Memories of Greenbackville and Franklin City
by
Martha A. Burns, Linda S. Hartsock
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2007
Beginning around the turn of the 20th century, people flocked to boom towns like Greenbackville and Franklin City on Virginia�s remote Chincoteague Bay to cash in on the lucrative oyster trade. Most eventually settled for simple rural lives, living a cash and barter economy, commuting on foot or by...