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Rhonda preparing muskrat creole for the fancy category of the National Outdoor Show in Golden Hill, Maryland

Artifacts of Native American life of the 17th and 18th centuries on the Eastern Shore continue to be discovered around the region. These objects provide insight to their daily lives and routines. The arrowheads and projectile points were found…

Artifacts of Native American life of the 17th and 18th centuries on the Eastern Shore continue to be discovered around the region. These objects provide insight to their daily lives and routines.

Artifacts of Native American life of the 17th and 18th centuries on the Eastern Shore continue to be discovered around the region. These objects provide insight to their daily lives and routines. This grinding stone found next to the St. Martin River…

Artifacts of Native American life of the 17th and 18th centuries on the Eastern Shore continue to be discovered around the region. These objects provide insight to their daily lives and routines. This ax head was found on the northern part of Harbor…

Oyster cans from local companies from, Pure Delicious Oysters, Bivalve Oysters, and MV Saltwater Oysters.

Image of an oyster shucking knife

This heavy duck shotgun –12-gauge, three-shot automatic – was used by William Wagner on the Marsh Lure property featured in the film

These hide stretchers were used by Josiah “Joseph” Collins Truitt (1872-1957), a businessman from Mardela Springs who hunted muskrats in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Josiah kept track of the number of muskrats they caught and on what property in this logbook.