Colonel George Talbot, cousin of Lord Baltimore, in defiance of William Penn’s claim to Delaware, erected a fort nearby, 1684, on land of the Widow Ogle. Talbot dispossessed settlers between here and Iron Hill who refused to acknowledge Baltimore as proprietor. Fort garrisoned about two years. Boundary settled by agreement, 1760; surveyed by Mason and Dixon, 1763; confirmed by proclamation of the Provincial Governor John Penn, 1775.

 

Location: Park at 101 W. Main Street, Newark (Red Robin parking lot). Proceed west along the edge of the small patch of woods that separates Red Robin parking lot and Delmarva Power parking lot. Christiana, DE 19702