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…
“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…
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…
To my mind, it’s the perfect American Civil War border state story. Take a look at this 1970 aerial photo of Georgetown, DE’s Public Square and Circle. The two circled buildings are the Brick Hotel (bottom) and the site of the Eagle Hotel (right side). “One local folk tale concerning the [Brick],” says its National…
