Bob Wilhelm’s Q&A
BOGEY
Trap shooting is the oldest shotgun sport in America having evolved from the shooting of live pigeons in England during
YORKLYN FAKE NEWS
Fake News, also referred to as yellow journalism in the past, is the publishing or sharing of misleading information, presented
MAZDA CANDLES
During the early adolescence of the automotive age, many motorists not only carried a complete toolbox in their trunks, the
AUBURN HEIGHTS PLUGGED IN
Over the 18 years that Tom Marshall wrote historical articles for the Weekly News, he would mention that his grandfather,
THE MAN WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS
December’s Behind the Steam presentation on Thursday, December 16 takes an in-depth look at A.C. Gilbert Company’s Erector Sets. Alfred
TAGGED IN DELAWARE
Readers of this column are no doubt aware that some Delaware residents take a keen interest in low-numbered Delaware vehicle
CORN COB ORGAN
Vintage Marshall music machines are displayed by the Friends in the Marshall Steam Museum. Those who tour Auburn Heights mansion
STEAM PEDAL POWER
Currently adorning the Marshall Steam Museum is a collection of vintage pedal cars. From a private collection, they are on
LOCKED
The Hockessin-Yorklyn area is dotted with quite a number of old homes, some possibly having replaced log cabins dating from
HUMMINGBIRD CARRIAGES
By the start of the 1890s a number of inventors were seeking to replace the horse and wagon with what
OVERSEE FARM & SHANGRI-LA
Throughout much of the 18th and 19th centuries, approximately 375 acres of rich New Castle County farmland, enclosed by Ashland-Clinton,
TIME IS MONEY
On May 20, Behind the Steam will examine the pair of Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company wooden box wall telephones