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Taylor's Bridge

    Former Site of Santa Fe County Jail That Held Billy the Kid

      El Palacio Real

        The Palace of the Governors

          In 1697 This Property

            Harriet Tubman, Wilmington

            HARRIET TUBMAN (born Araminta Harriet Ross; 1820 - March 10, 1913) "I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I...

            HARRIET TUBMAN (born Araminta Harriet Ross; 1820 - March 10, 1913) "I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one,...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • harriet tubman
            • 1920
            • 1913

            Thomas Garrett

            THOMAS GARRETT (b August 21, 1789 d. January 24, 1871) "No labor during a long life has given me so much real happiness as what I have done for the slave" Thomas Garrett has been called Delaware's...

            THOMAS GARRETT (b August 21, 1789 d. January 24, 1871) "No labor during a long life has given me so much real happiness as what I have done for the slave" Thomas Garrett has been called...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • underground railroad
            • quaker
            • 1848
            • 1789
            • 1871

            Friends of The Furness Railroad District

            Friends of The Furness Railroad District Friends of the Furness Railroad District, 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 2007 to celebrate the Wilmington Amtrak Station's 100th Anniversary....

            Friends of The Furness Railroad District Friends of the Furness Railroad District, 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 2007 to celebrate the Wilmington Amtrak Station's 100th...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • railroad
            • trains
            • 2007

            Spike Lee Cinema

            SPIKE LEE CINEMA Like many of the greatest films over the past 40 years, this theater is a Spike Lee Joint. From his nuanced portrayals of Brooklyn life in DO THE RIGHT THING and CROOKLYN to his...

            SPIKE LEE CINEMA Like many of the greatest films over the past 40 years, this theater is a Spike Lee Joint. From his nuanced portrayals of Brooklyn life in DO THE RIGHT THING and CROOKLYN to...

            • new york
            • brooklyn
            • downtown brooklyn
            • spike lee
            • movies
            • cinema
            • alamo drafthouse
            • 2024

            Water's Edge

            Water's Edge Enchanted Woods given by Johnny & Dolly Fisher Georgina M. Bissell Submitted by @lampbane

            Water's Edge Enchanted Woods given by Johnny & Dolly Fisher Georgina M. Bissell Submitted by @lampbane

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • winterthur
            • botanical garden
            • enchanted woods

            S-s-serpentine Path

            S-s-serpentine Path Enchanted Woods given by Davis, Eric, Lauren, Lisa & Richard Vague

            S-s-serpentine Path Enchanted Woods given by Davis, Eric, Lauren, Lisa & Richard Vague

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • winterthur
            • botanical garden
            • enchanted woods

            East Terrace

            East Terrace When Henry Francis du Pont expanded the house in the late 1920s, he resolved to preserve as many of the site's fine old tulip-poplar and American beeches as possible. Working with...

            East Terrace When Henry Francis du Pont expanded the house in the late 1920s, he resolved to preserve as many of the site's fine old tulip- poplar and American beeches as possible. Working with...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • winterthur
            • botanical garden
            • henry franci...
            • 1920s

            The Entrance to the Garden

            The Entrance to the Garden gift of The Alfred Bissell Family in honor of Alfred Elliott Bissell and Julia Andrews Bissell Submitted by @lampbane

            The Entrance to the Garden gift of The Alfred Bissell Family in honor of Alfred Elliott Bissell and Julia Andrews Bissell Submitted by @lampbane

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • winterthur
            • botanical garden
            • alfred bissell
            • julia andrew...

            Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority

            BURTON V. WILMINGTON PARKING AUTHORITY In August 1958, Wilmington City Councilman and Civil Rights activist William "Dutch" Burton worked with the NAACP to expose the racially discriminatory...

            BURTON V. WILMINGTON PARKING AUTHORITY In August 1958, Wilmington City Councilman and Civil Rights activist William "Dutch" Burton worked with the NAACP to expose the racially...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • william burton
            • naacp
            • 1961
            • 2018

            Thomas Garrett: Stationmaster on the Underground Railroad

            THOMAS GARRETT STATIONMASTER ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Born August 21, 1789, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, Garrett came to Wilmington in 1822. A prominent merchant, his home and business were...

            THOMAS GARRETT STATIONMASTER ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Born August 21, 1789, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, Garrett came to Wilmington in 1822. A prominent merchant, his home and business...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • thomas garrett
            • 1789
            • 1822
            • 1848
            • 1871
            • 1993

            Old Farmers Bank

            OLD FARMERS BANK On February 4, 1807, the General Assembly of the State of Delaware passed an act modeled after the charter of the Bank of the United States "to establish a Bank... under the name...

            OLD FARMERS BANK On February 4, 1807, the General Assembly of the State of Delaware passed an act modeled after the charter of the Bank of the United States "to establish a Bank... under the name...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • bank
            • 1807
            • 1813
            • 1835
            • 1906
            • 1915
            • 1996
            • 2000
            • 2006

            Delaware's Jewish Community

            DELAWARE'S JEWISH COMMUNITY This building, once known as the Morrow Building, symbolizes the founding of an organized Jewish community in Delaware. Jews have been present in Delaware since the...

            DELAWARE'S JEWISH COMMUNITY This building, once known as the Morrow Building, symbolizes the founding of an organized Jewish community in Delaware. Jews have been present in Delaware since the...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • jewish
            • 1650s
            • 1870s
            • 1880
            • 1885
            • 2004

            Freedom Lost

            FREEDOM LOST By the late 1700s the institution of slavery was declining in Delaware and there was a dramatic growth in the state's free black population. Demand for slave labor in the Deep South...

            FREEDOM LOST By the late 1700s the institution of slavery was declining in Delaware and there was a dramatic growth in the state's free black population. Demand for slave labor in the Deep South...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • 1700s
            • 2004

            Second Avenue Subway Construction Management Committee

            MTA Second Avenue Subway Construction Management Committee Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor, New York State Thomas F. Prendergast, Chairman and CEO, ΜΤΑ Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, President, MTA Capital...

            MTA Second Avenue Subway Construction Management Committee Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor, New York State Thomas F. Prendergast, Chairman and CEO, ΜΤΑ Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, President, MTA...

            • new york
            • manhattan
            • upper east side
            • second avenue subway
            • mta
            • andrew cuomo
            • thomas prendergast
            • 2016

            The Freedom Lots: Nineteenth-Century African-American Burial Practices in Brooklyn

            THE FREEDOM LOTS Nineteenth-Century African-American Burial Practices in Brooklyn n the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this section I of the Cemetery was known as "The Colored Lots."...

            THE FREEDOM LOTS Nineteenth-Century African- American Burial Practices in Brooklyn n the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this section I of the Cemetery was known as "The Colored Lots."...

            • new york
            • brooklyn
            • green-wood cemetery
            • african-american
            • black
            • 1827
            • 1865