Lewes, Delaware
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The town of Lewes got its start back in 1631 when a little more than two-dozen men from Holland sailed to the New World to establish a whale-oil colony along the western shores of the Delaware Bay. As the fort of Swanendael, or Valley of the Swans, was centralized, a misunderstanding between the colonists and the native people led to the fort's destruction and the colonists' massacre. Given the initial colonization of Swanendael, this allows Lewes to lay claim to being "the First Town in the First State."
www.delmarvabeachguide.com/lewes/index.html
The town of Lewes got its start back in 1631 when a little more than two-dozen men from Holland sailed to the New World to establish a whale-oil colony along the western shores of the Delaware Bay. As the fort of Swanendael, or Valley of the Swans, was centralized, a misunderstanding between the colonists and the native people led to the fort's destruction and the colonists' massacre. Given the initial colonization of Swanendael, this allows Lewes to lay claim to being "the First Town in the First State."
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes,_Delaware
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°46'26"N 75°8'19"W
- Delaware Seashore State Park 11 km
- Ocean City, Maryland 36 km
- Virginia Beach, Virginia 226 km
- Jones Beach State Park 244 km
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore 335 km
- Cape Lookout National Seashore 434 km
- Onslow Beach 504 km
- Topsail Island 521 km
- Surf City, North Carolina 529 km
- Masonboro Island 566 km
- Breakwater 1.5 km
- Cadbury at Lewes 2 km
- Wolfe Runne 2.1 km
- Cape Henlopen State Park 3.1 km
- Campground at CHSP 3.7 km
- Cape Henlopen (aka "The Pont") 4.9 km
- Gordon's Pond 5.1 km
- Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred 7.9 km
- Sussex County, Delaware 23 km
- Delaware Bay 39 km