Tilghman Island: Events of Interest Happening There in 1899
The following article was first published in the Gazette, June 2, 1899. The article was contributed by Tilghman Watermenโs Museum.
Sharps Island Remembered: Tilghman Watermenโs Museum Reopens with New Exhibit
The only sign of Sharps Island today is a noticeably leaning, sparkplug-style lighthouse. It marks the shoals at the mouth of the Choptank River off Poplar Island and Black Walnut Point. Itโs hard to imagine that the area near Sharps Island light was once an island up to 700-acres large, but some people in Tilghman still remember when there was some island left to see.
The Tilghman Watermenโs Museum, which records the lifestyle of watermen and the things they do, was founded by Hall and Mary Kellogg in 2008 because the couple saw the old Tilghman Island way of life disappearing.