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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XK_tilton-park_Wilmington-DE.html
Tilton ParkNamed forDr. James TiltonBorn in Kent County June 1, 1745. A combat officer and director of Military Hospitals during the American Revolution. While a member of the Continental Congress 1783 ~ 1785, He urged that the Capitol of the Unit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15GK_richard-bassett_Wilmington-DE.html
In honored memory of Richard Basset.Signer of the Constitution of the United States by the Delaware State Society, NSDAR, in this Bicentennial Year 1987
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVT9_robert-kirkwood-jr_Wilmington-DE.html
Born in 1756, Robert Kirkwood, Jr. spent his youth on the family farm several miles north of Newark. Kirkwood eventually enrolled at the Newark Academy, later to become the University of Delaware. When the American Revolution began, Kirkwood was c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVIF_wilmington-western-railroad_Wilmington-DE.html
The Wilmington and Western Railroad. A 20-mile track between Wilmington and Landenberg (PA) was built in 1872 to furnish passenger and freight service to the communities and industry along the red clay valley. In 1883, the Baltimore and Ohio Railr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUNM_camp-brandywine_Wilmington-DE.html
In the Civil War the first camp of this name was at Wilmington Fair Grounds for the First and Second Delaware Regiments. The same name was given this site in September 1862 for a camp of Pennsylvania troops sent to guard powder mills. They were re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU3X_grace-episcopal-church_Wilmington-DE.html
On December 30, 1835, a group of local residents met at the Talley School House to organize themselves as a congregation of the Episcopal Church. The old school, which was located on Naaman's Road, was purchased the following February to serve as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTDT_mount-olive-cemetery_Wilmington-DE.html
In 1862 the members of Mother AUMP Church, also known as the Union Church of African Members, purchased property at the corner of Lancaster Avenue and Union Street in Wilmington for the purpose of establishing a cemetery. In 1914 the Church sold t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTDN_site-of-dupont-airfield_Wilmington-DE.html
In 1924, a private airfield was established here by Henry B. duPont. Charles Lindbergh landed here in October 1927. With Richard duPont's purchase of controlling interest in All-American Aviation, and Henry duPont's establishment of Atlantic Aviat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT4V_marshallton_Wilmington-DE.html
By 1767, Solomon Hersey was operating a merchant grist mill in this area along Red Clay Creek. The mill was purchased in 1835 by John Marshall. In the following year he expanded the operation to rolling mills and the settlement that came to be kno…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT4T_greenbank-mill_Wilmington-DE.html
This frame grist mill, located on the Red Clay Creek, said to be on the site of an old Swedish mill, was operated continuously by water power from 1790 until 1969. The mill race, floodgates and dam are still intact.