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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S0K_annie-jump-cannon_Dover-DE.html
Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941), a prominent astronomer who pioneered stellar classification, observed her first stars from the roof of this house. Cannon, who was legally deaf, graduated valedictorian from Wilmington Conference Academy, now Wesley …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S0J_eden-hill-farm_Dover-DE.html
In 1680, a large tract of land called "Brothers Portion" was warranted to John and Richard Walker. In 1695, 200 acres of the parcel were purchased to create the town of Dover. When the town plot was completed in 1718, John Mifflin purchased 69 acr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I23_the-st-jones-river-why-the-mansion-faces-south_Dover-DE.html
The St. Jones River, a major Delaware navigable waterway, is situated south of the John Dickinson Plantation. The river connects the Delaware Bay to the inland city of Dover. Between 1760 and 1808, John Dickinson owned six farms that bordered the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FO9_byfield_Dover-DE.html
Near this site stood the boyhood home of Caesar Rodney, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Brigadier General of the State's militia (1775-1778), and President (Governor) of Delaware (1778-1781). Byfield was originally settled in the early …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19XM_the-delaware-regiment_Dover-DE.html
On December 9, 1775, the Continental Congress resolved that a body of troops be raised in Delaware "for the defense of American liberty." Commanded by Colonel John Haslet, the Delaware Regiment consisted of more than 500 battle-ready troops when t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15J4_the-congressional-medal-of-honor_Dover-DE.html
In Respectful Memoryof Those Delawareans who have recievedThe Congressional Medal Of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidityat the risk of life and beyond the call of duty.——???The Medal of Honor is the highest award that canbe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYHP_vietnam-memorial_Dover-DE.html
Robert P. Archer Jr., Donald Ray Bailey, Paul L. Berry, Bruch E. Clough, Toby Ernest Collins, George H. Coppage, III, George W. Cripps, Clifton Cubbage, Bruce E. Dolbow, Robert H. Donaway, Harold W. Haddick, Jan Victor Henrickson, Lawrence E. Hitc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYHO_bioretention_Dover-DE.html
This facility was converted from a stormwater pond into a bioretention facility in 2009. A bioretention facility, also known as a rain garden, filters polluted stormwater before it enters into a waterway.When it rains, water washes over parking lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYHN_dover_Dover-DE.html
County seat since 1680. William Penn, in 1683, ordered townsite laid out and named Dover. Plotted in 1717. Temporary capital in 1777 and permanent capital since 1779. Federal Constitution ratified here in 1787 making Delaware First State in Union.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYHM_east-dover-hundred_Dover-DE.html
Originally part of St. Jones Hundred renamed Dover Hundred 1823, the boundaries being Little Creek on north and St. Jones Creek on south, extending from Delaware River to Maryland line. Dover Hundred was divided 1877 into two hundreds, called East…