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Delaware Grove was one of the village communities that illustrate
the law of survival of the fittest among social organism as well as in
individuals. Situated two or three miles northeast of Big
Bend, it first became a trading post in 1834, with the opening of a
store. James T. Black
was the merchant and in 1840 became the first postmaster. The
opening of the canal increased the importance of the settlement, and
for many years it absorbed a prosperity from the traffic along that
water-way. Its decline began after the abandonment of the canal, and in 1886 the
postoffice was
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discontinued. The last landmark passed with
the burning of the Delaware Grove tavern in April, 1905. A noted
hostelry in its time, and the scene of many merry gatherings. Its
license was revoked in 1880, and from that time it fell into disrepute
and decay until fire consumed all except the associations that belong
to the spot.
Twentieth
Century History of Mercer County,
1909, page 153
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