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Nov302022
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1838. First magazine in Delaware publishes

Agriculture, MediaBy Dave TablerLeave a comment

In February 1838, William Huffington combined his interests in politics and literature by becoming the proprietor and editor of the first monthly magazine in Delaware, The Delaware Register and Farmers’ Magazine.  The editor of The Native American (by native, they mean WASPs, not Indians) newspaper in Washington, DC immediately noticed.  “This is a youthful periodical,…

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Nov242022
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Delaware’s First Peach Boom

AgricultureBy Dave TablerLeave a comment

The ‘Delaware peach’ ruled eastern markets from about 1840 till the turn of the 20th century. What about the ‘Georgia peach,’ you ask? Georgia horticulturists did indeed start a determined effort in the 1850s to selectively breed the peach and get the industry under way there. But Delaware had the lead already, thanks to one…

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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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