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The Tina Fallon

By the 1740s a ferry service was being regularly operated at this location by James Cannon. He was succeeded by his son Jacob, who constructed a much-needed causeway on this side of the river for the improvement of the family’s ferry service business. Threatened by competitors, Jacob’s widow Betty Cannon successfully petitioned the Delaware General […]