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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOTC_milton_Milton-DE.html
Located at the head of the Broadkill River, Milton became an important point for the shipping of agricultural products during the 18th century. A thriving shipbuilding industry supported the growth of the community, with large numbers of vessels b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOSS_zion-united-methodist-church_Milton-DE.html
This congregation was formally established in 1818 when a group of local Methodists obtained land on which to construct a house of worship from Aletta Clark. Known as Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, the small frame structure was located a short d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOSR_dodds-corner_Lewes-DE.html
Serving Lewes with a general store and its harbor as ship chandlers, the Dodd family occupied this site from the latter part of the 18th Century until it was acquired in 1929 by Benjamin Ableman of Georgetown from one Joseph Frank Dodd, the last r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOS0_indian-river-life-saving-station_Millsboro-DE.html
With the expansion of the nation's maritime commerce following the Civil War, the need for improved methods of assisting ships in distress was apparent. Built in 1876 by the United States Life-Saving Service, the Indian River Life-Saving Station w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOOR_cedar-creek-hundred_Milton-DE.html
Originally known as Cedar Hook Hundred. Before 1683 that part of hundred lying north of Cedar Creek formed part of St. Jones County, now Kent County. When Mispillion Creek was made northern boundary of Sussex County, the northern part of present h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMONE_broadkiln-hundred_Lewes-DE.html
Originally known as Broadkill Hundred, after creek of that name, kill being Dutch work for creek. Name changed by General Assembly 1833 when Georgetown Hundred was set off. In 1835 Act was repealed, and Broadkiln Hundred embraced same territory as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOL2_city-of-rehoboth-beach_Rehoboth-Beach-DE.html
On January 27, 1873, the "Rehoboth Beach Camp meeting Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church" was incorporated by the Delaware legislature for the purpose of establishing "a permanent camp meeting ground and Christian sea-side resort." With…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK9X_the-cannonball-house_Lewes-DE.html
The War of 1812 had a major impact on the town of Lewes and surrounding area. The naval blockade that was initiated by the British in March of 1813 lasted for most of the next two years. With maritime commerce limited, the local economy suffered. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFXP_st-lukes-episcopal-church_Seaford-DE.html
The origin of this parish can be traced to 1704, when a log chapel known as St. Mary's was constructed on Chapel Branch in Northwest Fork Hundred. The devastating impact of the Revolution on the Church of England in America contributed to the disc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCS0_menhaden-fishing-industry_Lewes-DE.html
The Atlantic Menhaden is a small herring-like fish found in the coastal waters of the Eastern United States. Used by Native Americans to fertilize crops, these oily fish were also used by European settlers to produce fuel for lamps. In the mid-19t…