Deep Creek

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Contributed by Mayasbop

Capt. Jody

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Jody’s Boat
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Capt. Jody – Doing what he did best.

These were sent in by Carol Hogge.

Oyster Grounds

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Oyster Grounds ~ April 17, 1937

Deep Creek 1905

[click on post title to view photo] The following five photographs, offered by the one who posts as “Harris Store,” are something quite special, but this one is perhaps the crown jewel. Harris Store writes, “I believe it to be the oldest of Deep Creek in existence. It was taken in 1905, looking toward the river. Menchville can be seen to the right. The boats are log canoes, distant fore-runners of the Chesapeake Bay Deadrise.”

I don’t know about you, but the more I learn about the rich history of Deep Creek, and the determination of its people, the deeper appreciation I have for what we were fortunate enough to call home. We can not let this pier pass in the night like Harris’ Store did. Haven’t we learned that if we do not fight the fight that is given to us today, there will be nothing left for our children to fight for?

Deep Creek 1905

View of Lozar’s Store

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This photograph, taken in the 1950s, was taken from Menchville looking across Deep Creek. Frank Lozar’s store can be seen on the opposite shoreline.

View of Deep Creek from the Menchville side.

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Menchville looking easterly across Deep Creek. The channel marker shown has been removed.

Harris Store

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The following is an offering from the one who posts as “Harris Store” on the forum.

“This is Linda Harris at the lunch counter of Harris Store. At extreme left is the wooden refrigerator. This contained deli meats that were sliced on the chopping block under Linda’s meat cleaver. To the right is a roll of butcher’s paper.

As we remember, the floor of Harris Store was somewhat out of level. Notice the wooden blocks under the chopping table.”

Bernard Rowe and Sallie Bet Rowe

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I received the following poem from a friend and it seemed appropriate to publish it along with these wonderful photos from Carol Hogge. Mrs. Sallie Bet Rowe (pictured above on right) wrote it about Harris’ Store sometime in the 1950s. Her husband, Mr. Bernard Rowe, is pictured on the left. (I’m not sure how to spell Miss Sallie Bet’s name. I noticed that it’s spelled Sally under the photo but Sallie on the poem)

Country Store

There is a place I love to go,
And sit there by the hour.
To talk about the spinach crop,
And buy a bag of flour.
It is the country store you know,
Where all the men do go.
It’s where the longest fish are caught,
And the largest tatters grow.

There is a place I love to go,
And lean against the rail.
To talk about the greatest hound,
That scents the hardest trail.
It is the country store, you know,
Where all the men do go,
It’s where the largest coons are skinned,
And the most famous rabbits grow.

There is a place I love to go,
And shoot a lot of bull,
It’s where the wife don’t have the say,
And the man’s got all the pull.
It is the country store you know,
Where all the men do go.
It’s where the air gets awful stale,
And the room gets awful full.

Written by childhood friend and neighbor,
Sallie B. Rowe, in the 1950’s about Harris’ store.

Deep Creek When Oystering Was King

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Source: This Mariner’s Museum photo was published in the Daily Press.The caption reads:
“Work boats once almost filled Deep Creek, as in this 1953 scene, say longtime area watermen.”

Paul Harris’ Store

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The person who post under “Harris Store” offered these for everyone to see. Thanks.

Anyone who has old photos they would like to share, send them to deepcreekpier@yahoo.com

Linda Harris in front of the candy counter. Mrs. Harris peering over the top.

Harris’ Store