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This digital story recording was created in conjunction with the Smithsonian's Museum on Main Street program and its Stories from Main Street student documentary initiative, called "Stories: Yes." The project encourages students and their mentors to research and record stories about small-towns and rural neighborhoods, waterways, personal memories, cultural traditions, work histories, as well as thoughts about American democracy. These documentaries are then shared on Smithsonian websites and social media.
In collaboration with McClellanville Arts Council in McClellanville, South Carolina, students at Cape Romain Environmental Education Charter School, prepared this story about water as part of the region's presentation of "Water/Ways," an exhibition from the Smithsonian's Museum on Main Street program.
Speaker 1 (00:11): What is your name?
Peter (00:12): My name's Peter William Kornack.
Speaker 1 (00:14): Where do you live?
Peter (00:15): McClellanville, South Carolina.
Speaker 1 (00:18): Is it special to you?
Peter (00:18): It's a great little spot. It's a small village, right on the intercostal waterway. When you pull off the highway, you know your home. When I first got here, I moved here from California to do soft shell crabs with the crew guys I was talking about. And we did that for a season and I crabbed a little bit and oystered and clammed. And eventually I met my future wife and we ended up buying T.W. Graham's, the country store at that point and converted it into a restaurant. We did that for 13 years, and after we sold the restaurant, went back to the Creek.
Julie (00:51): Julie McClellan. I'm a clam farmer, but I do oystering too and we have two leases here off of McClellanville and Buck Hall. I had a stingray barb, one time about this long stuck into my arm. And a stingray barb, if you've ever looked at one, they're like an arrow. It has little jagged teeth, so they don't pull out. So I grabbed it and yanked on it real hard and it didn't come out. So my partner Irvin Ashley came over to where I was and he kind of looked at me and he took it and yanked it out, but that was quite painful.
Speaker 1 (01:34): What is your name?
Caesar (01:35): Caesar Graham.
Speaker 1 (01:37): Can you spell that for me?
Caesar (01:38): C-A-E-S-A-R.
Speaker 1 (01:42): What is your profession?
Caesar (01:43): Working on the dock. And after they get tired roughing on the shrimp, well, then they come here. It really is fun, but you don't last long. That's something I think you won't do.
Asset ID: 2022.16.01
Find a complete transcript: www.museumonmainstreet.org
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By The PealeThis digital story recording was created in conjunction with the Smithsonian's Museum on Main Street program and its Stories from Main Street student documentary initiative, called "Stories: Yes." The project encourages students and their mentors to research and record stories about small-towns and rural neighborhoods, waterways, personal memories, cultural traditions, work histories, as well as thoughts about American democracy. These documentaries are then shared on Smithsonian websites and social media.
In collaboration with McClellanville Arts Council in McClellanville, South Carolina, students at Cape Romain Environmental Education Charter School, prepared this story about water as part of the region's presentation of "Water/Ways," an exhibition from the Smithsonian's Museum on Main Street program.
Speaker 1 (00:11): What is your name?
Peter (00:12): My name's Peter William Kornack.
Speaker 1 (00:14): Where do you live?
Peter (00:15): McClellanville, South Carolina.
Speaker 1 (00:18): Is it special to you?
Peter (00:18): It's a great little spot. It's a small village, right on the intercostal waterway. When you pull off the highway, you know your home. When I first got here, I moved here from California to do soft shell crabs with the crew guys I was talking about. And we did that for a season and I crabbed a little bit and oystered and clammed. And eventually I met my future wife and we ended up buying T.W. Graham's, the country store at that point and converted it into a restaurant. We did that for 13 years, and after we sold the restaurant, went back to the Creek.
Julie (00:51): Julie McClellan. I'm a clam farmer, but I do oystering too and we have two leases here off of McClellanville and Buck Hall. I had a stingray barb, one time about this long stuck into my arm. And a stingray barb, if you've ever looked at one, they're like an arrow. It has little jagged teeth, so they don't pull out. So I grabbed it and yanked on it real hard and it didn't come out. So my partner Irvin Ashley came over to where I was and he kind of looked at me and he took it and yanked it out, but that was quite painful.
Speaker 1 (01:34): What is your name?
Caesar (01:35): Caesar Graham.
Speaker 1 (01:37): Can you spell that for me?
Caesar (01:38): C-A-E-S-A-R.
Speaker 1 (01:42): What is your profession?
Caesar (01:43): Working on the dock. And after they get tired roughing on the shrimp, well, then they come here. It really is fun, but you don't last long. That's something I think you won't do.
Asset ID: 2022.16.01
Find a complete transcript: www.museumonmainstreet.org