How did Wyoming, RI, get its name? Here's the surprisingly controversial history.
Originally, the village of Wyoming was known as Brand's Iron Works, because the main local industry was Samuel Brand's iron foundry. That name dates back to 1757, according to some accounts, or at ...
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Cargo ship hauling table salt refloated after getting stuck along Delaware River in Philadelphia
A cargo ship carrying table salt was finally dislodged after getting stuck along the Delaware River in Philadelphia, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard said the Algoma Verity, which is ...
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623-Foot Cargo Ship Stuck In The Middle Of The Delaware River
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The Algoma Verity first got stuck in the Delaware River at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday evening just north of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge ...
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Cargo ship was damaged after running aground in the Delaware River near the Ben Franklin Bridge
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A cargo ship was damaged after it ran aground in the Delaware River earlier this week, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The 623-foot Algoma Verity has been stuck just north of the ...
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The 200 Year Pound to Dollar Exchange Rate History - From $5 in 1800s to Today's $1.29
The 1800s saw the Pound Sterling to US Dollar (GBPUSD) exchange rate by and large maintain a rate of around $5 to every £1 with the notable deviations from the rate seen to be aligned with ...
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The past, present and future of the Mississippi River
It tells the story of the river, the Indigenous people who lived alongside it and the white settlers who came along to claim ...
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Trenton Water Works customers advised to save water as ice builds up in Delaware River
Let us know! Residents in parts of Mercer County, New Jersey have been urged to limit their water use following frigid overnight temperatures that caused ice to build up in the Delaware River. Trenton ...
‘A River of Blood’: The violent history behind Kennebec River settlement
Gerard Gawalt shares how, although uncomfortable, facing decades of conflict between Abenaki and white settlers along the ...
Joe Biden's Delaware: Our guide to the 46th's president's important places, sites
Before Joe Biden headed to take his place at the White House in 2021, he told a send-off crowd, "When I die, Delaware will be written on my heart." But Biden's name is already written across Delaware, ...
For $1.75 million, this mansion on the Delaware has a genuine George Washington connection
Savoring the sunset from the rotunda porch is one of the fond memories Diane and Sam Allen share about 445 Cottage Avenue in Edgewater Park, N.J. The grand Delaware River house is where they lived for ...
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New owner for unsung Delaware River island off Plumstead
For the first time in more than 60 years the northern tip of a small, nameless island in the Delaware River just south of the ...
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Eaton and Palisades fires: See preliminary damage maps from Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County published preliminary damage maps for the Eaton and Palisades fires Saturday that allows residents to search and see if a building has been damaged by the fires. The pages for ...