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Exploring a Bit of the Local Area (12/9/24)

Bob and I headed out today to see some of the local sites. First, we headed to Fifer Orchards to peruse their farm market. Fifer Orchards is located in the nearby community of Wyoming, Delaware, about a 15 minute drive from the house. It has a population of about 1,700 and was named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania.

Signage at the road entrance
The kitchen, which sells food (burgers,etc) and ice cream,
with a separate line for each.
A donut pickup window and cute condiment dispensers
on the side of the kitchen
The farm store, which sells the farm produce,
homemade baked goods, and locally made food products
An English Walnut Tree, planted in the 1930s, by the Fifers.
On 2/21/19, it measured 56’ in height, a trunk width of 167”,
and a crown spread of 99’. It will be listed in the state’s 5th edition of “Big Trees of Delaware”
as the second largest English Walnut in the state.

On the way back from the orchard, we stopped at a couple of other places in Wyoming as well. First, was the Rider Country Store in an old rail depot building.

The Rider Country Store sold gear for the local high school team, The Riders, so we had a short visit.
Across the street, they had set up a holiday park
for ice skating on designated nights.

Finally, we wanted to get some photos of a couple of historical landmarks in Magnolia that we had read about.

Not one of the historical markers,
just thought I’d photo the water tower today since it said Magnolia.
The former home of John B. Lindale, one of the last great peach “barons” and an example of high Victorian architecture.
It is currently privately owned.
A lovely roadside entrance to an old cemetery. The markers tell the history of Warner Mifflin (1745-1798), an abolitionist, and the importance of this site as the location of a Quaker meeting house.
Walking up the stairs, you see this marker that also talks about it being a cemetery for Quakers as well.
There are only a few of the 150 headstones left.
This one is for Dr. Nathaniel Luff (died 1806),
battalion surgeon with George Washington
at the crossing of the Delaware for the battle of Trenton.

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