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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1865/00/00 Maryland allows oyster dredging in Chesapeake Bay. Oyster
1885/00/00 Oyster harvest from Chesapeake Bay peaks at 15 million bushels in 1884-1885. Oyster
1910/00/00 Around the turn of the century, pollution of the oyster beds contributes to several severe typhoid outbreaks, causing the demand for oysters to plummet 40 percent by 1910. Chesapeake Bay Oyster
2010/00/00 Between 2002 and 2012, oyster harvest from Chesapeake Bay averaged c 125,000 bushels. Chesapeake Bay Oyster

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Y/M/D Description Composition Place Locale Food Event
1608/06/02 Captain John Smith and fourteen colonists leave Jamestown to explore Chesapeake Bay Jamestown National Historic Site Jamestown JCC Voyage of Discovery on the Chesapeake
1814/09/07 Francis Key and fellow lawyer working for the State Department, John Stuart Skinner, board the Tonnant in Chesapeake Bay. Arrest of Dr William Beanes

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Particulars for Chesapeake Bay:
Category Marine Environ



Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Beautiful Swimmers (book) Ethnography Book William W Warner

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