Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Your state's capitals?

Has your state had capital cities other than the current one? Have other cities been considered for state capitals? Why was the original capital city chosen? Why was the capital moved?

Delaware's original capital was New Castle until 1777. (New Castle was also the capital of "the Three Lower Counties" back when Delaware was a part of Pennsylvania.) The capital was moved in 1777 to Dover because The British had recently landed at Elkton, MD, and were marching to Philadelphia, and Delaware officials were worried that the British would try to take over New Castle on their way northeast. Dover was selected because it was the county seat of Kent County and because it was a more centralized location (and not on any main route to and from major cities).>

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