A Walking Tour of Newark, 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.In the early 1700s a small English, Scots-Irish and Welsh hamlet emerged along the fall line where the Christina and White Clay Creeks turn sharply eastward toward the Delaware River. In time, the area began to serve travelers on route from the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia and Maryland and colonial Philadelphia. The streams flowed with enough energy to power the grist and sawmills that soon dotted their banks. Rich soil meant wheat, corn and vegetables were plentiful, and the available ore from nearby Iron Hill fed the forges of a small country iron works. Soon a tannery and brickyard were added to the village. By 1758, the bustling local market and country crossroads received recognition in the form of a Charter from King George II, and Newark was officially born. In 1765, a small preparatory and grammar school moved to town from New London, Pennsylvania.  The school, renamed the Newark Academy, attracted little flourished during the years prior to the American Revolution -- Newark was described at the time as “suitable and healthy village, not too rich or luxurious, where real learning might be obtained.”  During the war, however, the Academy was closed and its funds seized by the British. Following the Revolution, the Academy reopened to little fanfare. Similarly the town grew slowly.  In 1833, the State of Delaware -- recognizing the need for local higher education -- granted a charter to a new institution in the town, Newark College, later renamed Delaware College. Still the school generated barely a ripple in the local economy; by 1900 it still had only a couple hundred students and operated completely on a small parcel of land on Main Street. The railroad arrived in 1837 but the first bank did not organize until 1855. Industrial concerns like the Curtis Paper Company, reestablished in 1848 from the older Meteer Paper Company, Continental Fiber (1896) and National Vulcanized Fibre (1924) helped diversify the local economy. In 1921 the University of Delaware was formally organized and began to expand rapidly. Major corporations like DuPont and Chrylser arrived after World War II and Newark blossomed, doubling in size. While other growth slowed down, the University never did, becoming a juggernaut by 2000 that has overwhelmed the City.  Our walking tour will begin, appropriately, at the first building of the University of Delaware and, in many ways still the most impressive, Old College...