Actually, that is what caused his death... One foggy morning as he was driving his horse and carriage to the plant, the locomotive was moving railcars and blew their whistle - The horse was already spooked by the fog, and the whistle frightened him and he reared up and came back onto the carriage.<<<
How terrible, why do these things happen to the good people and the evil just walk away.
How brave he was to fight for women’s rights, before it was the ‘in’ thing to do.
Delaware has an interesting past, if only it were still as free today, LOL, and the rest of the states too.
I figured you would know the smoke house and its history.
>>>Delaware has an interesting past, if only it were still as free today, LOL, and the rest of the states too.<<<
Oh yes... I think that one turning point was about 17 years ago. Another about 25 years ago.
We used to have some of the best Legislators - In such a small state, you knew them all - It has been amazing to see some of the later ones become chameleons.
U.S. Senator John Williams was a gem... The Washington politicos tried so hard to discredit him. I remember the Washington newspapers running a big ‘expose’ about him...
“What was Sen. Williams doing in an Elkton, MD Motel at midnight with a woman less than half his age?” Gee, pretty simple - he picked up his daughter (a college junior) for break over Christmas and they were driving home, stopped at the diner that was in front of a motel for a cup of coffee (about half way on a 5 hour trip).
Caleb Boggs, Bill Roth, Russ Peterson, Pete duPont are a few others who were top notch. I feel fortunate to have known all of them.
It should be noted that most (except Russ & Pete) were from downstate! They kept their conservative principles with them when they moved into the political arena.