The stories of Sussex County, DE
7 narrated audio stories from across Sussex County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Governor Ross Mansion and Plantation
A Governor’s House on Sussex County Soil
An Italianate mansion reveals Delaware power beyond the capital.
Governor Ross Mansion and Plantation
Beyond the Mansion, the Work of the Plantation
A governor’s home reveals the laboring landscape around it.
Seaford
When Seaford Became a Town on Paper
A river-and-rail community becomes a municipality with a civic life of its own.
Seaford Museum
How Seaford Became a Nylon Town
A museum reveals how work reshaped Seaford’s daily life and identity.
Seaford
From Seaford City Hall to Dover
A Seaford leader whose public life stretched from mayor’s office to statehouse service.
Former DuPont Seaford nylon plant site
When Nylon From Seaford Went to War
A Delaware plant turned a new fiber into a wartime necessity.
Seaford
When Nylon Reached the Nanticoke
How a river town became the face of a new synthetic age.
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