battle of cooches bridge newark de

[hollowpointred]

man its hard to get permission from the state of delaware to do anything!! we had one single rev. war skirmish in the state and it happened about a half hour from where i live. the site where the british had thier headquarters is still detectable and there are some old state owned cornfields that are right in line with the historical accounts of the fighting but so far i have been unsuccessfull in obtaining permission. everything else in the area is paved and built over. although i have never heard of anyone recovering artifacts from this battle they just HAVE to be there!!! has anyone ever heard of anyone recovering artifacts from the battle of cooches bridge?

[Gypsy Heart]

Hello,

Friends of Historic Glasgow (DE) National Park would like you to visit the
following online campaign, by iPetitions:

http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark

Message:
new iPetition: http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark

We, the undersigned, petition our Federal, Delaware, and New Castle County
leaders to do all that is within their powers to preserve the Glasgow
National Historic area, the site of Delaware's only Revolutionary War
battle, the running skirmish from Aikentown to Iron Hill, called the Battle
of Cooch's Bridge. The properties now threatened are the Brooks/Middleton
house, the Barczewski farm (West End Dairy), and the Rte. 72 / Old Baltimore
Pike frontage near Cooch's Bridge.


HEAR YE! HEAR YE! ALL OF AMERICA

The Developers are coming! The Developers are coming!

Join in the effort to preserve the lands now at risk which encompass the
Revolutionary War Battle of Cooch's Bridge in New Castle County, Delaware.
The running skirmish between Aikentown (Glasgow) and Iron Hill was our first
defensive action against the Red Coats' late summer 1777 advance from the
Head of Elk to Philadelphia. The Patriots succeeded in stalling the British
and Hessians troops and inflicting a great many casualties. A history park
will boost tourism in nearby counties of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
and New Jersey.

Three key properties in the Pencader Hundred, New Castle County, DE, are now
threatened:

* Royal Farms plans to develop the corner of Rte. 72 and Old Baltimore Pike
on the gateway of the historic battle grounds at Cooch's Bridge, even as the
surrounding lands are safely under state control.

* Walgreens had planned to demolish the colonial Brooks/Middleton house and
barn at 2314 Glasgow Ave. to develop the corner of Rte. 40 and old Rte. 896,
a property which anchors the Aiken's Tavern National Historic District.

* Developers, including Christina School District, are trying to purchase
the neighboring farm (the Barczewski property; West End Dairy). The School
District is proposing to build a mega-school combining elementary and middle
school buildings. The Barczewski farm's 240 acres contain two documented
Native American Indian camps, earthen works from the British and Hessian
occupation of Aikentown (Glasgow), remnants of the Benjamin LaTrobe feeder
canal from 1804, and several structures on the National Register of Historic
Places (Dr. Samuel Henry Black). General Lafayette named the farm "La
Grange" while a visitor there in 1824.

What you can do:

<< Sign our petition at
http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark

<< Write to your governmental representatives.

<< Come to the Friends of Historic Glasgow group meeting

When: Wednesday, November 3, 2004 at 7:00 PM

Where: Pencader Presbyterian Church
2303 Glasgow Avenue
Glasgow, Delaware 19702

Contact: Earnie Davis at (302) 368-3134

[kierdan]

I signed the petition. I live about five minutes drive from cooches bridge. There is monument and plaque but no safe place to even stop and read it. The monument is of four cannons mounted all facing out in four directions. Pretty cool area. I drive by it sometimes sevearl times a day. I don't even own a detector yet, but there should be some places in the area to detect. Anyway I hate to see anything historic being plowed over for a walgreens.

on a side note anyone in this neck of the woods, who is willing to let me come out with them please let me know Even tho I dont have a detector I'm still looking to learn

[privateer]

I was up in Del. for a few weeks in dec. and jan. visited cooches bridge, got some pictures of the cannon there-went to del.city to newbolds point and battry park-wanted to get out to pea beach island and fort del. but we could not get out there- had some other areas we were looking at-the state is not going to allow you to md on any of their historic sites- but there are private areas you can.

[EDDE]

HP
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oose some weight change
those dirty undies
and then to secure permission on private land

[Jim DE]

Yes I have heard of some musket balls being found south of the bridge area.I have not hunted there myself but others have told me of their finds. I am more interested in the early settlements off the Christianna River. Maybe someday I will try and get permission from some of the property owners south of the bridge.
As far as a petition to stop development of surrounding areas guys you are a day late and a dollar short! Who stopped the church on the other corner or the tearing down of the old farm house SE of the church? Or the changing of the mill water flow or the widening of 896? Or the development of housing all over Iron Hill?
Sorry to say this but unless you guys have the cash flow to buy all the property north of the canal you all will be losing historical sites daily without the ability of reclaiming even some of the artifacts because you have not allowed metal detecting on these site prior to their development! Its a shame but its the way it is.