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  • Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond

    Harrison_Howeth

    I’m Harrison and this is a blog about ‘local’ history. I research topics through many means but mostly I find local newspaper articles from newspaperabstracts.com. Sometimes they are relative to something that is happening now. Sometimes it is just interesting and worth sharing.

  • Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond

    TECUMSEH

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    HISTORY OF CAPE HENLOPEN AND BEYOND TECHUMSEH A DELAWARE BAY, SICONSES, ALGONQUIAN, LENAPE HENLOPEN...
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    THE ROAD TO FENWICK ISLAND 1915

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    HISTORY OF CAPE HENLOPEN AND BEYOND ON THE ROAD TO FENWICK ISLAND FROM REHOBOTH February 9, 1915:...
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    1918 GERMAN U BOATS RAID ATLANTIC COAST MAY AND...

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    HISTORY OF CAPE HENLOPEN AND BEYOND GERMAN U-BOATS RAID ATLANTIC COAST MAY THROUGH JUNE 1918...
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    1918 JUNE GERMAN U-BOAT EAST COAST RAIDS

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    HISTORY OF CAPE HENLOPEN AND BEYOND GERMAN U-BOATS RAID ATLANTIC COAST MAY THROUGH JUNE 1918...
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    CAPE HENLOPEN REFUGE FOR 1498 JOHN CABOT’S MUTINOUS ...

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    HISTORY OF CAPE HENOPEN AND BEYOND. IN 1498 CAPE HENLOPEN BECAME REFUGE OF THE MUTINOUS CREWS OF...
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    1903 DELAWARE CAPES STORM DAMAGE.

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    GREAT DAMAGE AT DELAWARE CAPES Thursday, 17 September 1903 The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, Montana...
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    1882 - 1869 DELAWARE BREAKWATER

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    THE BACKGROUND OF HARBOR OF SHELTER DELAWARE BREAKWATER 1822 - 1869 The Philadelphia Inquirer of...
  • Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond

    MARY CELESTE GHOST SHIP

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    HISTORY OF SHIPWRECKS MYSTERY OF THE SEA GHOST SHIP MARY CELESTE 1872 A mystery of the sea was...
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    1955 HOWARTH ATTEMPT TO SALVAGE DeBRAAK CARGO

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    HISTORY OF CAPE HENLOPEN AND BEYOND DeBRAAK Friday, January 21, 1955, Delaware County Pennsylvania...
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    YEAR - ROUND ANCIENT COLONIAL HOMES

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    YEAR - ROUND HOMES GAINING IN REHOBOTH Rehoboth Beach is being more and more an all year residence...
  • Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond

    BELHAVEN SURF CLUB

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    1940 – 1941 BELHAVEN SURF CLUB Saturday, August 17, 1940, Wilmington Morning News: The old 1915...
  • Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond

    CAPE HENLOPEN CITY 1891

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    CAPE HENLOPEN CITY 1891 Baltimore Sun, Tuesday, June 30, 1891: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware: A seaside...
  • Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond

    STAID OLD LEWES

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    1888 STAID OLD LEWES TRADITIONS & REMINISCENCES OF THE PILOT TOWN Written by a Baltimore Sun...
  • Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond

    BIDEN ON CAPE HENLOPEN 1982

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    WHAT SENATOR J. R. BIDEN HAD TO SAY ABOUT CAPE HENLOPEN IN 1982 Senator Biden always enjoyed...
  • Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond

    1943 LEWES HIGH SCHOOL BAND

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    LEWES HIGH SCHOOL BAND 1943 From the 1943 Lewes High School Beacon yearbook, Christine Dunlap gives...
  • Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond

    A mystery of German U853 and its whereabouts

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    GERMAN U – 853 WHEREABOUTS A MYSTERY Where is the German submarine U-853? The only real authority...
  • Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond

    USS NEW JERSEY FIRES 16 INCHERS OFF CAPE HENLOPEN

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    CAPE HENLOPEN FIRING RANGE 1968 Aboard The USS New Jersey at Sea: April 1968 The Battleship USS New...
  • Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond

    USCGC CAPE HENLOPEN

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    USCGC CAPE HENLOPEN USCGC Cape Henlopen, WPB 95328, was a 95 foot, type C, Cape class cutter built...
  • Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond

    BREAKWATER & FRANKFORD RAILROAD 1874

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    THE BREAKWATER & FRANKFORD RAILROAD PROGRESS IN SUSSEX Frankford, Delaware, Friday, May 22,...
  • Happenings Back Then At Cape Henlopen And Beyond

    MIDWAY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

    Harrison_Howeth
    6 years ago
    REHOBOTH BEACH HISTORY REHOBOTH PRESBYTERIAN OF MIDWAY The church by the side of the road,...
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