Holland Island, Maryland
Nature is a powerful force that no one man can fight, but that didn’t stop Stephen White from putting forth every effort to save his beloved city. Holland Island is a rapidly eroding island in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Farmers and watermen inhabited the island in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Tidal changes and natural climate change eventually began to erode the island and forced the inhabitants to move. Stephen White tried to tend to the homes and preserve their integrity for many years, but his efforts were futile. The last remaining home on Holland Island, built in 1888, finally collapsed in October 2010.