Results for "Smillie, Thomas William, 1843-1917"
- Blog Post
Road trip!
- Date: June 29, 2011
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: It was July 1880 in Washington, DC and Smithsonian Secretary, Spencer Baird, had fled the city with his family for cool ocean breezes and to study the fishing grounds off the New England coast at Woods Hole on Cape Cod. For those left behind minding the Smithsonian Castle, it was probably hot, humid, and hellish in town and they were in need of relief. Luckily, the proprietors