This is a documentary created by Peter Miliken and Conor O'Neill from Bates Middle School in Annapolis, Maryland. The piece is alternately titled, "McNasby's Oyster Company: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Oystermen of the Chesapeake Bay." The documentary won the Maryland History Award at the Maryland History Day competition in April 2007. The documentary looks at the rise and decline of the life of the oysterman on the Chesapeake from the time of John Smith to present and includes a variety of oral history interviews and unique images.
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