"Grist from Abbott's Mill"

Dogwood Cornus florida Common in both forests and urban areas, the native flowering dogwood is a small tree (up to 40 feet) that is known...

The Delaware state champion Sassafras, Cercis canadensis, can be found on the grounds of the Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetary, 701...

Redbud Cercis canadensis Only native in extreme northern Delaware, this small tree is commonly planted in urban areas due to its...

If you live anywhere in the greater Seaford, Delaware area, please consider turning out for the Concord Pond Clean-up. The more help we...

We are in Debt to our Pine Trees Under the Pines Under the pines, on a summer's day, I list to a whisper from far away, And, lying low,...

In the following weeks, in this blog, I'll be sharing information about some of Delaware's Champion trees, with statistics borrowed from...

Advice from a Tree By Ilan Shamir Dear Friend, Stand Tall and Proud Sink your roots deeply into the Earth Reflect the light of a greater...

Trees BY JOYCE KILMER I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest against the earth’s...

WHAT DO WE PLANT? What do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the ship, which will cross the sea. We plant the mast to carry the...

This large tract has, since the purchase of John Cocks, in 1700, been known as "Cocks Neck," a name still familiar to the residents of...

The best-known mill on Shellpot Creek was, undoubtedly, Henry Webster's Grist Mill, built of local field stone three stories high, plus...

Anyone that has spent any time at all in New Castle County has heard of Barley Mill. There is a Barley Mill Road, an Old Barley Mill...

Samuel Clement purchased property in the southern part of Pencader Hundred from Andrew Peterson in 1724. He built a small, brick house...

It has been difficult to find stories about mills that still exist, but Breck’s Mill is not only still in place, but the three and a half...

It appears that the first owner of the property where the town of Claymont now stands was a Mr. Jasper Yeates. In the book; The...

Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village Coming to the - Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village - February 4 - April 15, 2023...

From 1802 to 1921, Eleutherian Mills was a gunpowder mill site used for the manufacture of explosives, founded by Eleuthère Irénée du...

The circa 1816 map, above, represents the Brandywine River from about King Street (Rt-13) in Wilmington, at the bottom, to Rockland at...

SEVERAL NEWLY DISCOVERED PICTURES ARE AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE The following is taken from the January 13th, 1882 edition of The Daily...

I came across an article about the mills on the lower Brandywine River, from the Morning News, dated January 24th, 1884. I found it very...