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March 12, 2022 23 mins
In this episode we go into more detail about the neighborhood of Philadelphia called Port Richmond. We focus our episode on life in the area from pre-contact to about 1920.

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Our sources:
Native history (and some European mixed in)
https://nanticoke-lenape.info/history.htm
https://nanticoke-lenape.info/images/We_Are_Still_Here_Nanticoke_and_Lenape_History_Booklet_pre-release_v2.pdf
https://westphillyhistory.archives.upenn.edu/history/chapter-1
https://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/US/US02-00.html
https://blog.phillyhistory.org/index.php/2010/06/as-long-as-the-creeks-and-rivers-run-traces-of-the-lenni-lenape-part-i-along-the-delaware/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_da_Verrazzano
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/settleland/french.html
https://digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1058&context=anthrosoc_facpub
http://lowermerionhistory.org/?page_id=186858
https://westphillyhistory.archives.upenn.edu/history/chapter-1
https://diggingi95.com/reports/36ph0153/chapter-2-archaeological-investigations-of-the-aramingogunners-run-canal/
https://diggingi95.com/reports/phase-ibii-archaeological-investigations-of-the-i-p-morris-co-machine-shop-no-2-property-i-95gir-roadway-improvement-corridor-philadelphia-pennsylvania/

European and US History
https://blog.phillyhistory.org/
https://whyy.org/articles/jewtown-port-richmonds-little-known-pocket-community-19134/
https://spiritnews.org/articles/know-your-history-port-richmond-just-celebrated-its-169th-birthday/

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