
This was the most heartfelt episode I've watched yet, well done. May the heritage and the people who walked the sands of Holland Island be remembered forever.
Wow! This one really brought back memories for me. I grew up in Maryland and my grandparents lived in Rehoboth Beach Delaware. This was a story that my father and I followed right up until the point where the island existed no longer. Tragedy but that's nature.
It reminds me a town that is now under the Susquehanna River in Northern Maryland. They build a dam further up stream and is now covered in 30ft of water. The church steeple still sticks up out of the water. From a few people I have talked to who have scuba dove to see it. Its creepy looking as hell as there is still a sizeable graveyard down there.
@Harrison Ashley I do not, it is located in the Susquehanna River between the Conowingo Dam and Harve De Grace. In Harford County if I remember correctly.
Tangier Island has been restored for the most part. The millions in funds he talked about in the video went to restoring Tangier Island and much of it has been reclaimed.
I’m a huge James Michener fan. His novel Chesapeake address is this exact issue. The end of the book is the end of the island that he created for the novel. It’s one of my favorite books!
Growing up on Kent Island, we learned so much about Holland island. There are so many others in the Bay that will be just like Holland, ( Tangier, Smith etc)
While this was very well done I just want to point out, the Huge ocean waves that where shone here, while the bay can get very angry at times, it doesn't have waves crashing like that, but other then that, well done, we have lost a lot of history to mother nature on the bay, Maryland has been my home my whole life and I love her
I live 30 mins from there. I’ve been past the island a couple times when I’ve gone out fishing, and when that house was still up it gave off a creepy vibe. Still was very cool to look at up close
I’m a life-long eastern shore resident. A good follow up to this would be about Poplar Island. It eroded, too, but was rebuilt by the Md DNR. It’s near St. Michael’s in Talbot County. I know a few people who grew up on Poplar… took a boat to school, etc. There are occasional tours to visit Poplar Island, but it’s private property and they’ve planted a lot of poison ivy to dissuade trespassing.
Why did the Maryland DNR rebuild a completely Private island. Is my house burns down and I do not have homeowners insurance, why should all the taxpayers pay to rebuild my house?
@@Madronaxyz i’m not sure that is the case. But my guess would be that the state would have owned it because of eminent domain. I’m sure the details are out there, and there might have been some environmental as well as university interests involved. It was a big opportunity to learn, and a variety of contractors were also involved.
@@Madronaxyz if your house were on the ocean, and it was destroyed in a Hurricane, you don’t just get to rebuild… eminent domain means the land goes back to the state.
Garibaldi, on the coast of Oregon has a place sorta like that. It's a building built out in the middle of the Bay. It was awesome to go to growing up and crabbing off of the edge of it. It's a cool little coastal town.
I found this extremely interesting, in part because my surname is Holland and although I didn't grow up near the Bay my family has Maryland/Delaware connections. The fact that Mr. White was unsuccessful does not diminish his attempts, and sometimes taking a stand is all that can be done, regardless of the outcome. That little girl has been fine since her death more than a century ago, and although the waters have now washed over her grave, she will never be forgotten by her Creator, in Whom she rests.
i grew up in crisfield maryland and remember fishing around the island as a kid in the early 80s my dad owned property in a place close called holland crossing that is named after the same man
Sadly, but naturally, everything erodes with time. And sometimes it's better not to try and hold on to a place when as in this case, the island seemed destined to disappear- initially I thought mr. White's plan was to excavate and relocate the remains for reburial on the mainland. It seems emotion led him to fight a losing battle..
I live right on the Chesapeake Bay and erosion is a huge problem…I have to walk down a cliff to get to the water I think one of the reasons is the number of huge cargo ships and the wakes they make
The Crowley Islands in Maine will never erode because they are solid ledges. As an old native MD resident, born @ APG's Kirk Army hospital, lsuspect that the Spesuite Island causeway altered the bay's current. Before the causeway, the current through the strait ran at least 10 knots, causing a huge change in waterfowl.
Awsome video. I've lived in maryland my whole life. Grew up on Taylor's island. You should do a video on James Island. Very similar situation. I think it's gone now. James Island at the mouth of the Little Choptank River is a landmass that totaled approximately 1350 acres when it was first settled in the 1660’s. At one point, the landmass was connected to the mainland of neighboring Taylor’s Island in Dorchester County, Maryland. By the late 1870’s, the island hosted a small community with two dozen homes, a store, and a school house. The community on the island was eventually abandoned due to the visible signs of the island washing away with the erosive forces of the Chesapeake.
Saw this island on the excellent show Chesapeake by Air which had a segment showing the last house before it all disappeared. Interesting history.... islands may not last forever so it's not sad as everyone was able to relocate.
Your channel is very informative, however, the zen track volume is a major distraction as the level is above your vocal track and takes away from your narrative
Geology major here. There is no way to stop erosion of a beach once it starts going. You can pump in more sand, but it will all erode away too and it's very expensive to keep adding more sand.
Is there a diary your quoting from ? I always wondered how these old story’s with great detail like this one was documented…. Sounds like the stay out might’ve been to busy to write in a diary. 1 man and a very detailed story.
What a outstanding watch. I wonder what ever became of the Head Stones, were they saved and moved, were the bodies reinterred ??? As always, thanks for your time and work.....
My Great Grandfather grew up on land that is now the Blackwater Nature Refuge. He used to work on the fishing boats and regularly would visit Holland and Bloodsworth Islands. His one aunt is buried there on Bloodsworth Island and after 1942 until today we have to get the U.S. Navy to give their permission and send an escort to allow us to visit the island since the island was used for Naval target practice during WWII and there are so many unexploded shells.
Did Anthony Holland own an Island in Herring Bay in Anne County in either the 1600's or 1700's? As I recall, I believe he was directly related to Francis Holland & Mary Jane Pinke. Anthony supposedly descended from the Plantagenet family in England. He married Isabelle Parsons daughter of Thomas Parsons & (Isabella). Anthony & Isabelle's daughter Susanna Holland married Robert Lemon Capell, Sr. who was the son of William Capell, the immigrant (1635). My mother's paternal lineage is Capell. However, the spelling of the name has changed somewhat over the years here in Maryland before formal spelling later took hold.
Sad and fascinating. Excellent content. Thank you. I’m going to embroider something pretty with the Effie Lee Wilson’s name n dates on it along with her epitaph, in remembrance of her. 💝🌍💝 She won’t be forgotten. ✨🌒🌕🌘✨
Dang, bunch of crybabies in the comments on this one. Pro tip: if the background music is too high, you probably have a surround effect running. I didn't even notice the background music until i read the comments.
Hi! I loved this documentary, thank you so much. Would you be able to point me towards a source for the newspaper article? I would love to read it. Thanks in advance.
Wait, imagine being alone on a sinking island trying to save ur house with sand bags....AT 70 Y.O.!!!😳 THATS the part that rung my bell!! Dude was 70 y.o. attempting to save his home...ALONE on a sinking island! Poor guy! Btw- I've lived in MD for 50 yrs qnd have never heard this story or anything about Holland Island or the other islands mentioned here. I have heard of Smith island tho😳😵💫 scary!!
I think the best thing they could have done is made a wall of piling surrounding the outline of the island so that the water couldn't wash away anything probably more on top of that you can't go with half measures with something that big
It isn’t. There is zero visibility in this area of the bay (and pretty much the rest of it as well). I have done many dives in the bay and it is definitely different
Yes Kenny Roger's Song " The Gambler" is applicable to all life circumstances You got to know when to hold 'em Know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away And know when to run You never count your money When you're sittin' at the table There'll be time enough for countin' When the dealing's done. True 👍
His parents being just 15 when their first child was born speaks of hardships and high infant mortality. 3:20 "Cleared and have good fence..." I can guess how this island disappeared now. Erosion. Nature would've stabilized the soil with the long grasses taking root. You clear the land and imperceptively at first, the soil starts migrating, draining into the sea. It would've been easier to move the graveyard.
The Chesapeake is still sinking from the melted glaciers that once covered down to long Island. The weight pushed mantle south and buldged up the land south but with the ice gone the mantle moved back north lowering the land surface
There is part of a town in Monroe/Oxford, Connecticut that they flooded structures ti build a damn. The name of the lake that they created is Lake Zore. I go fishing there and and once in a while pull up parts of the structures
I just don't get why the the MD govt couldn't get this done... I realize we can't save everything or every island (I would try tho lol) however this could have been saved... Not only are we losing the land but the history the land provided as well... I love my state but it's toooo citified anymore...
Effie? For what its worth. I & many people know you still and again. After a hundred some years you are not forgotten. I'm proud to help fulfill your wish.
I wouldn't have paid the owner more than $10 for it.. Paying a significant amount for something being eroded makes him a mug. Some observations.. "Oyster shell roads".. "they made a living with oyster dredging".. they brought about their own downfall.. They literally dredged away the very thing their island was sustained by.
But he did succeed. victory can come in unexpected ways . had he not have put up such a hard fight , the girl would have been completely lost to history by now .
Please someone , anyone , ensure that the little girl and the other graves still there get relocated to the closest mainland and be memorialized as from the island .
Should donors or taxpayers foot the bill? There's always someone wanting someone else to do the work and or foot the bill. Sometimes there's no choice in who like taxes funding a proxy war over corporate interests. Who pays for those graves? I got $50 but have no idea how to start a campaign. If you can't I completely understand.
We can rebuild it. Make people pay to send non hazardous waste out there dump it on the island build it up again. Preferably lots of concrete, brick and stone.
There's an animated film that has the house in it! The owner was giving her tenets a hard time about up keep and paying bills while everything was washing away. They finally ended up turning it into a boat and sailing away with everything else! If the movie wasn't based on the exact house my name isn't minkie boodle! And it's not!
It's kind of weird with all the money spent. Nobody could save this island, but yet, Ocean City, Md. Restores its eroding sandy beaches every 7-10 yrs. Or so. Very sad.
The houses were not washed into the bay the family's dismantled them and barged them to the mainland. Many of them were moved to Cambridge Maryland and many of them were moved to Crisfield Maryland. My cousin's house on standard avenue in Crisfield originally stood on Holland's Island.
That’s actually really cool I’m glad that they were able to salvage what they could from that house in order to move it somewhere else.
I think that was a quote from someone. Later, he states that the buildings were dismantled.
"Apparently this landscape was appreciated as far back as the 1600s when Europeans first arrived" lmao, on to the next internet historian.
@@wingdingdmetrius8025 what's funny about it? The first European colonies sat up was in the 1590s, weren't civilians, failed miserably, and led to successful civilian colonies in the.... Yep, 1600s
@@ShrexyGuy Eventually you start to notice the signs that can tell you when you're about to listen to someone perpetuating mythical pablum instead of digging for the truth.
Growing up in Maryland we learned alot about the island. It was pretty much a case study on erosion. From what I understand the house is no longer there
The house fell into the bay in 2010.
Something island related take a look at the archtecture and construction of early venice. Its a fete!
Intentional erosion
@@HDPersonal777what do you mean..?
I grew up on the eastern shore, it's so awesome to see someone spread our history
Same. I still live here. Grew up on Taylor's island. This is eerily similar to what happened to James island.
My great grandfather was one of the last people to leave Holland Island in 1922. He was a market hunter and oystermen. After he stopped living there for years he would return to the island in the fall and winter for oyster and fowl season. He died when I was a boy at the age of 97.
People were living there way past 1922
Western MARYLANDER here! I love visiting the Eastern Shore! My mom's family ended up in Western Maryland . Her family landed on St. George's Island, St. Mary's County in 1643! I believe Maryland was first settled in 1634! The beautiful Appalachian mountains are pretty high. I feel pretty safe here! We actually did have a EF- 4 tornado in 1996! Nobody in Maryland was killed or injured! Some homes were damaged! A woman in Salisbury, Pennsylvania was killed when a church steeple fell and crushed her van! I visit the Eastern Shore but I love living in the Appalachian mountains! 🥰🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇲💙💙💙💙
Got to visit the island in the early 70's when there was still a small community and store.
Yeah, we went out there in ‘85 or maybe ‘86 and there was still plenty of activity.
In 1955 there was only 3 homes remaining.
The brackish water of the Chesapeake Bay runs through my veins and I have a deep appreciation for all aspects of the region. I visited Smith Island a few years back and loved it but sadly I think it is destined to be the new Holland Island. 😢 Thanks for sharing the story of Holland Island today.
We went out to Holland Island in 1985 (I think) because I’m a history buff. The bay is a fascinating place. My kids were all born in MD.
A fun read is John Barth’s epic satirical novel, “The Sot Weed Factor” which is set in early Maryland. Barth was a celebrated author and taught at JHopkins. The story is about an English poet hired by Lord Baltimore to write an Homeric account of the colony. It’s perfect for anyone intimately familiar with Maryland lore.
@@rosezingleman5007 Thanks for the book recommendation. I’ll check it out.
There is something in the air on the Chesapeake not found anywhere else.
I remember reading James Mitchner's "Chesapeake!" many years ago. It's an account of three families that lived along Chesapeake Bay from colonial times up thru the late 70's when it was written. One of the families, the Steeds, settled an island that went from an grand estate to an eroded memory, much like this one.
He was a great writer. I got hooked on his books after reading Alaska.
Chesapeake is in my reading que.
@@gregorm9183 it's a damn good read. Maybe a little rushed at the end, but good enough I've read it a few times.
Rosalyn's revenge was the name of the house in the book
One bit of positivity about the island, many of the family's who moved to the mainland deconstructed and then reconstructed their homes on the mainland, mainly in Crisfield, but some also as far as Cambridge. I've visited one of them in Cambridge. Not that I went inside, it is a private residence, but I've seen it in person
This was the most heartfelt episode I've watched yet, well done. May the heritage and the people who walked the sands of Holland Island be remembered forever.
Wow! This one really brought back memories for me. I grew up in Maryland and my grandparents lived in Rehoboth Beach Delaware. This was a story that my father and I followed right up until the point where the island existed no longer. Tragedy but that's nature.
This was a very touching It's History. Thank you Ryan for preserving history that most people, including myself have never heard.
It reminds me a town that is now under the Susquehanna River in Northern Maryland. They build a dam further up stream and is now covered in 30ft of water. The church steeple still sticks up out of the water. From a few people I have talked to who have scuba dove to see it. Its creepy looking as hell as there is still a sizeable graveyard down there.
@Harrison Ashley I do not, it is located in the Susquehanna River between the Conowingo Dam and Harve De Grace. In Harford County if I remember correctly.
There's a similar situation in Tioga, PA-- my ancestor's house is under water in the reservoir.
You should do one on Tangier Island it’s fixing to follow a similar story within the next 50 years.
Tangier Island has been restored for the most part. The millions in funds he talked about in the video went to restoring Tangier Island and much of it has been reclaimed.
I live on Deal Island, we are taking our chances here, but it’s so worth it! Nothing like this place anywhere
I spent my childhood summers in Crisfield I remember signs for that place
I go down to Wenona quite a bit and I know after some heavy rain, portions of Deal Island Rd are under water now, so unless the state steps up.....
Excellent recounting of a very sad event. The little girls tombstone seems to foretell the future of the island.
Broke down on Holland Island years ago glad we got the boat running before dark I wouldn't want to spend the night out there
As sad as it is the island ceases to exist, but that girl won't be forgotten due to this video..
I’m a huge James Michener fan. His novel Chesapeake address is this exact issue. The end of the book is the end of the island that he created for the novel. It’s one of my favorite books!
Growing up on Kent Island, we learned so much about Holland island. There are so many others in the Bay that will be just like Holland, ( Tangier, Smith etc)
I'm so glad someone finally covered this. Thank you! I've been fascinated by this for over a decade.
I’m so glad there is a video about this. I’ve heard about this story throughout my childhood
Should also do one on Tangier Island
While this was very well done I just want to point out, the Huge ocean waves that where shone here, while the bay can get very angry at times, it doesn't have waves crashing like that, but other then that, well done, we have lost a lot of history to mother nature on the bay, Maryland has been my home my whole life and I love her
Yeah, that looked like stock footage from a different coastline.
I live 30 mins from there. I’ve been past the island a couple times when I’ve gone out fishing, and when that house was still up it gave off a creepy vibe. Still was very cool to look at up close
I played on the island as a boy. I still crab there. I have pictures of my dad there. I still have family buried in the 3 remaining grave yards.
I’m a life-long eastern shore resident.
A good follow up to this would be about Poplar Island. It eroded, too, but was rebuilt by the Md DNR. It’s near St. Michael’s in Talbot County. I know a few people who grew up on Poplar… took a boat to school, etc.
There are occasional tours to visit Poplar Island, but it’s private property and they’ve planted a lot of poison ivy to dissuade trespassing.
Why did the Maryland DNR rebuild a completely Private island.
Is my house burns down and I do not have homeowners insurance, why should all the taxpayers pay to rebuild my house?
@@Madronaxyz i’m not sure that is the case. But my guess would be that the state would have owned it because of eminent domain. I’m sure the details are out there, and there might have been some environmental as well as university interests involved. It was a big opportunity to learn, and a variety of contractors were also involved.
@@Madronaxyz if your house were on the ocean, and it was destroyed in a Hurricane, you don’t just get to rebuild… eminent domain means the land goes back to the state.
Thank you for sharing those amazing documentary. We didn’t know anything about Holland Island!!
Garibaldi, on the coast of Oregon has a place sorta like that. It's a building built out in the middle of the Bay. It was awesome to go to growing up and crabbing off of the edge of it. It's a cool little coastal town.
I found this extremely interesting, in part because my surname is Holland and although I didn't grow up near the Bay my family has Maryland/Delaware connections. The fact that Mr. White was unsuccessful does not diminish his attempts, and sometimes taking a stand is all that can be done, regardless of the outcome. That little girl has been fine since her death more than a century ago, and although the waters have now washed over her grave, she will never be forgotten by her Creator, in Whom she rests.
Great reply.
Great video. I’m in Virginia Beach at the mouth of the Bay & sadly never got to visit the island.
i grew up in crisfield maryland and remember fishing around the island as a kid in the early 80s my dad owned property in a place close called holland crossing that is named after the same man
Sadly, but naturally, everything erodes with time. And sometimes it's better not to try and hold on to a place when as in this case, the island seemed destined to disappear- initially I thought mr. White's plan was to excavate and relocate the remains for reburial on the mainland. It seems emotion led him to fight a losing battle..
Holland Island is eroding so quickly because the seas are rising so rapidly. Use a rising so rapidly because we are burning too much petroleum.
There were families that disinterred family members and moved them to Cambridge and buried them there.
@@Madronaxyz The sea level isn't rising, fool. Land sinking is not the same as sea rising.
Although the island sank his actions did, after all, preserve her memory through the telling of his story.
Interesting history and Excellent video(!!!) ... Thank You for producing and posting it ...
I live right on the Chesapeake Bay and erosion is a huge problem…I have to walk down a cliff to get to the water
I think one of the reasons is the number of huge cargo ships and the wakes they make
The Crowley Islands in Maine will never erode because they are solid ledges.
As an old native MD resident, born @ APG's Kirk Army hospital, lsuspect that the Spesuite Island causeway altered the bay's current. Before the causeway, the current through the strait ran at least 10 knots, causing a huge change in waterfowl.
Erosion is natural. The area is also sinking. The cargo ships do make it happen faster though.
Now this lives on the internet and that little girl will never be forgotten
I’m saddened that no one tried to exhume and relocate the bodies from the cemetery.
At least one thing came out of all of this, even though he failed to save the island, the little girl is going to be remembered.
Great story do more maryland stuff lot of history here
Awsome video. I've lived in maryland my whole life. Grew up on Taylor's island. You should do a video on James Island. Very similar situation. I think it's gone now. James Island at the mouth of the Little Choptank River is a landmass that totaled approximately 1350 acres when it was first settled in the 1660’s. At one point, the landmass was connected to the mainland of neighboring Taylor’s Island in Dorchester County, Maryland. By the late 1870’s, the island hosted a small community with two dozen homes, a store, and a school house. The community on the island was eventually abandoned due to the visible signs of the island washing away with the erosive forces of the Chesapeake.
Saw this island on the excellent show Chesapeake by Air which had a segment showing the last house before it all disappeared. Interesting history.... islands may not last forever so it's not sad as everyone was able to relocate.
Ryan, that was so interesting.. thank you!
Your channel is very informative, however, the zen track volume is a major distraction as the level is above your vocal track and takes away from your narrative
Wonderful video, beautifully put together.
How on God's tiny blue/green flat marble is that house still standing?!?!? That is astonishing!
@12:11 His excavator is still there on the island next to the house on the left.
It is too , good spotting. At 12:09 is that a little yellow bobcat to the right of the house as well?
Yup...lol!!
Geology major here. There is no way to stop erosion of a beach once it starts going. You can pump in more sand, but it will all erode away too and it's very expensive to keep adding more sand.
Is there a diary your quoting from ?
I always wondered how these old story’s with great detail like this one was documented…. Sounds like the stay out might’ve been to busy to write in a diary. 1 man and a very detailed story.
What a outstanding watch. I wonder what ever became of the Head Stones, were they saved and moved, were the bodies reinterred ??? As always, thanks for your time and work.....
They were washed into the bay most likely
@@Rusty.rails1298 Boy, I hope not..... Have a good day.....
My Great Grandfather grew up on land that is now the Blackwater Nature Refuge. He used to work on the fishing boats and regularly would visit Holland and Bloodsworth Islands. His one aunt is buried there on Bloodsworth Island and after 1942 until today we have to get the U.S. Navy to give their permission and send an escort to allow us to visit the island since the island was used for Naval target practice during WWII and there are so many unexploded shells.
Did Anthony Holland own an Island in Herring Bay in Anne County in either the 1600's or 1700's? As I recall, I believe he was directly related to Francis Holland & Mary Jane Pinke. Anthony supposedly descended from the Plantagenet family in England. He married Isabelle Parsons daughter of Thomas Parsons & (Isabella). Anthony & Isabelle's daughter Susanna Holland married Robert Lemon Capell, Sr. who was the son of William Capell, the immigrant (1635). My mother's paternal lineage is Capell. However, the spelling of the name has changed somewhat over the years here in Maryland before formal spelling later took hold.
A three hour tour!!! And the rest..... prime cut video perciate it Hombre stay healthy safe travels 😘
Sad and fascinating.
Excellent content. Thank you. I’m going to embroider something pretty with the Effie Lee Wilson’s name n dates on it along with her epitaph, in remembrance of her. 💝🌍💝 She won’t be forgotten.
✨🌒🌕🌘✨
I was disconcerted by the photos of what are clearly not taking on the Chesapeake Bay.
Dang, bunch of crybabies in the comments on this one.
Pro tip: if the background music is too high, you probably have a surround effect running.
I didn't even notice the background music until i read the comments.
Nice ... sank you very much
Hi! I loved this documentary, thank you so much. Would you be able to point me towards a source for the newspaper article? I would love to read it. Thanks in advance.
Wait, imagine being alone on a sinking island trying to save ur house with sand bags....AT 70 Y.O.!!!😳 THATS the part that rung my bell!! Dude was 70 y.o. attempting to save his home...ALONE on a sinking island! Poor guy!
Btw- I've lived in MD for 50 yrs qnd have never heard this story or anything about Holland Island or the other islands mentioned here. I have heard of Smith island tho😳😵💫 scary!!
Do a video on Horatio Nelson Jackson and the first successful cross country road trip from San Francisco to New York...
Nice to see my home state on UA-cam without having to hit Search for once. People seem to forget we exist.
and the Eastern shore to boot!
I love learning about the history of my state. Shoutout to my boys on the eastern shore
I think the best thing they could have done is made a wall of piling surrounding the outline of the island so that the water couldn't wash away anything probably more on top of that you can't go with half measures with something that big
Another Gem Ryan...thank you.
Sounds like an interesting dive
It isn’t. There is zero visibility in this area of the bay (and pretty much the rest of it as well). I have done many dives in the bay and it is definitely different
Stefan White forget another eloquent saying, "You got to know when to hold em, when to fold em". Sometimes fighting nature is a futile endeavor.
Yes Kenny Roger's Song " The Gambler" is applicable to all life circumstances
You got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealing's done.
True
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Thanks for sharing that was interesting story.
I live in Calvert county and the calvert cliffs erode like 3 feet per year
Ahh, such fond memories as a wee lad.
Thank you for telling us about the young girl and the man with a strong ambition
1family Named Sinclair left Holland Island and ended up in 0aKleigh Melbourne AUSTRALIA
His parents being just 15 when their first child was born speaks of hardships and high infant mortality.
3:20 "Cleared and have good fence..." I can guess how this island disappeared now. Erosion.
Nature would've stabilized the soil with the long grasses taking root. You clear the land and imperceptively at first, the soil starts migrating, draining into the sea. It would've been easier to move the graveyard.
Love the channel really interesting stuff
I know graveyards are moved. It seems that would have been a better way to remember the little girl and the Islanders. Give them a new home.
The Chesapeake is still sinking from the melted glaciers that once covered down to long Island. The weight pushed mantle south and buldged up the land south but with the ice gone the mantle moved back north lowering the land surface
Very interesting Keep up the good work
There is part of a town in Monroe/Oxford, Connecticut that they flooded structures ti build a damn. The name of the lake that they created is Lake Zore. I go fishing there and and once in a while pull up parts of the structures
I just don't get why the the MD govt couldn't get this done... I realize we can't save everything or every island (I would try tho lol) however this could have been saved...
Not only are we losing the land but the history the land provided as well...
I love my state but it's toooo citified anymore...
Effie? For what its worth. I & many people know you still and again. After a hundred some years you are not forgotten. I'm proud to help fulfill your wish.
I wouldn't have paid the owner more than $10 for it.. Paying a significant amount for something being eroded makes him a mug.
Some observations.. "Oyster shell roads".. "they made a living with oyster dredging".. they brought about their own downfall.. They literally dredged away the very thing their island was sustained by.
I was there in the 70s.
I didn't hear any reason why the islands eroded. Was it natural phenomenon or over fishing of the oyster beds? I was hoping for some cause.
Maryland my maryland
But he did succeed. victory can come in unexpected ways . had he not have put up such a hard fight , the girl would have been completely lost to history by now .
Please someone , anyone , ensure that the little girl and the other graves still there get relocated to the closest mainland and be memorialized as from the island .
Should donors or taxpayers foot the bill? There's always someone wanting someone else to do the work and or foot the bill. Sometimes there's no choice in who like taxes funding a proxy war over corporate interests. Who pays for those graves? I got $50 but have no idea how to start a campaign. If you can't I completely understand.
We can rebuild it. Make people pay to send non hazardous waste out there dump it on the island build it up again. Preferably lots of concrete, brick and stone.
Thanks Ryan. I didn't really like the music because it had piercing alarm like sounds that made me wonder if my smoke alarm was going off. Haha.
There's an animated film that has the house in it! The owner was giving her tenets a hard time about up keep and paying bills while everything was washing away. They finally ended up turning it into a boat and sailing away with everything else! If the movie wasn't based on the exact house my name isn't minkie boodle! And it's not!
Read about Washaway Beach in southwestern Washington State and it’s graveyard.
So the island didn't sink... It was washed away.
The bay is very shallow. I can’t imagine that it was related to rough seas.
Whats the music that was used in the video?
0:25 - are those pelicans ? They're HUGE.
and its not just this island. Smith Island and Tangier Island are also in danger of being lost!
Hog island in va went the same way
Other than the one in the picture houses where taken Down and moved ,not washed away.
Not the first, sharps island, poplar island and now James island is almost gone.
Where did they learn these things from without the natives. Tell the Truth!!
It's kind of weird with all the money spent. Nobody could save this island, but yet, Ocean City, Md. Restores its eroding sandy beaches every 7-10 yrs. Or so.
Very sad.
The island hasn’t completely washed away. As of last year, there was still a tree living.