Commerce on the Bay

<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;422" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-422" style&equals;"width&colon; 238px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;the-chesapeake&period;com&sol;&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2010&sol;10&sol;Skipjack-load-of-watermelons-on-Chesapeake-Bay&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-422" title&equals;"Skipjack load of watermelons on Chesapeake Bay" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;the-chesapeake&period;com&sol;&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2010&sol;10&sol;Skipjack-load-of-watermelons-on-Chesapeake-Bay-238x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"238" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-422" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">This Skipjack carried a load of watermelons on the Chesapeake&period; Skipjacks were the leading carriers of freight for decades and worked the water in oystering up until the 1970&&num;39&semi;s&period; Photo from Maryland Archives<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;