دانلود کتاب Exploring the Small Towns of Virginia's Eastern Shore

The Eastern Shore is a place to relax and "get away from it all." Prior to the construction of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in 1964, this was an isolated locale, with a ferry the main link to Norfolk. With each passing year, more people discover this quiet gem. New retirement communities and golf courses are signs of things to come, but the Shore today remains by and large a close knit, primarily agricultural – and increasingly aquacultural – area. This where you will find Chincoteague. The legend of Chincoteague's famed ponies holds that their ancestors swam onto this large barrier island from a shipwrecked Spanish galleon. Throngs of visitors descend on this resort village each July for the annual Pony Swim and Auction. Business stands still for two days midweek as ponies are corralled on Assateague Island and herded across a narrow channel to Chincoteague Island. And then there is Onancock, called the "Gem of the Eastern Shore" and, thanks to a new generation...