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Dover, Delaware: State Capital and Victrolas
Dover is Delaware's Capital. Delaware seems to be the red headed stepchild of the thirteen original colonies. For fifty-nine years I knew only three facts about Delaware. 1. It is the first state to ratify the Constitution. 2. It is a haven for incorporating a business. 3. The song: "What Did Delaware Boys?" Today I hoped to increase my paltry body of knowledge. You never know what Alex Trebec will ask.
Our drive took us past Dover Air Force Base, the Morgue of the Armed forces. When one of our service personnel die overseas, the first stop back in the USA is at Dover Air Force Base. The base is closed for touring due to the level of awareness we are experiencing.
We found the Welcome Center in Dover and were pointed to the major attractions. First we were given a tour of the original State House, which served as the legislature, court system (County, State, and Federal), and county offices until the 1900s. When everyone was in session the place was like a zoo, people going in and out of the main doors either to appear in court or go upstairs to view the legislative process. The county had a special office called the levitor of the peace a.k.a. in all other places as the justice of the peace, whose job was to keep real estate deeds and file wills, levy taxes, etc. Everyone else, including the two other counties of Delaware have registrars or justices who do the same job.
The Colony was founded by the Dutch in 1609, settled by the Swedes in 1638, and then fell under British rule in 1664. The state has the only known perfect arc for a boundary at the Northern end. This was to keep William Penn's influence in Philadelphia at least twelve miles from the Colonial Capital of New Castle. Therefore the arc appears on the maps. William Penn got his way, however. He did not like traveling the Delaware River through supposedly hostile territories to reach his claim at Philadelphia. He went back to Britain and had the Crown give him the lands that bordered the Delaware River. So the colony of Delaware fell under the thumb of the Penn family. For being a pacifist, he was a cry baby bully. I never knew that side of him. Delaware finally got their come-uppence. When the time came for the Declaration of Independence, they wrote, "We declare ourselves to be free from the British Crown and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania". No one cared, because the colonies were getting ready for the war.
William Penn laid out plans for the city of Dover featuring a village green in front of the state building. The downtown area is very picturesque. One strange element is the way they diagonally park their cars. The striping forces them to back into the spaces. This actually makes sense, since the driver does not have to back out into traffic, but rather pulls out into it.
Another sight not to be missed in Dover is the Victrola Museum. Eldridge Johnson, the inventor, was born in Dover. He was a machinist and had invented the wind up motor. Everyone knows that Thomas Edison invented the talking machine, really the Dictaphone, which recorded the voice on waxed tubes. Berliner improved this concept by inventing the gramophone, which used flat disks, rather than tubes. His invention had to be hand-cranked like the early movie cameras. A friend of Johnson asked him if he could attach his motor to the gramophone. After several attempts, he was successful. The phonograph as we know it today had been invented and Johnson became a wealthy man. He called the name of his company Victor, because he liked the name. Eventually he sold it to RCA.
About the Author
John Pelley is a Geriatric Gypsy. He is retired from the rat race of working. He is a full-time RVer, who ran away from home. He began our travels on the East Coast and, like the migrating birds, seek the warmth of the seasons He has discovered volunteering with the National Park System. He has a CD he has recorded of Native American flute music., A Day with Kokopelli. For pictures, links, and more information visit http://www.jmpelley.org.
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