The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog

Mackinson's Restaurant Over the years I've used many, many words on this blog (admittedly, sometimes too many), but one that I'd...

Autumnwood (in blue) and the Hadley-Dennison House (in red) Many of the investigations I do these days are instigated by questions posed to ...

Section of an 1860 map showing the Diamond  School (red circle), and the Mt Pleasant (left blue) and Walnut Green (right blue) Schools In th...

This post will be a little different than most, as it won't focus on a particular place, person, or family. Instead, it's actually a...

Modern view of the Robinson-Clark House One of the many things I love about our local history is the variety in the historic homes standing ...

Marshallton School #77, 99, 99½ in 1930 Over the years, I think we've covered just about every old schoolhouse that does or did once sta...

"William! William! William Bell! Are you here?" The erudite-looking 25 year old walked in and out of the wards, up and down the ai...

The Burnt Mill Road House in 1982 In the last post we took a look at nearly a century and a half's worth of history of a house and farm...