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The day Hal Clark helped save the Delaware Canal after it was ravaged by 1957 flood
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn many ways, I can relate to Harold “Hal” Clark. We both started in journalism in our youth, Hal as an errand boy for the Iowa Daily X-Ray newspaper in Charles City where he was born in 1890 ...
Wetlands of Seldom Seen Park deserve more attention
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBack in the day, Seldom Seen Road in southern Delaware County may indeed have been seldom seen. It once was a sparsely traveled country lane. Not today....
What are the oldest municipalities in Pennsylvania?
WHTM via Yahoo News· 7 months ago(WHTM) – Pennsylvania was one of thirteen original colonies and was founded in 1681 by William Penn. Pennsylvania is home to 2,560 municipalities across...
Many American Revolutionaries were younger than you'd think when they declared independence from...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 12 months agoWashington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26,...
From color TVs to Monopoly, these inventions and companies got their start in South Jersey
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA bowl of Campbell's tomato soup, a diner cup of coffee, a wooden sled, glass bottles, the drive-in...
St. Patrick's Day has parades, wearing green, but why do we celebrate an Irish saint?
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEverything is going green. No, this isn't about a new environmental program, we're talking about...
Find Out How Much You Really Know With These *150* U.S. History Trivia Questions
Parade via Yahoo News· 9 months agoU.S. history is absolutely fascinating—the good, bad and ugly, every minute of our history has...
Delmarva Now Instagram: See our latest stories here
Delmarva Now | The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWelcome from the Delmarva Now Instagram page! If you're looking for features from around the Delmarva area, sports updates and the latest news that...
The tribes wanted to promote their history. Removing William Penn's statue wasn't a priority
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe National Park Service's proposal to remove a William Penn statue from a historic site in...
The last battle of the Revolution was off India in 1783
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFrench ships The main parties of the American Revolution were, obviously, the Continental and...