Delaware

AREA CODES:

302

STATE CAPITAL: Dover

STATE FLOWER: Peach Blossom

STATE BIRD: Blue Hen Chicken

STATE SONG: Our Delaware

DATE ENTERED INTO UNION: December 7, 1787

LAND MASS: 2,490 SQ miles

TIME ZONE: Eastern UTC-5/-4

NOTABLE FIGURES:

Sheena Benton, Madison Brengle, Wayne Franklin, Doug Hutchison

BRIEF HISTORY:

Much is the story with many states in the U.S., it was originally inhabited by Indians before any Europeans ever came into play. In this case, it was the Algonquian tribe that were already well established, and they were also known as the Delaware tribe, acting as go betweens during the fur trade.

By about the halfway point of the eighteen hundreds they would move out and to the Alleghany Mountains, after having been forced from the Chesapeak bay region. In order to survive during the fur trade boom, they had to make peace with and work with their lifelong enemies the Minqua, but the Minqua were obliterated by the Iroquois during the sixteen seventies, which eventually led to them moving away.

Like many of the forefront lands of America, Delaware was first settled by the Dutch who were seeking to set up trading posts in the new world. Soon Swedish and Finnish settlers were joining them as well, but were always within conflict or at war with the native people.

Twenty or so years past the sixteen forties, in the year 1664, James, the Duke or York forced the Dutch out in one fellow sweep by the English. This right of passage was passed forward to William Penn, who set up the first set of southern counties in Delaware.

Many do not realize it, but Delaware at this time was a tobacco harvesting state, which was very much dependent on slave labor. Eventually other types of cultivation would be acted out, and culturally Delaware would end up becoming more diverse.

Because at this time Delaware's lower region was considered a territorial part of Pennsylvania, part of the need of having a Declaration of independence was fueled by the fact that locals to this area of Delaware wanted to reclaiming and free themselves from Pennsylvania's land ownership.

There are many notable educational institutions in Delaware like the Delaware College of Art and Design, and Wilmington University.

NOTABLE PLACES:

Brandywine Zoo
Delaware sports museum and hall of fame
Legislative Hall

SPORTS TEAMS:

Wilmington Blue Rocks
Delaware Dynasty
Delaware Griffins
Delaware Destroyers

INTERESTING FACTS:

During General Sir William How's passing through in order to take Philadelphia with the English military, there was only one battle that was ever fought at this time in Delaware which would later go on to be known as the battle at Cooch's bridge, which is where it is believe the very first time ever the first stars and stripes flag had been waved.

Valerie Bertinelli is from Claymont, Delaware.

The very first state admitted to the union.

The very first ever series of license plates were used in Delaware, with the first one 000000 serving this state.

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