Iron Hill

New Castle County · dedicated 1932 · 1400 South Old Baltimore Pike, Newark · location approximate

Indian names, Marettico, meaning hill of hard stone, and Suquasehum, meaning iron. Minqua Indians had a fort on hill which the Senecas attacked, 1663. British troops encamped on hill, 1777, and American troops, under Caesar A. Rodney, 1814. Iron discovered prior to 1661. Mined until 1891. Largest ore pit one mile north.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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