Greetings to all Delaware GhostTowners. In order to stimulate my quiet lists I'm writing to ask some questions of you the subscribers. No one on the list bites or says Boo to any questions or comments so feel free to write and talk with others. There are 13 subscribers to this list at the moment. Where do you live? What Ghost Town or area are you interested in? What county was your Ghost Town located in? Are there any remnants left of the town? Foundations? Buildings? Cemeteries? Do you have any information about the time line of the town? Did it have a post office? If a cemetery is there is it currently maintained? Has it been surveyed and is it posted on the internet? What's the link? Do you know if the State has posted a Historic Sign or Marker noting the town or area? Please cite any sources (book, publication, family history) you find the information in. Thank you all. This is your mail list and it only works when you post and others answer and add to it. Fred - Mail List Administrator Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://rootsweb.com/~okgs Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net

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Greetings to all GhostTown subscribers from Norman, Oklahoma. I'm Frederick Dittmar and I'd like to introduce myself as your new Mail List Administrator of the Delaware ( DE-Ghosttown ) mail list. I'm a member of the Association of Professional Genealogist, Genealogy Speakers Guild, NEHGS, & NGS nationally, on a local level the Plymouth County Genealogical Society, MA., & I'm on the Board of the Oklahoma Genealogical Society and the OKOLHA - Oklahoma Outlaw Lawmen History Association. I administrator 20 Ghosttown, 15 Surname and 27 miscellaneous mail lists. I would like to stimulate this mail list by asking if anyone has any GhostTown books for your state or other states? Would you be willing to list them and do lookups for fellow subscribers? BTW there are 10 subscribers on this mail list. Do you live near a location that would be considered a Ghost Town? Would you be interested in writing a short story about it? Facts, History, Superstitions etc. Where do you live (State/Town/ your First name)? What is your Ghost Town interest? These are the Ghost Town books that I have: 1. 'Ghost Towns of the West' by Lambert Florin Promontory Press 1970 2. 'Ghost Towns of Oklahoma' by John W. Morris, University of Oklahoma Press 1977/80 3. 'Ghost Towns of Arizona" by John E & Barbara H Sherman, University of Oklahoma Press 1969 4. 'Small Town Ghost Memories of Oklahoma' OECO www.OK-Living.org 5. 'Oklahoma Post Offices' by Richard Helbock - Raven Press Lake Oswego, Or. 6. 'Oklahoma Place Names" by George Shirk - University of Oklahoma Press 3rd 1980 http://www.oupress.com/ Enjoy and Let's talk. Mail lists only work if the subscribers post. Fred Frederick M. Dittmar, Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma  73026 http://frederick.dittmar.org   Member: Association of Professional Genealogy http://www.apgen.org - Mail List Administrator: 63 Mail Lists 2 Message Board - - County Coordinator - Beckham County Oklahoma Web Page  - Board Member & Genealogical Assistant Oklahoma Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs / http://www.okolha.net/ - 20 Ghost Town mail lists.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE: COURT PERMITS REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER TO INSPECT COMPUTERS OF OPPONENTS TO DEVELOPMENT PLANS IN POSSIBLE TEST OF ANTI-SLAPP LAW In what may prove to be the first test of Delaware¹s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) law, a judge of the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled on Saturday that a real estate developer may search the hard drives of computers belonging to two opponents of his plans for building a housing and shopping center on Glasgow farmland. Anti-SLAPP laws are designed to protect people who are actively petitioning the government from intimidation through lawsuits. There are 24 other states with similar anti-SLAPP laws. In early 2005, Developer Stephen J. Nichols purchased a 236 acre parcel of farmland located in Glasgow, Delaware, called ³La Grange.² The owner was Anne M. Barczewski, but after Mrs. Barczewski lapsed into dementia, her grown children assumed control of the farm and sold it to Mr. Nichols. In November, 2005, Mr. Nichols sued Mrs. Barczewski (then terminally ill) and her children, claiming that they were breaching the contract of sale by opposing his development plans at county hearings. Mrs. Barczewski passed away in January, 2006. When Mrs. Barczewski¹s granddaughter, Susan L. Arday and her husband David began appearing at land use hearings objecting to the development, Mr. Nichols added them to his lawsuit, claiming that the Ardays were acting as agents of one of the sellers. The Ardays are longstanding members of the Friends of Historic Glasgow. The Ardays have asked the court to dismiss the case against them, on the ground that they have a right under the First Amendment to attend government meetings and protest against proposed permits. They claim that Nichols¹ suit against them is an unlawful SLAPP suit, and are asking the court to make Mr. Nichols pay their attorneys¹ fees. Vice Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr. said that before he would rule on the Ardays¹ motion, Mr. Nichols was entitled to gather evidence. Mr. Nichols has taken depositions of the Ardays and they have had to produce hundreds of pages of e-mails relating to the dispute. Mr. Nichols has now demanded that the Ardays turn over their computers for further inspection. ³This is very traumatic and a gross invasion of privacy,² says Susan L. Arday. ³I feel personally violated. The lawsuit is based on a false premise, that I acted as the agent of my mother. In fact, my mother has nothing to do with my actions, and Mr. Nichols knows it. I have protested his proposed development because the land is an important historical site, and to honor the wishes of my late grandmother, who always said that she wanted the land to be preserved, not developed.² The Ardays¹ lawyer, David L. Finger, said the ruling permitting access to the Ardays¹ computers was unusual. ³There has been no showing that there are likely to be any additional relevant Œhidden¹ e-mails on those computers. Mr. Nichols is merely fishing.² Said David Arday: ³This whole thing makes a mockery of Delaware¹s anti-SLAPP law. The law is supposed to resolve these types of cases quickly at minimal expense. All this is doing is costing us time and money, in an attempt to bully us to stop opposing Mr. Nichols¹ plans. But we will not stop exercising our rights.² FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT THE ARDAYS¹ LAWYER: David L. Finger Finger & Slanina, LLC One Commerce Center 1201 Orange Street, Suite 725 Wilmington, DE 19801-1155 (302) 884-6766 dfinger@delawgroup.com www.delawgroup.com

Help Us Preserve Our Quality of Life By Attending The LA GRANGE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT NCC PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING Tuesday, February 7th, 2006, at 7:00 PM City/County Building 800 French Street Wilmington, DE Council District 11 * North side Pulaski Highway, west of Glasgow Avenue.  Major Land Development Exploratory Plan Review.  Exploratory plan for La Grange proposes an open space planned development for 224 residential dwelling lots on 172.96 acres with 130.21 acres (75%) of private open space and to construct 53,278 square feet of commercial development.  A rezoning of a portion of the property zoned S (Suburban) to CR (Commercial Regional) and from CR to S is also proposed. App. 2005-1045-S.  The La Grange Communities, LLC, development project is proposed for 236 acres located at the northwest corner of Route 40 and Glasgow Avenue. The applicant is proposing to develop the site with 224 housing units and a shopping center on approximately 12 acres fronting on Rt. 40 West. 51.64 acres are not accounted for in the above plan. Please join us in urging the NCC Planning Board to ensure that the following questions are resolved before this project is allowed to proceed. € Traffic: Can our roads handle the additional 2,000 residential trips per day, not including the traffic going in/out of the proposed shopping center? € Schools: Can our public schools absorb at least another 74 students? € Historic Resources: Will the site be developed without endangering the 1815 manor house and granary, and the American Revolutionary War historic and Native American prehistoric features on the site? Who will take care of and protect these historic resources that are included in the 130.21 acres of private open space? € Environmentally Sensitive Resources: Federally threatened species may exist on the site, which attests to the unique environmental sensitivity. Can the site be developed without endangering these resources? Can storm water run off be effectively managed? Can the fresh water wetlands on the site be protected from pollution? Can the Glasgow aquifer recharge area, which supplies our drinking water, be protected from pollution? How much of the private open space is actually useable for recreation? Who will take care of the 130.21 acres of private open space? NCC Planning Board Members Victor Singer, Chairman Sandra D. Anderson June D. MacArtor Joseph J. Maloney Robert C. McDowell Bernard S. Walker, Sr. Mark Weinberg Arthur R. Wilson *There is currently one vacancy on the Planning Board* The NCC Planning Board is comprised of 9 members, appointed by the County Executive Chris Coons with the advice and consent of the New Castle County Council.  The NCC Planning Board is charged with reviewing the proposed comprehensive development or comp plan updates, reviewing proposed zoning plan changes, proposed subdivision regulations and amendments; and to make recommendations to New Castle County Council on these items.   To request information regarding items on the Planning Board agenda, call Ken Bieri at (302) 395-5434 Before the February 7th NCC Planning Board meeting, send your written comments on the La Grange project to:  Planning Board New Castle County 87 Reads Way New Castle, DE  19720 e-mail: LandUse@co.new-castle.de.us and dltackett@nccde.org For further information please contact the Friends of Historic Glasgow at e-mail: historicglasgow@earthlink.net Friends of Historic Glasgow www.neighborhoodlink.com/org/historicglasgow

http://miva.delawareonline.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?obits.mv+57163 ANNE BARCZEWSKI Anne M. Barczewski (Napolski) Mrs. Anne M. Barczewski, age 95, formerly of Glasgow, DE, a resident of Manor Care, Pike Creek since March 2002 died after a short illness on Friday, January 6, 2006. She was a beloved daughter, sister, mother, aunt, grandmother and great grandmother. Mrs. Barczewski was a lifelong resident of DE, born November 29, 1910 in Wilmington, DE. She was a daughter of the late John J. and Mary Anna (Malecki) Napolski. Anne had lived on her farm, La Grange, since 1942. She was predeceased by her husband, Steve, who died in 1958. They were married for 28 years. Anne and her husband owned West End Dairy located in Browntown from 1930 until Steve's passing. Anne then operated the business until 1967 when it was sold to Koontz Dairy of Baltimore, MD. Anne loved her flower gardening, especially growing and showing hybrid roses. She was a master flower show judge and a founding member of the Delaware Rose Society. She was awarded the silver and bronze medals by the American Rose Society. Anne was also very active in the Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs since 1958. She served in many capacities in the Weed and Seed Garden Club of Newark, DE. In June 1966 she served as flower show chairman for the last state show held at Carpenter Field House at the University of Delaware. One of her earliest accomplishments that she was very proud of was winning the 7th Annual Delmarva Chicken Cooking Contest in 1954. In 1996 her farm was named a Delaware State Farm of Distinction. Anne was named Delaware's 1997 Tree Farmer of the year. She was also very active in the Old Bohemia Society in Warwick, MD. She was a member of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Newark, DE. Besides her parents and husband, she was predeceased by her sisters, Hedwig and Helen Napolski, Cecelia Sliwkowski and Virginia Cudnik; brothers, Charles J., John J., Boleslavas, Leo and Thaddeus Napolski; and sons, Lawrence and Adam Barczewski. Anne is survived by her sons, Steven J. and his wife, Patsy, of Tucker, GA and George A. Barczewski of Glasgow, DE; her daughter, Joanne B. Lewis and her husband, Chester R., of Lincoln University, PA; her sister, Dorothy "Kyle" Napolski of Wilmington, DE; 3 granddaughters, Susan L. Arday, Stephanie L. Barczewski and her husband, Silvestri, and Sarah B. King; 1 grandson, Chester S. Lewis; and great grandchildren, Daniel and Nathaniel Arday, Sarah, Emily and Hannah Lewis and Tyler, Tristan, Samantha and Juliet King. Family and friends are invited to attend a viewing in celebration of Anne's life on Tuesday, January 10, 2006, from 7-9 p.m. at DOHERTY FUNERAL HOME, 3200 Limestone Road, Pike Creek, Wilmington, DE. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Francis Xavier Church known as Old Bohemia, Bohemia Church Rd., Warwick, MD, at 11 am on Wednesday, January 11, 2006. Committal service will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Flowers are welcome or contributions may be given to the Old Bohemia Historical Society, PO Box 61, Warwick, MD, 21921. To send condolences, visit www.dohertyfh.com 302-999-8277 [published 01/08/2006]

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060107/NEWS/60107 0338/-1/NEWS01 West End Dairy founder, farmer dies at age 95 Barczewski bucked era's idea of the role of women By ROBIN BROWN The News Journal 01/07/2006 Anne M. Barczewski was a hardworking farmer and a woman of refinement. The petite powerhouse was as at ease with cows and chain saws as she was with getting her nails done, going to Mass, growing prize roses or decorating her historic home with antiques of museum quality. Hers was a first-generation American success story -- and a good, long run that ended Friday when she died at age 95. Born in Wilmington in 1910 to Polish immigrant parents, Barczewski survived the Depression, overcame her limited education and grew graceful enduring hardscrabble times. A young American woman before the era of liberation, she was her husband's business partner, and an award-winning cook and farmer who shifted from dairy farming to tree farm management. In her elder years, civic leaders of the Bear-Glasgow region she loved called her a treasure. And for decades, hers was the last working farm in Glasgow. Once, nearly a decade ago, she strolled the 236-acre farm and said that, no matter what else happened, she could not have asked for a better life, or a better time or place to live it. "She was a beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother," said granddaughter Susan Arday of Laurel, Md. She had many good years before Alzheimer's disease began her fade from the life she loved. She moved in 2002 to Manor Care Pike Creek Nursing Home, where she died. Arrangements were being finalized Friday. Historic La Grange farm In 1930, Steven Barczewski Jr. and Anne Martha Napolski married at St. Hedwig's Catholic Church in Wilmington. They both grew up on farms. And they chose that hard but satisfying life for themselves and their family, which grew to include sons George A., of Glasgow, Steven J., of Georgia, and daughter Jo-Anne K. Barczewski Lewis, of Lincoln University, Pa. The Barczewskis were founding owners of West End Dairy in Wilmington for years before buying their Glasgow farm, called La Grange, in 1942. They raised cows and produced Golden Guernsey bottled milk and dairy products that were West End's trademark along the East Coast. They also restored the house, built in 1815 for prominent local doctor Samuel Henry Black. Anne Barczewski was a whiz in the kitchen, and her original-recipe Delawine broiled chicken won the 1954 Delmarva Chicken Cooking Contest adult division. "She also was active in the Antique Auto Club of America and thoroughly enjoyed displaying her 1959 Cadillac, which she bought new," said son George. She was a founder of the Delaware Rose Society, won numerous honors for her roses and served as a show judge for the American Rose Society. She also tested roses for Jackson Perkins nursery and was noted for her dramatic floral arrangements. She was a leader in green-thumb groups, such as Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs, and chaired the state flower show. After her husband died in 1958, she beat the era's odds against women and kept the dairy going with her kids' help. La Grange later was named a Delaware Farm of Distinction and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Age didn't stop her from wielding chain saw Leaders flocked to La Grange in 1997 to honor her as Delaware Tree Farmer of the Year. Her prizes included safety gear and a big Husqvarna chain saw. Then 87, she covered her 5-foot-3 frame in the gear, hefted the saw and growled "vroom vroom" to amuse the crowd. After speeches, tours and refreshments, she walked quietly in patchy sun filtering through trees. That's when she said she couldn't have had a better life. She said her husband was laughing from heaven at her chain-saw antics. And she hoped she'd done him and their many relatives proud that day. But she added that, with God as her witness, all her awards meant little compared with her love of her land, home, country or -- most of all -- her family. Contact robin brown at 324-2856 or rbrown@delawareonline.com. Anne Barczewski and her husband bought La Grange farm in 1942.

LA GRANGE (formerly the BARCZEWSKI FARM) IN GLASGOW, DE, IS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT NEW CASTLE COUNTY HISTORIC REVIEW BOARD MEETING ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2006, AT 5 PM. What you can do now: 1) Plan to attend the meeting on Tuesday, January 17, 2006, and speak in favor of historic preservation. 2) If you cannot attend, write to the NCC HRB and express your opinion for entry into the record. 3) Write, call, or e-mail your New Castle County government representatives and express your desire for historic preservation. 4) Feel free to visit the FOHG web site for information supporting the need for historic preservation at http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/org/historicglasgow/ TO CONTACT THE HISTORIC REVIEW BOARD to request information on agenda items, or submit remarks for the public record, please contact Stephanie Bruning or Christine Quinn at (302) 395-5400 or send your remarks in writing to: NCC Historic Review Board Attn: Stephanie Bruning & Christine Quinn 87 Reads Way New Castle, DE 19720 e-mail: sbruning@co.new-castle.de.us AGENDA FOLLOWS NCC Historic Review Board January 17, 2006 5 p.m. start (agenda items addressed in order listed below) NCC Government Center 87 Reads Way New Castle, DE 19720 Council District 3 *6580 Lancaster Pike ? Demolition Permit. Layton Preparatory School. Application 200513009. TP# 08-020.00-053 *15 Center Meeting Road: Application for Historic Zoning Overlay District with Adaptive Reuse. Meown, LLC TP# 07-007.00-11 *3901 Centerville Road (Intercollegiate Studies Institute/Worth Estate): addition to Historic Zoning Overlay District with Adaptive Reuse. Bernardon Haber Holloway Architects, PC. TP# 07-025.00-05 *7506 Lancaster Pike: Minor Land Development Plan - Timothy McKenna. Application 20050795. TP# 08-007.20-007 *1485 Paper Mill Road: Major Land Development Plan and Rezoning- John & Carol Naudain. Application 20050826. TP# 08-030.00-007 Council District 6 *424 Blackbird Station Road ? Demolition Permit. Application 20051749. Herb Atkinson. TP# 14-019.00-241 *12 Dublin Drive ? Demolition Permit: Crib Barn Determined Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. 395 Associates/Carmine Crisconi. Application 200515862. TP # 11-036.10-037 District 11 *2467 & 2475 Pulaski Hwy - Major Land Development Plan/Rezoning: LaGrange Communities, LLC. Application 20051045. TP# 11-026.00-039 Council District 12 *518 thru 524 and 527 Stonehaven Drive ?Demolitions without Permits. Odessa National. Application #?s 200515332 thru 200515340. TP#?s 14-013.31-285 thru 14-013.31-288 and 14-013.31-300 thru 14-013.31-304 *1309 Cedar Lane Road - Major Land Development Plan: Churchtown, LLC. Application 20040952. TP# 13-013.00-006 *1309 Cedar Lane Road ? Demolition without Permits: Outbuildings. Churchtown, LLC. Application 200515909. TP# 13-013.00-006 The Historic Review Board holds two meetings a month; a public hearing and a business meeting. The hearing is held the second Wednesday of the month and the business meeting on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held at 5 p.m. in the New Castle County Government Center. All testimony will be heard at the public hearing. http://www.co.new-castle.de.us/landuse/webdynamic/landuse20.asp

The La Grange / Barczewski farm in Glasgow, DE, is on the agenda! New Castle County Historic Review Board Meeting NCC Council District 11 2467 Pulaski Hwy. (LaGrange/Barczewski Farm) ­ Major Land Development Plan & Rezoning. Application.  Appl. #20051045. Nichols Development. Tax Parcels 11-026.00-037, 11-026.00-038 & 11-026.00-039 New Castle County Department of Land Use Historic Review Board Wednesday, October 12, 2005 5:00 p.m. NCC Government Center Department of Land Use Conference Room - New Castle Room 87 Reads Way New Castle, Delaware 19720 TO CONTACT THE HISTORIC REVIEW BOARD to request information on agenda items, or submit remarks for the public record, please contact Stephanie Bruning or Christine Quinn at (302) 395-5400 or send your remarks in writing to:  Historic Review Board, 87 Reads Way, New Castle, DE  19720  Please attend this critical public meeting. Comments will be welcome from the public. Put your concerns about development of the Barczewski farm in writing and be willing to testify and share at the meeting your view of saving the Barczewski farm as parkland and open space.  Be clear about what you do like or do not like about any proposed plans for the Barczewski farm.  Ask lots of questions and learn as much as you can. *** Business items may be completed at the Historic Review Board¹s business meeting on September 28, 2005.  The October business meeting will be held on October 26, 2005.   The NCC Historic Review Board makes recommendations and delineations for historic district boundaries, maintains a survey of historic properties and reviews permits relative to historic properties. http://www.co.new-castle.de.us/landuse/webdynamic/landUse32.asp Historic Zoning Overlay (H) The Historic (H) District is an overlay district to preserve the County's historic heritage.  The Historic Overlay District places additional standards on uses within the district.  The preservation and protection of buildings, structures, sites, objects, districts and landscape features of historic, architectural, cultural, archeological, educational and aesthetic merit are public necessities and are in the interest of the health, prosperity and general welfare of all citizens of the County.  See UDC Article 15 for specific criteria. F.Y.I. NCC Historic Review Board The Historic Review Board will begin meeting on Tuesday evenings beginning in November.  The public hearing will be the 3rd Tuesday of the month and the business meeting will be the 1st Tuesday of the month.

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HIGH RISK OF DESTRUCTION BY DEVELOPMENT -- Native American and Revolutionary War sites, and environmental resources on The LaGrange (Barczewski) farm in Glasgow, DE Stephen J. Nichols, a developer in Glasgow, DE, has signed a contract to purchase by November 10, 2005, with the intent to immediately develop, the entire Barczewski farm (also known as the La Grange or Dr. Samuel Henry Black farm). Mr. Nichols wants to place over 220 houses and a 26 acre commercial shopping center, on the property. He also intends to allow the Christina School District to have over 50 acres of the farm, including the historic manor house and granary, so that a public elementary school can be built. This property is crisscrossed by state and Federally recognized wetlands and over 1 mile of drainage, is in the Christiana watershed, contains part of the Glasgow recharge aquifer, and is bounded by over 3/4 mile of the Muddy Run Creek. The 136 acres of woods on the farm are in a US Department of Agriculture's local National Resources Conservation Service long-term tree management plan. The Barczewski farm's 236 acres contain two documented Native American Indian camps, earthen works from the British and Hessian occupation of Aikentown (Glasgow), remnants of the Benjamin Latrobe feeder canal from 1804, and several structures on the National Register of Historic Places (Dr. Samuel Henry Black). Dorcas Armitage Middleton Black was the wife of Samuel H. Black. General Lafayette named the farm "La Grange" while a visitor there in October 1824. The Federal US Censuses of 1810 and 1820 for DE/NCCo/Pencader Hundred, show that there were three FREE African-Americans (unnamed - husband, wife, and daughter) who were part of Dr. Samuel H. Black's household. The farm is located near the northwest corner of Routes U.S. 40 and Del. 896 in Glasgow (New Castle County, Pencader Hundred), and is comprised of a single tract of 236 acres. Approximately 100 acres are pastures, and approximately 136 acres are wooded. The Muddy Run creek and some of its tributaries run through and form the 3/4 of a mile of the northern boundary of the property. This property contains the historic home and farm of Glasgow's early physician, University of DE trustee, and state politician, Dr. Samuel Henry Black. The land, however, had been farmed for over 100 years before Dr. Black acquired it. The property has a carefully restored historic home and preserved granary, each dating to 1815, and more recent barns and outbuildings dating to the property's days in the 1940s through 1960s as the West End Dairy farm. Other family names associated over time with this farm include Middleton, Frazier, Leasure, Congo, Cooch, and Veach. Dr. Samuel H. Black built the property's granary. The building incorporates consolidated storage and processing functions and wheeled vehicle access. This building is the earliest documented example of a drive-through granary of the type that was to become popular throughout the Northeastern U.S. in the mid-19th century. In July 1974, the large manor Federal period home and the granary were incorporated into the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places (NRHP #74000601). Areas of NRHP significance of this property include Health/Medicine, Architecture, Social History, and Agriculture. In 1985, the La Grange granary was incorporated into the highly selective Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) / Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) conducted by the US Department of the Interior and maintained by the US Library of Congress (Survey # HABS DE-216). There are two archeologist documented Native American encampment sites on the La Grange farm (the Butterworth and the Barczewski sites). These sites date from 10,000 BC to 6,500 BC. Over 1,800 authentic Paleo-Indian and Early Archaic periods' arrow points, axe heads, and other stone implements have been found all over the farm's land. In the farm's woods there are authenticated, intact remains of British and Hessian earthen trenches from the September 3, 1777, Revolutionary War battle of Cooch's bridge. The trenches run parallel to the remnants of a historic and ancient, but now abandoned road, of which the last remaining vestiges exist on the LaGrange Farm. The earthworks are also parallel Rt. 40 West from Glasgow, DE, to Elkton, MD, and face Iron Hill. There is also documented evidence on the farm of Benjamin Latrobe's venture to build a feeder canal in 1804 (New Castle County Historical Marker NC-59). The feeder canal remnants are intact. The canal was to be built from the Elk Creek to the Christiana River, with the ultimate goal of the canal connecting the Delaware and Chesapeake waterways. The project failed, however, because the state of Delaware ran out of money before the canal was completed. The remnants of the feeder canal run from Rt. 40 West through the La Grange farm. On May 30, 1973, Anne Barczewski vowed that the 236 acres of her farm "will never fall into the hands of builders and developers." ("Threatened by Cloverleaf", The News Gazette, New Castle, DE.) In 1996, Anne Barczewski was honored with a prestigious historic preservation award from the New Castle County Historic Preservation Review Board. The Board placed a protective Historic Zoning overlay upon the entire 236 acres of the La Grange farm. In 1997, Anne Barczewski was recognized as Delaware's Tree Farmer of the Year. On June 27, 1997, Anne Barczewski told preservation advocates, "If it was my last word, my last breath, I'd say 'no' to a developer." If you would like to help protect this property from development and permanently preserve its historic, cultural, and natural resources for future generations, please contact The Friends of Historic Glasgow, ATTN: Nancy V. Willing, 5 Francis Circle, Newark, DE 19711. Telephone: (302) 366-1855. E-mail: historicglasgow@earthlink.net A petition focused on saving the Glasgow Historic Area, including the Barczewski farm, is located at http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark

Hello, Friends of Historic Glasgow (DE) National Park would like you to visit the following online campaign, by iPetitions: http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark Message: new iPetition: http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark We, the undersigned, petition our Federal, Delaware, and New Castle County leaders to do all that is within their powers to preserve the Glasgow National Historic area, the site of Delaware's only Revolutionary War battle, the running skirmish from Aikentown to Iron Hill, called the Battle of Cooch's Bridge. The properties now threatened are the Brooks/Middleton house, the Barczewski farm (West End Dairy), and the Rte. 72 / Old Baltimore Pike frontage near Cooch's Bridge. HEAR YE! HEAR YE! ALL OF AMERICA The Developers are coming! The Developers are coming! Join in the effort to preserve the lands now at risk which encompass the Revolutionary War Battle of Cooch's Bridge in New Castle County, Delaware. The running skirmish between Aikentown (Glasgow) and Iron Hill was our first defensive action against the Red Coats' late summer 1777 advance from the Head of Elk to Philadelphia. The Patriots succeeded in stalling the British and Hessians troops and inflicting a great many casualties. A history park will boost tourism in nearby counties of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Three key properties in the Pencader Hundred, New Castle County, DE, are now threatened: * Royal Farms plans to develop the corner of Rte. 72 and Old Baltimore Pike on the gateway of the historic battle grounds at Cooch's Bridge, even as the surrounding lands are safely under state control. * Walgreens had planned to demolish the colonial Brooks/Middleton house and barn at 2314 Glasgow Ave. to develop the corner of Rte. 40 and old Rte. 896, a property which anchors the Aiken's Tavern National Historic District. * Developers, including Christina School District, are trying to purchase the neighboring farm (the Barczewski property; West End Dairy). The School District is proposing to build a mega-school combining elementary and middle school buildings. The Barczewski farm's 240 acres contain two documented Native American Indian camps, earthen works from the British and Hessian occupation of Aikentown (Glasgow), remnants of the Benjamin LaTrobe feeder canal from 1804, and several structures on the National Register of Historic Places (Dr. Samuel Henry Black). General Lafayette named the farm "La Grange" while a visitor there in 1824. What you can do: << Sign our petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark << Write to your governmental representatives. << Come to the Friends of Historic Glasgow group meeting When: Wednesday, November 3, 2004 at 7:00 PM Where: Pencader Presbyterian Church 2303 Glasgow Avenue Glasgow, Delaware 19702 Contact: Earnie Davis at (302) 368-3134 Please see the Current Community Calendar Events section at: http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/org/clubcal.html?nclubid=888222976&nsupercit y=950560750 for information on additional key meetings. N.B.: The Friends of Historic Glasgow meets the first Wednesday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at Pencader Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, Delaware. << Volunteer to help Friends of Historic Glasgow National Park. Friends of Historic Glasgow National Park P.O. Box 42 Newark, DE 19715 e-mail: historicglasgow@earthlink.net _____________________________________________________________ Create a petition, sign a petition: At http://www.ipetitions.com, your voice counts.

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I received this link of interesting old photos from the DE Dept. of Transportation on the DENEWCAS list and thought some you might enjoy it. http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/exhibits/HighwayDept/index.htm#TopOfPage Kathleen Burnett List Mom

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Dear List Members, The entire RootsWeb.com web site will be down for several hours Thursday morning (6/12/2003), while the technical staff completes routine maintenance. This includes the mailing lists This maintenance will take place from approximately 1-4 a.m. (Mountain Standard Time). There have been times in the past when it took much longer than planned. Watch for more information at http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi Please do not send TEST messages to the list. They will not be seen and will flood the list when Rootsweb is re-activated. I would even suggest you put off posting to the list after midnight until Rootsweb is back up and running sometime tomorrow. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

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The US Ghost Town site is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usghstwn/ There are many states still available for adoption. If you are interested, contact Doris Robbins demwr@netzero.net If the state you are interested in is already adopted, consider volunteering for a county within that state, to do that contact the Web Host for the state. Kathleen Burnett List Mom