Packet Alley

New Castle County · dedicated 1993 · 23 The Strand, New Castle

Packet boats from Philadelphia met stage coaches here for Frenchtown, Maryland, chief line of communication from north to Baltimore and south. Andrew Jackson, David Crockett, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Lord Ashburton, Sam Houston, Louis Napoleon, Stonewall Jackson, Indians (led by Osceola and Black Hawk) en route to visit “Great Father” in Washington — all passed this way.

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