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The Delaware Archives- 2024 – First Quarter Accessions
- 2023 – Fourth Quarter Accessions
- Tribute to President George Washington
- 2023 – Third Quarter Accessions
- The State of Delaware hires 250th Anniversary Coordinator
- 2023 – Second Quarter Accessions
- 25th Annual FODA Meeting
- 2023 – First Quarter Accessions
- Attention: Research Room Hours & Availability Update
- Microfilm Digitization Project Update
- Delaware Historical & Cultural Affairs Blog
- The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Henry A. Jordan, M.D., Preservation Excellence Fund open for applications
- Black History in the First State: Judy Johnson
- We’re hiring! State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) seeks archaeologist
- Scott A.M.E. Zion Church listed in the National Register of Historic Places
- John Dickinson Plantation hosts activities that bring history to life at Make a Splash 2024
- Friends of Cooch’s Bridge named 2024 Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Service Award honorees
- Curator Corner: Hair Jewelry
- Travels with Darley comes to Delaware
- Shades of Spring 2024 across First State historic sites
- Sharing Stories: Public invited to explore new Plantation Stories Project website
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- The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog
- The Intertwined Histories of the Milltown Road Farms -- Part 2, The McKee (Grendon Farms) Farm
- The Intertwined Histories of the Milltown Road Farms -- Part 1, The McFarlin (Heritage Park) Farm
- The Rubencame-Woodward Farm
- The Milford Crossroads School, District #37
- The Brown-Murray Farm, aka The Farmhouse, Part 2 -- The Murrays
- A (Much Better) History of the Brown-Murray Farm, aka The Farmhouse -- Part I
- The Fanning Houses of Marshallton
- The Springer-Chandler Farm
- The Travelling Newport-Gap Pike and Mt. Cuba Bridge
- The Abners Woodward House
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Category Archives: Transportation
Talking About Murder, Mayhem, and Accidents on the Railroad With WBOC
Tuesday, WBOC’s Delmarva Life asked me to stop by the Salisbury studio to talk about terrible railroad accidents and crimes, a time when murder and mayhem rode the rails on the Peninsula. In the decades around the turn of the … Continue reading
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Disastrous Railroad Accident Takes Seven Lives in Delmar in 1909
One gloomy Monday night in February 1909, the Norfolk Express, eleven cars loaded with passengers, baggage and mail for Norfolk, rolled out of Wilmington at midnight. As the train rushed down the Peninsula, past Middletown, Dover, Harrington and Seaford, a thick … Continue reading
Automobile Tales
Although automobiles were extremely rare on the Peninsula in 1899, the Democrat News in Cambridge examined the economics of owning one of the machines. Such a modern contraption, driven by electricity or gasoline, would cost $133 per year per year … Continue reading
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Hill’s Jitney Service – Chesapeake City
I enjoy finding pieces of ephemera from the past. These little things, items such as tickets, timetables, programs, were valued for a brief period and were usually tossed out shortly after the usefulness of the paper relic expired. The other day, I ran across this … Continue reading
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