The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog

A Wilmington Fountain Society water trough I don't consider myself to be a great researcher or writer, or even have particularly bri...

In the early years of Mill Creek Hundred, many of the large plantations were given names by their new owners -- names that would have been w...

Myrtle Emma and oldest sister Mary In a quick turnaround, here are two more excerpts from Myrtle Emma , the collected memoirs of Mill Cr...

Union School, 1926 I realized that it had been a while since we'd seen another installment from Myrtle Emma , the memoirs of Mill Cr...

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...