My name is Julie McKinney. I live in Charleston, S.C. I am the great
granddaughter of Archer Mills Traylor. He was born in 1887 in
Washington, D.C. and was also a member of the West River Sailing Club
in Galesville, Md. He spent most of his time on the Chesapeake and
back and forth to Sarasota, Fl. I am not quite clear on exact dates
but I do have some nice photographs that would be relevant to your
history. I also have a newspaper clipping where he won the Rock Hall
Sailing Meet with his 20 ft. round bottom knockabout, I do not have the
date, however, I am assuming it is in the 40's. I also have a
photograph of a boat that I believe may be "Shamrock" Eldridge Zang's
boat? It makes sense that my great grandfather must have been friends
with Eldridge Zang, Bill Hartge, Neal Kramer, B. W. Phillips, Bill
Harder among others. It appears that they were members of West River
and that they raced together quite a bit. I have many other beautiful
photographs of antique boats that, to my knowledge, were owned by my
great grandfather. One is a schooner photographed in 1922 on the St.
Lucie River, Fla. I also have notes that he wrote as he was sailing to
the Panama Canal, etc. Any of this information that you are interested
in, I would be happy to share. There are a couple of photographs of
Mills and his wife Lillian, hence "LILL II", with some of their
"sailing buddies." I do not know who they are but feel certain they
are from your area or from Florida. I feel I have a beautiful piece of
history that many others could enjoy. I would also be interested if
anyone else has any pieces of this history that I might be interested
in.
From Chesapeake 20
Mills Traylor & Lill II #97
By Ted Weihe
Dec 10, 2009 - 12:45:02 PM
Dec 10, 2009 - 12:45:02 PM
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