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Here lived Ryves Holt, colonial chief justice; and four governors, David Hall, who commanded a Delaware regiment in the Revolution, Daniel Rodney and Caleb Rodney, sons of John Rodney, and Ebe W. Tunnell; also Colonel Henry Fisher, Revolutionary p…
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The Dutch in 1673 established a court in Hoorn Kil for the inhabitants "on the east and west sides of Cape Henlopen unto Bomties (Bombay) Hook." Governor Andros of New York in 1676 established an English court at Whorekill, the jurisdiction of whi…
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On north side of town was Zwaanendael, first Dutch settlement on Delaware soil. Founded 1631 on creek, named by settlers Hoorn Kil in honor of town of Hoorn in Holland. Colony was destroyed by Indians same year. DeVries, a director of company whic…
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Under orders from Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch erected Fort at Hoorn Kil (Lewes Creek) 1659 but were soon dispossessed by Marylanders. Here was also a communistic settlement established in 1662 by Mennonites from Holland under Peter Cornelius Plock…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCPA_the-blizzard-of-1888_Lewes-DE.html
Known as the "Great White Hurricane," the Blizzard of 1888 was one of the most devastating weather events in recorded history. Affecting coastal states from Virginia to Maine, this paralyzing storm resulted in widespread death and destruction. Wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCP6_lightship-overfalls_Lewes-DE.html
Responsible for establishing aids for the navigation of our nation's waterways, the United States government Initiated the use of manned lightships or "floating lighthouses" in 1820. These vessels addressed many needs. They could be placed in loca…
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In March of 1813, the Royal Navy established a blockade of the Delaware Bay and River. The British squadron, under the command of Commodore John P. Beresford, RN, took up stations off Lewes and the Delaware Capes, and began to conduct raids along …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCP1_lewes-rehoboth-canal_Lewes-DE.html
The Lewes-Rehoboth Canal connecting Rehoboth Bay and Delaware Bay was authorized by the U.S. River and Harbor Act of 1912. Initially, the canal was envisioned as a means of access to the sea for farmers and saw mills along the Indian River and Bay…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7MI_the-wading-place_Laurel-DE.html
Here was Laurel's ancient "Wading Place", a ford for Native Americans and colonial settlers. Broad Creek crosses this fall in its flow to the Nanticoke River and Chesapeake Bay. For centuries, the Nanticoke Indians, an Algonquin people, lived in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7MH_centenary-united-methodist-church_Laurel-DE.html
In 1801 there was a great revival of religion amoung the residents of the area. The growing appeal of the Methodist movement resulted in hundreds of new members for the church. A class was formed in the Laurel area, and in 1802 a church was constr…