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River Road

NCC-73: Portion of the early cart road laid out by Augustine Herrman, Lord of Bohemia Manor, to connect his Maryland estate with Appoquinimink Creek and the Town of New Castle. Known as “The Old Man’s Road”, this was one of the earliest links between the Delaware River and the Chesapeake Bay. Installed in 1949. Marker […]



Pilot Town

Pilot Town is the section of the Hamlet of Concord where many free African-American families have lived in harmony with the white families since around 1765. It was so named for the many black pilots who lived in the area and piloted vessels down the Nanticoke River to Chesapeake Bay. Two of the best known […]