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Harrington Raceway & Casino is a harness racing track and casino (a "racino") located on the fairgrounds of the Delaware State Fair, just south of Harrington, Delaware, 16 miles (26 km) south of Dover. The casino, formerly known as Midway Slots, has over 1,800 slot machines, table games, simulcasting, and sports betting. In addition, the venue ...
The American Automobile Association (AAA) was founded on March 4, 1902, in Chicago, Illinois, in response to a lack of roads and highways suitable for automobiles. [4] [5] At that time, nine motor clubs with a total of 1,500 members banded together to form the AAA.
The Chambers House, also known as "Stairways", is a historic home located at 1475 Creek Road in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It was built by Joseph Chambers between 1816 and 1852, and is a two- to three-story, Penn Plan bank house built of uncoursed fieldstone. It has a one and two story frame addition at the east of the house ...
The Du Pont Model G was the first 8 cylinder model from Du Pont Motors in Wilmington, Delaware.. The car was powered by a Continental 12-K side-valve straight eight cylinder engine with a displacement of 321.8 c.i. (5.3 litre), delivering 125 bhp.
The U.S. state of Delaware has 17 state parks.Each of the parks is operated and maintained by the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation, a branch of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), although one state park, First State Heritage Park, is managed by the Division of Parks and Recreation in partnership with other city and state agencies.
It was the county seat for Chester County from 1682 to 1788 and of Delaware County from 1789 to 1851. From the second half of the 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, the city was a major center of heavy industry, manufacturing and shipping. The city became a boomtown during World War I and World War II.
The Delaware County Fairgrounds racetrack is a half-mile dirt racing oval for harness racing events in Delaware, Ohio operated by the Delaware County Agricultural Society since 1946. The most important race run here is the Little Brown Jug .
Hopkins Covered Bridge Farm is a historic home and farm located near Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware. The house was built about 1868, and is a rectangular, two-story, five-bay, single-pile, center-hall passage, frame dwelling with vernacular Gothic style details. It has a rectangular, two-story, three-bay, single pile, center passage, frame ell ...