Vintage Stories from the Virgin Islands
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Fishermen’s Boat Capsizes Two local fishermen swam for their lives using nothing but the buoys from their fishpots to stay […]
Read MoreDutch Galliot, Detroop Wrecks Anegada, the flat, drowned island of the British Virgin Islands claimed countless wrecks over the years. The island’s […]
Read MoreThe Loss of the Sloop, Perseverance So many boats have been claimed by the sea that it’s impossible to document them all! […]
Read MoreFuneral Procession for German Marine Imagine having a loved one die overseas. It must have been tragic for the family to […]
Read MorePeter H. Thurland Very rarely is a vintage photograph found with the name and profession of the subject in the […]
Read MoreThe Lawaetz Family The Lawaetz family lived in a beautiful, stately home in Estate Little La Grange on St. Croix. […]
Read MoreToday marks the anniversary of one of the darkest days in St. John’s history. Below is an account of that […]
Read MoreRunaway Virgins I recently purchased this brand new book entitled, Runaway Virgins by Enrique Corneiro. It is incredibly moving! Enrique shared over 250 […]
Read MoreOcean Mysteries Tales of finding floating ships with sails fully set and no one on board have added to the […]
Read MoreRemembering the Rhone One of the most tragic hurricanes to ever befall the British Virgin Islands happened 151 years ago. […]
Read MoreBefore Hurricane Damage The Creque Marine Railway is a special, historic property that first became a part of our family’s […]
Read MoreHMS Valkyrien ~ Crew Hurricane of 1916 Just over 100 years ago, a hurricane in October of 1916 tore through […]
Read MoreLots of great discoveries coming!