The History of Tobacco in the Mid Atlantic States
Throughout the Mid Atlantic states there are many sites and events which showcase the region’s historic role in the tobacco industry
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Sunday, December 7, 2025
Mid-Atlantic States
MADE IN AMERICA
From coast to coast, Americans have created and manufactured some of the most recognizable products on the planet. Some brands become iconic, with the power to remain in the marketplace for a long time, but even these can fall victim to outsourcing these days.
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Tobacco: A Virginia Story
Virginia colonists saw the Native Americans growing tobacco and, from 1613, the colonists quickly adopted tobacco as their primary mechanism of getting wealthy. There started a ‘gold-rush type boom that lasted through the 1620s.
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: The John Wilkes Escape Route
On the night of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by the dashing young actor, John Wilkes Booth, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington City. While Lincoln lay dying, his assassin was making his escape into Southern Maryland.
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The Founding of Delaware
Early explorations of Delaware’s coastline were made by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the sixteenth century, by Henry Hudson in 1609 under the auspices of the Dutch, by Samuel Argall in 1610, by Cornelius May in 1613, and by Cornelius Hendricksen in 1614.
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