Im jamie colby, in ocean city, maryland, an irresistible atlantic resort town known for its golden beaches and this historic boardwalk. Now, the population may read 7,000, but more than 8 million visit every single year. And im here to meet a family that has a strange inheritance thats been an icon on this boardwalk for more than a century. Hi, doug. Hi. Im jamie. Nice to meet you. So nice to see you, too. Your family really is so well known here. Yeah, im afraid we are. Yeah, weve been here a long time. A long time, indeed since 1890, to be exact. Doug trimpers greatgrandparents daniel and Margaret Trimper purchase two city blocks of oceanfront land. They start with a pair of small hotels but in 1902 decide to risk everything on a new attraction. Daniel wants to bring in a ride unlike any seen before in maryland. He orders a massive carousel from the herschellspillman company. With a diameter of 51 feet, the merrygoround is one of the largest built up to that point. How special is the
Im jamie colby, in ocean city, maryland, an irresistible atlantic resort town known for its golden beaches and this historic boardwalk. Now, the population may read 7,000, but more than 8 million visit every single year. And im here to meet a family that has a strange inheritance thats been an icon on this boardwalk for more than a century. Hi, doug. Hi. Im jamie. Nice to meet you. So nice to see you, too. Your family really is so well known here. Yeah, im afraid we are. Yeah, weve been here a long time. A long time, indeed since 1890, to be exact. Doug trimpers greatgrandparents daniel and Margaret Trimper purchase two city blocks of oceanfront land. They start with a pair of small hotels but in 1902 decide to risk everything on a new attraction. Daniel wants to bring in a ride unlike any seen before in maryland. He orders a massive carousel from the herschellspillman company. With a diameter of 51 feet, the merrygoround is one of the largest built up to that point. How special is the
Im jamie colby, in ocean city, maryland, an irresistible atlantic resort town known for its golden beaches and this historic boardwalk. Now, the population may read 7,000, but more than 8 million visit every single year. And im here to meet a family that has a strange inheritance thats been an icon on this boardwalk for more than a century. Hi, doug. Hi. Im jamie. Nice to meet you. So nice to see you, too. Your family really is so well known here. Yeah, im afraid we are. Yeah, weve been here a long time. A long time, indeed since 1890, to be exact. Doug trimpers greatgrandparents daniel and Margaret Trimper purchase two city blocks of oceanfront land. They start with a pair of small hotels but in 1902 decide to risk everything on a new attraction. Daniel wants to bring in a ride unlike any seen before in maryland. He orders a massive carousel from the herschellspillman company. With a diameter of 51 feet, the merrygoround is one of the largest built up to that point. How special is the