The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog

It's been fairly well documented that from the mid-1800's through the early 1900's, the mining of kaolin clay was big business...

Myrtle's Neighborhood In the latest installment in our look at the memoirs of Myrtle Emma White, we get her recollections of severa...

Approximate bounds of the 17 acre lot sold by Isaac Hersey in 1733 Today we think of Stanton as little more than a loosely defined...

While researching some of the mills in the Stanton area, I came across a story in the Wilmington newspaper  The Daily Republican , which ran...

Dempsey's Store, c.1880's In another installment in our ongoing look at Myrtle Emma , the memoirs of Myrtle Emma White, we...

Myrtle, Bill, Frank, Mother Elizabeth, and Duke, in front of their Pigeon Hollow Road house This is the first installment of Myrt...

Myrtle Emma Morris White While I don't have anything as formal as a Mission Statement for the Mill Creek Hundred History Blog, ever...

A Kennett trolley passing by Lake Washington at Brandywine Springs Amusement Park In the last post, we looked at the Peoples Railway Co...