Eastern Shore stories, history, places, and field notes.
Place
ENM Rhodesdale Rd (Route 14) Hurlock, Dorchester County, MD
Harrison's Crabs is a small, call-ahead family seafood stand on the rural Route 14 corridor between East New Market and Rhodesdale. It continues the crab business of waterman Fred Smith Harrison II, who ran Fred's Crabs until 2020; his son Clark now carries it on.
Place
Hoopers Island Road and Hoopersville Road Fishing Creek and Hoopersville, MD
Hoopers Island is a chain of Chesapeake Bay islands in southwestern Dorchester County, Maryland, reached by Hoopers Island Road south of Cambridge. Upper and Middle Hoopers Island remain working watermen communities, with marsh, bridges, seafood houses, birding, churches, and broad water views between the Chesapeake Bay and the Honga River.