A Walking Tour of Laurel, Delaware (Look Up, America!) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a downloadable walking tour from walkthetown.com is ready to explore when you are.Each walking tour describes historical and architectural landmarks and provides pictures to help out when those pesky street addresses are missing. Every tour also includes a quick primer on identifying architectural styles seen on American streets.Laurel, at the head of navigation on the Broad Creek and a part of Maryland, was founded in 1683 and incorporated as a Delaware town 200 years later on April 13, 1883. In the interim it grew to 2,500 residents and was considered one of the wealthiest towns in the state, with 2,500 residents.Barkley Townsend, a wealthy Maryland landowner, arrived in1802 and laid out the town, soon selling off lots to merchants and tradesmen. Soon almost 50 businesses were lining Broad Creek and ships, canned goods, lumber, fertilizer and grains were floating out of Laurel en route to Eastern markets via the Nanticoke River and Chesapeake Bay. In the years before the Civil War, four Laurel me would serve as Governor of Delaware. In the summer of 1899 an overturned kerosene lamp ignited the Great Fire of 1899. Before the flames were extinguished, entire blocks of downtown Laurel burned; 90% of the businesses gone. Many rebuilt but the town’s busiest days were not in its future. In the 1930s when the DuPont Company went searching for a downstate location for its new nylon plant - promising more jobs than any Sussex County town had residents - Laurel was apparently their first choice. But town officials proved less than enthusiastic and the plant with 4,600 new jobs landed up the road in Seaford.The town experienced a steady decline of its business community. Nineteenth century industries became obsolete and retailers departed to chase new development along Route 13 to the east. Today you have to work hard to spend a dollar in downtown Laurel. Life as a bedroom community has its upside, however. Laurel is home to more historic buildings than any town in Delaware with 800 on the National Historic Record. Our walking tour will start in Market Square Park, where crumbling commercial buildings have been replaced with a peaceful greenspace...