Mason Dixon Crownstone

Responsible for making boundaries of Maryland and Pennsylvania (including the “Three Lower Counties” of Delaware). Mason and Dixon began their survey of the North-South of Tangent Line at the southwestern corner of present-day Delaware in June 1764. Proceeding northward, they arrived here on July 30, forty-five miles from their starting point. They later returned to […]

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Penn Farm

The 112-acre Penn Farm is the last surviving farm of the 1,068-acre New Castle Common. William Penn, Proprietor and Governor of Pennsylvania, made his warrant in writing under his hand and seal in October 1701, granting the New Castle Common “to lye in Common for the accommodation of the Inhabitants of the Town of New […]

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