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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6S3_old-drawyers-presbyterian-church_Middletown-DE.html
The history of this congregation may be traced to the 1670s, when Dutch and Swedish members of the "Reformed Church" were gathering locally for worship. By the first decade of the 18th century the settlement of persons largely of Scottish descent …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6S1_port-penn-front-range-light_Middletown-DE.html
In 1875, Congress approved funding to build several lighthouses along this segment of the Delaware River. This site was purchased in April 1876, and by December the Port Penn Front Range Light was completed. Constructed under the direction of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6Q0_wetland-ways_Middletown-DE.html
Port Penn is a community connected to its wetland landscape. Seasonal changes bring about changes in the lifestyles of Port Penners themselves. Autumn waterfowl hunting and winter muskrat trapping lead into spring shad runs and summer sturgeon fis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6PX_floating-cabins-and-skinning-shacks_Middletown-DE.html
Left Panel The European MarketsPort Penn once figured prominently in world markets. As the supply of beaver fur in the American West declined, European demand for quality fur remained high. toward the end of the 19th century, muskrat pelts became …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6P2_the-cannery-lot_Middletown-DE.html
Left Panel Local Goods, Global MarketsIn the changing economy of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, small towns looked for ways to survive. Port Penn's livelihood depended on exporting local agricultural goods to major markets miles away. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6N0_odessa_Odessa-DE.html
Indian Village Appoquinimi. Part of large grant to Alexander D'Hinoyessa, vice-director of New Amstel. Edmund Cantwell second owner of tract, 1673. Village named Cantwell's Bridge, 1731. Once important grain shipping center. Named Odessa 1855, aft…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6MZ_commodore-thomas-macdonough_Middletown-DE.html
Early home of Commodore Thomas Macdonough. Hero of Battle of Lake Champlain 1814. Born 1783. Died 1825. Commodore 1813. Assisted Commodore Decatur in capturing and burning the "Philadelphia" off the coast of Tripoli, 1804. Original name of village…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X5_welsh-tract_Middletown-DE.html
Approximate southern boundary of tract of thirty thousand acres granted by William Penn to the Welsh in 1701. It included what is now Pencader Hundred, Delaware, and a part of Cecil County, Maryland.
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