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First Jewish farmers in Delaware

Jews in DelawareBy Dave TablerLeave a comment

Imagine the shock a parent would experience. You’re at your desk, at work. The postal carrier brings in a package. You open it. It contains the dead body of your daughter. You had no idea she had even died. Surely one of the most haunting events in the long life of Isaac Jacob Benioff. Benioff…

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Nov212022
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Delaware’s Bog Iron Bonanza

iron industryBy Dave TablerLeave a comment

New York City residents drinking the pure waters of upstate’s Croton River may thank Millsboro, DE for the part it played in first delivering those waters to them. In Sussex County, abundant deposits of bog iron ore once lined the banks of the Nanticoke River and its many branches, which made the area an early…

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Nov202022
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I got him to sign my petition

Womens SuffragismBy Dave TablerLeave a comment

“You mustn’t do this again,” a Secret Service agent told her after forcibly pulling Mabel Vernon back from her position just in front of the podium. She was in the audience at a 1916 speech President Woodrow Wilson was giving on democracy at the Labor Temple in Washington, DC.  “Mr. President,” she called out, “if…

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How the Delaware State Fair got its start

Fairs and FestivalsBy Dave TablerLeave a comment

Today’s Delaware State Fair in Harrington is all cow roping, carnivals and cotton candy. A delight for casual attendees, hard work for exhibitors. But few, if any, farmers at the Fair feel the pressure of their farm going under if they don’t attend.  The ancestor fairs of this modern Kent County extravaganza started out as…

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Dave Tabler is a Delaware-focused author using his University of Maryland degrees in art history and photojournalism to examine and explore the first state's rich history and publish works of his findings. He also manages AppalachianHistory.net
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