The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog

The Stephen Mitchell House There are several different ways in which an old home can be considered "Historically Significant"....

A. Felix and Marka du Pont in Virginia, 1949 Most of the stories we see here take place primarily in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Howeve...

Our "newest" photo of historic Marshallton Frequent readers of the blog will know that something I really enjoy is coming acro...

Eden School marker stone We've covered quite a few, if not most, of the old, 19th Century schools of Mill Creek Hundred. These schoo...

Six of the Morris kids, c.1930 Just in time for the Holidays, I have a few Christmas-themed excerpts from our memoirist, Myrtle Emma Whi...

Postcard showing the White Clay Creek School In the past we've taken a look -- sometimes in-depth, sometimes in a more cursory manor...

Brother Will at the wheel In the latest installment in our look into Myrtle Emma, the memoirs of Myrtle Emma White, we find two stories ...

The old stone...something Whether you're a kid or a grown-up, there's no denying the excitement of being out in the woods and fi...