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Minisink Archeological Site, also known as Minisink Historic District, is an archeological site of 1320 acres located in both Sussex County, New Jersey and Pike County, Pennsylvania. [3] It was part of a region occupied by Munsee -speaking Lenape that extended from southern New York across northern New Jersey to northeastern Pennsylvania.
Walking Purchase. Under the Walking Treaty of 1737 during the colonial era, the sons of Province of Pennsylvania founder William Penn acquired the shaded area of present-day Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and the West Jersey region in colonial New Jersey. The Walking Purchase, also known as the Walking Treaty, was a 1737 agreement ...
First State National Historical Park is a National Park Service unit which lies primarily in the state of Delaware but which extends partly into Pennsylvania in Chadds Ford. Initially created as First State National Monument by President Barack Obama under the Antiquities Act on March 25, 2013, the park was later redesignated as First State ...
It is nominally a circle with an approximate and variable 12-mile (19 km) radius, [3] centered in the town of New Castle, Delaware. In 1750, the center of the circle was fixed at the cupola of the courthouse in New Castle. The Twelve-Mile Circle continues into the Delaware River. A small portion of the circle, known as the "Arc Line," forms ...
May 10, 2024 at 1:19 PM. (NOAA) PHILADELPHIA - A strong solar storm may make the northern lights visible to millions in the U.S. on Friday - including some in or near Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and ...
As a bishop, presided over AME parishes, first, in Canada, Bermuda, and the West Indies, later, in New England, New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania. D. Ormonde Walker, 66th bishop of the AME Church and 10th president of Wilberforce University; Thomas Marcus Decatur Ward (1823–1894), AME missionary, preacher, church leader, and ...
Tinicum Township, also known as Tinicum Island or The Island, is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,091 at the 2010 census, [3] down from 4,353 at the 2000 census. Included within the township's boundaries are the communities of Essington and Lester. John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum is ...
Fort Delaware, Delaware by Seth Eastman (1808-1875), painted 1870-1875. Fort Delaware State Park is a 288-acre (117 ha) Delaware state park on Pea Patch Island in New Castle County, Delaware. A fortress was built on Pea Patch Island by the United States Army in 1815, near the conclusion of the War of 1812, to protect the harbors of Wilmington ...