Bethel Historic District

Bethel Historic District Bethel developed along Broad Creek, a tributary of the Nanticoke River. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Bethel Historic District includes many clapboard houses that were built by the mariners who learned their carpentry skills in the village’s shipyards. Although the interiors of some of these historic structures have […]

Phillips Landing State Park and Captain John Smith Memorial

Phillips Landing State Park and Captain John Smith Memorial Between 1607 and 1609, John Smith was the first English explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay area and New England. Phillips Landing Recreation Area is located near the confluence of the Nanticoke River and Broad Creek. In May of 2007 a monument was placed at Phillips […]