Killen's Pond and Burnite's Mill
Killen’s Pond John Craig, a Maryland farmer, may have been among the earliest European settlers in the Killens Pond area. It is not...
"Grist from Abbott's Mill"
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Pine-Away
Just what makes a pine tree a pine tree? Pines are evergreen, members of the coniferous family that have needle-like leaves and bear...
Thomas B. Coursey and his "Spring Mills"
Thomas Boone Coursey was born in Camden, Delaware in 1806, the son of Thomas Coursey, a carpenter and Mary Boone Coursey, who was...
Pipsissewa
Confusion, confusion. I am wanting to write about three small, evergreen plants that you may come upon on the Nature Preserve. If you...
"Mordington" and The Old Mills in Milford Hundred
Milford Hundred extends from the Delaware Bay on the east to what is now Killens Pond Road and Deep Grass Road on the west and from the...
CONGRATULATIONS TO US!
Paul's post last week was our 52nd weekly posting. One Full Year! Wow, did that go quickly, or what? Paul has written about,...
Lycopodiums (or Clubmoss)
Finally! Here was the small ad in the classified section of the Milford Chronicle that I had been waiting for: “Wanted, Turkeybeard. 5...
The Old Mills in Mispillion Hundred
Here's what J. Thomas Scharf had to say back in 1888 about the mills in the Mispillion Hundred : Harrington The largest and by far the...
"...Not Even a Mouse."
Each year as the weather begins to cool and frosty temperatures arrive; the mice begin to stir looking for a warmer abode. Soon enough...
The Old Mills in Northwest Fork and Seaford Hundreds, Sussex County, Delaware
The Old Mills in Northwest and Seaford Hundreds Business Interests [1888] In the early history of this section the mill-seats were well...
Reindeer Season is Open
With a little time, tools, and effort, you can turn a piece of fallen wood into the absolute icon of the North and the Season. The...
Mills in Broad Creek and Nanticoke Hundreds
Broad Creek Hundred Mills Ed. note: Today I was given copies of three pictures of Walter Hearn's Concord Grist Mill. I have no idea when...
Going Nuts !
The last fleshy fruits of summer are waning and our paths are covered with acorns, walnuts, and hickory nuts. Gone are the strawberries,...
Grist Mills in Lower, Lower Delaware
In the southeast corner of Sussex County there were so few mills that this week I'm going to review four of the most southern Hundreds of...
A Tangled Web
Many times our attention is first called to the presence of a spider by their web. Indeed, members of the related groups of spiders, will...
The Millsboro Area Grist Mills - II
Like Milford, Millsboro straddles the river that separates two hundreds, Indian River Hundred and Dagsboro Hundred in this case. In my...
Signature Spiders (Golden Garden Spider)
Quite often even people with arachnophobia are not unduly afraid of garden spiders. Perhaps this is because they are large, colorful and...
The Millsboro Area Grist Mills - I
The Indian River Hundred Business Interests in 1888 Business Interests of the hundred are confined to a few small trading points and the...
Black (ish) Snakes
Hopefully this article will answer some questions you may have about three “black” snake species that have been spotted on Nature...
Pawpaws, The other "Fruit of the Gods"
I'm not sure when I first heard of Pawpaws. I was raised three thousand miles west of Delaware in southern Oregon and the far...