THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES

THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES DELAWARE Its motto: Liberty and Independence. Its nicknames: Diamond State, First State, Peach State, Small Wonder. A thimbleful of scenic beauty and serenity

THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES DELAWARE Its motto: Liberty and Independence. Its nicknames: Diamond State, First State, Peach State, Small Wonder. A thimbleful of scenic beauty and serenity

Delawareans relish their state's nickname Small Wonder taking as much pride in the small as in the wonder. Despite its tiny size Delaware offers a wealth of beauty and a bonus of serenity In the north and west, Delaware is part of the hilly Piedmont province of the Appalachians. During the 19th century, the rushing streams of the foothills powered Hour and paper mills, whose efficiency prompted the Frenchman Éleuthére Irénée du Pont to set up a black gunpowder mill along the Brandywine Creek. Today northern Delaware, in large part because of the Du Pont company's successes, is a bustling urban center with Wilmington at its hub Tins region, so like a quiet French watercolor, is called Cheteau Country Northern Delaware comprised only one-sixth of the state. It is separated from southern Delaware by the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal which links the Chesapeake Bay to the Delaware River. Southward from this busy shipping channel spread the farming tracts of central Delaware The modern poultry industry was born here in Sussex County in 1923 when Mrs. Wilmer Steele raised a brood of 500 chicks for quick sale Where the rolling waves of the Atlantic meet the more serene waters of Delaware Bay a crook of land called Cape Henlopen protrudes. Not far from it, Rehoboth Beach, the "nation's summer capital," for years has provided a haven for refugees from the oppressive summer heat of Washington, D. C. Delaware was the first state to ratify U.S. Constitution in 1787.

Delawareans relish their state's nickname Small Wonder taking as much pride in the small as in the wonder. Despite its tiny size Delaware offers a wealth of beauty and a bonus of serenity In the north and west, Delaware is part of the hilly Piedmont province of the Appalachians. During the 19th century, the rushing streams of the foothills powered Hour and paper mills, whose efficiency prompted the Frenchman Éleuthére Irénée du Pont to set up a black gunpowder mill along the Brandywine Creek. Today northern Delaware, in large part because of the Du Pont company's successes, is a bustling urban center with Wilmington at its hub Tins region, so like a quiet French watercolor, is called Cheteau Country Northern Delaware comprised only one-sixth of the state. It is separated from southern Delaware by the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal which links the Chesapeake Bay to the Delaware River. Southward from this busy shipping channel spread the farming tracts of central Delaware The modern poultry industry was born here in Sussex County in 1923 when Mrs. Wilmer Steele raised a brood of 500 chicks for quick sale Where the rolling waves of the Atlantic meet the more serene waters of Delaware Bay a crook of land called Cape Henlopen protrudes. Not far from it, Rehoboth Beach, the "nation's summer capital," for years has provided a haven for refugees from the oppressive summer heat of Washington, D. C. Delaware was the first state to ratify U.S. Constitution in 1787.

(”The USA Diversity of 50 States”)

(”The USA Diversity of 50 States”)