The Impact of Delaware on our country
The nation’s first scheduled steam railroad began in New Castle in 1831.
John Dickinson was called the Penman of the Revolution for his writings on independence. His boyhood home is preserved in Dover.
In 1785 Oliver Evans of Newport invented the automatic flour-milling machinery that revolutionized the industry.
Barratt’s Chapel is known as the Cradle of Methodism. It was built in 1780 and is the oldest surviving church built by and for Methodists in the United States.
The Du Pont Laboratories first produced nylon at its plant in Seaford. This earned the town the distinction of being the Nylon Capital of the World.
Quaker merchant Thomas Garret is thought to be the model for a Quaker farmer in the novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
Fisher’s popcorn is a famous coastal caramel corn.