Description

ARTIFACTS is an eye-opening collection of Delaware Valley History, lovingly extracted from the region’s rich heritage. Punctuated with over 150 original illustrations, each chapter is a unique tale that brings to light subjects that have not gotten proper attention or in same cases, have been ignored completely. Did you know: The steamboat was first introduced to the world in Philadelphia in 1787, a Founding Father designed the American flag, the first manned flight in the Americas took place over the Delaware River, the persona of the American cowboy originated with a hat maker from Orange, New Jersey, and that the Mason-Dixon Line settled an age-old boundary dispute between two distinguished families? All this and much more are here for you to discover.