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Part 1 of this story appeared in the January 14, 2022 issue of the Cecil Whig.

Oystering has been a long-standing tradition on the Chesapeake Bay. It became a booming business after the Civil War. Chesapeake Bay oysters were in demand around the turn of the

Many stories have been shared about the old Cecil County Jail that stood on North Street in Elkton. One of the saddest and most interesting is the story of the

The afternoon of January 3, 1896 started out like any other morning. Mrs. Irwin Deibert and her five-year-old son Walter went for a walk along the water near Mr. Deibert’s place of business, Deibert & Brothers Dry Dock. Deibert & Brothers was located near the mouth of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on Back Creek in Chesapeake City. Young Walter looked down at the water’s edge and saw the body of a man, lying face down, in about two feet of water. He alerted his mother, and they wen...