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Delaware Quote of the Day: “Boom Times” Come to Bridgeville, 1905 Quote of the DayWay Back Machine

Delaware Quote of the Day: “Boom Times” Come to Bridgeville, 1905

In August of 1905 the Wilmington Morning News sent a reporter down to Sussex County to do a story about big happenings in little Bridgeville. That writer started his article talking about famous booms from recent decades--the various gold rushes out West and oil gushers down in Texas. How could a little crossroads town in the middle of Sussex nowhere compare? The boom which has…
May 8, 2025
Bridgeville, Delaware Library Presentation
Author Jim Duffy Shares “Underground Railroad Journeys” in Bridgeville, Delaware on Tue., April 2 The Newsroom

Author Jim Duffy Shares “Underground Railroad Journeys” in Bridgeville, Delaware on Tue., April 2

Award-winning writer and storyteller Jim Duffy will share keystone stories, surprising finds, and life lessons learned from his work on the book, Tubman Travels: 32 Underground Railroad Journeys on Delmarva in a presentation at the Bridgeville, Delaware Public Library at 6pm on Tuesday, April 2. The talk will touch on a number of heroes of the Underground Railroad here on the Delmarva Peninsula, including Harriet Tubman and…
February 20, 2019