![]() Language and customs in some sections, like the Eastern Shore of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, are still in many ways what they were in 1700. When the economic spine of the south swung inland, these old towns were left to decay or to maintain with dignity the integrity and traditions of an earlier time. It connects some of the oldest settlements in North America. This shore road, sometimes impassable even now in the spring because of high water, is the one by which the first white settlers ploughed their difficult way by muddy foot, horse, or boat in colonial days. To follow the course of the Ocean Highway along the shore of the Atlantic from New Jersey to Florida is like taking a living course in American history, so much of the past is still visible in the out-of-the-way hamlets, towns, bays, and islands through which the ancient route passes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Compiled by the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration ![]()
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