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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQHB_captain-jonathan-caldwell_Felton-DE.html
This farm, formerly known as Burberry's Berry, was home of Captain Jonathan Caldwell of Colonel Haslet's Regiment in Revolution. Tradition says Delaware soldiers received name "Blue Hen's Chickens" from Caldwell's men having with tem game chickens…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQHA_geographic-center-of-delaware_Felton-DE.html
In 1989, a curious seventh grader from the Caesar Rodney School District asked where the center of Delaware was located. With the help of his teacher and the Kent County Department of Planning, it was determined that the geographic center of the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQH9_town-of-felton_Felton-DE.html
The town of Felton was laid out in 1856 when the Delaware Railroad reached this area. Located between Berrytown to the west and Johnny Cake Landing (Frederica) to the east, the town became a "whistle" stop on the new railroad line. Owing its exist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQH8_star-hill-a-m-e-church_Dover-DE.html
By the end of the 18th century this area was home to a large number of African Americans, many of them freed slaves. Their settlement was largely due to the efforts of local Quakers. A congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was est…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQH7_coming-of-the-railroad_Wyoming-DE.html
Efforts to establish rail transportation in Delaware were realized in 1832 with the completion of the New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad connecting shipping traffic on the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River. The promise of railroads was clearly dem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQH6_town-of-wyoming_Wyoming-DE.html
The construction of the Delaware Railroad in the 1850s led to the establishment of the Delmarva Peninsula's first and most important north-south railway transportation artery. Proximity to the nearby community of Camden resulted in the location of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQH4_site-of-whatcoat-church_Camden-DE.html
In 1791 Daniel Lowber granted permission for "the society of people called Methodists" to erect a "meeting house" at this location. The site was formally conveyed to church trustees in 1796. Adjoining land was obtained in 1813 for use as a public …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQGT_allee-house_Smyrna-DE.html
In 1706 John Allee, of a Huguenot family, bought a600-acre tract, "Woodstock Bower," of which this landis a part. One of his sons, Abraham, was prominent inKent County affairs until his death in 1776: Memberof the General Assembly 1726, Justice of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQGO_home-of-john-dickinson_Dover-DE.html
"The Penman of the Revolution." Member of Delaware colonial and state assemblies. Member of Continental Congress, Annapolis Convention, and Philadelphia Federal Constitutional Convention. Signer for Delaware of Articles of Confederation and Federa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQGM_st-jones-neck_Dover-DE.html
This part of what is now Kent County, Delaware was one of the state's earliest sites of English colonization. Beginning in the 1660's plantations were established along the St. Jones River. The Dickinson family of Talbot County, Maryland was among…