Assateague Island

When Roscoe Bartlet was born, Assateague was not an island, but a peninsula, connected to the mainland south of Ocean City. The Great Hurricane of 1933 (they didn't have names in those days) swept 20-foot high waves over the sands of Assateague, cutting through the peninsula to form the Ocean City Inlet. The Army Corps of Engineers now maintains a jetty of boulders to protect the inlet.

There was an attempt to develop the island in the 1950's, but the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 leveled any remaining buildings on the island. Since 1965, the island has been protected by the Assateague Island National Seashore. Now it is home to more wild horses than people.

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