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The US50 - A guide to the fifty states. With the advent to the Revolution nearly 4,000 men enlisted for service from the small state. The colonial wars had built up the militia system and supplied a number of capable officers who led the troops of Delaware in all the principal engagements from the battle of Long Island to the siege of Yorktown.
Wildernet - Delaware. This is the third smallest state in the United States with most of its area densely populated. It lies between New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland along the Delaware Bay. The northern region of Deleware contains a variety of small state parks and historic sites. The terrain is rolling hills and farmlands heavily inundated by growing suburbs. The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal connects the Delaware Bay to the Chesapeake Bay in northern Delaware.
Delaware State Parks Online. The Division of Parks and Recreation operates and maintains 14 state parks and related preserves and greenways throughout Delaware totaling more than 20,000 acres. The state's land protection programs, as well as the state's Greenways program, are administered by the Division.
Visit Delaware Home Page for tourism and a map of Deleware.
Delaware.gov. The Delaware.gov Web Portal was constructed to be the primary gateway to information and services provided by the State of Delaware. It was designed to be intuitive and easy to use, regardless of a visitor's knowledge of the structure of state government.
Delaware Geological Survey. Each of the 50 states and the federal government have recognized the need to study and protect their geological resources. They have provided for investigations of geologic resources by units called geological surveys. A geologic survey of Delaware was originally authorized in 1837 for a period of four years, under the direction of James C. Booth, State Geologist. In 1951, the Delaware General Assembly established a permanent Delaware Geological Survey (DGS) for the State of Delaware.
State TopoView Delaware from the National Geophysical Data Center.
Delaware - A brief history. Delaware's history is a long and proud one. Early explorations of our coastline were made by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the sixteenth century, by Henry Hudson in 1609 under the auspices of the Dutch, by Samuel Argall in 1610, by Cornelius May in 1613, and by Cornelius Hendricksen in 1614.
A Brief History of Fort Delaware. Fort Delaware is situated on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, one mile east of Delaware City. The island was named from a colonial-era legend that a boat loaded with peas ran aground on a river shoal and the peas sprouted in the sandy loam. An earthwork was built on the island in 1813. It was later dismantled. In 1819, a masonry fort was constructed which was partially destroyed by fire in 1831 and demolished in 1833. Work on a new fort was halted at the foundation stage by a New Jersey doctor's claim of island ownership. The suit was settled in Delaware's favor and, in 1847, Congress passed an appropriation of one million dollars to construct the largest modem fort in the country, surpassing Fort Sumter in size. Work on the present fort started in 1848. The cost of driving foundation pilings depleted the Congressional appropriation, so an additional I million was approved to continue the work. The fort was activated in 1859, just two years before the War between the States.
Delaware - A brief history. Delaware's history is a long and proud one. Early explorations of our coastline were made by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the sixteenth century, by Henry Hudson in 1609 under the auspices of the Dutch, by Samuel Argall in 1610, by Cornelius May in 1613, and by Cornelius Hendricksen in 1614.
NEIC Earthquake History of Delaware. One of the 13 original States, Delaware entered the Union in 1787. But its residents had noted effects from two earthquakes before that time, a strong New York shock a half-century earlier and another in 1755 off the Massachusetts coast. Neither caused damage in Delaware, but the first knocked chimneys over in the New York City area; the second downed walls and chimneys in the Boston vicinity, broke gable ends and vanes on buildings, and opened small ground cracks, an undually severe shock for that area
The Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village. Where yesterday meets today.
History, Military -- Fort Mott State Park, New Jersey.
National Park Guide. Select a state to view map and park information.
There exists today in Delaware a unique group of people. Descendants of Native Americans, some of whom inter-married with whites, some with blacks: they have maintained a separate and unique community for close to 300 years.
Delaware State Parks Online. Our mission is to provide Delaware's residents and visitors with safe and enjoyable recreational opportunities and open spaces, responsible stewardship of the lands and the cultural and natural resources that we have been entrusted to protect and manage and resource-based interpretive and educational services
State of Deleware Notes.
Delaware Facts. On the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, Delaware is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay, as well as by the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Mitsawokett, A 17th Century Delaware Native American Community. History of the Indian inhabitants of Deleware and related groups.
Delaware 1775-1830 Map. Water west of the Divide flows to the Chesapeake Bay while water East of the Divide flows to the Delaware River and Bay. Similarly, since early travel was primarily by water, those who settled west of the Divide came primarily from what is now Maryland while those who settled east of the Divide, esp. in New Castle and Kent counties, came primarily from Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Before 1764, when Mason & Dixon set the western and southern Delaware borders, deeds for land in the shaded area were often granted by Maryland who claimed all of present Delaware as "Durham Co." The borders of the Delaware Hundreds that were designated by 1775 remained unchanged until 1830, but they were sometimes called by more than one name; e.g. Dover=St. Jones, Broadkill=Broadkiln.
Southeastern Genealogy Online's State of Delaware contains Delaware History; County Formation Maps; and Delaware Census Maps 1790-1920.